I Would Love To Turn The Clock Back
A Memory of Thornaby-on-Tees.
I was born in Easton Street in 1941 and remember seeing the air raid shelters in the street, that would be about 44/45/46 time. The street had a shop and a old stable like shed which sold veg and potatoes, the families all seemed to help each other out. My granddad was Dick Addison and the family lived at No 5 , he was a Sergeant in the Home Guard.
My Granddad in his wisdom decided to have fireworks for November 5 1945,
he forgot to say that they were thunder flashes. Placing them on the back yard wall ,he lit them and the flash was that bright , no one could see for some time.
Tommy Rea the undertaker was near the street , also a ice-cream shop , the family was from Italy
but I cannot remember their name. I moved to Liverpool in late 46 but will never forget my love for Thornaby and the people that lived there.
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