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Whitburn, The Bank c.1955
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Lower Promenade c1955 Along with Roker, Seaburn comprises what is in effect the seaside resort area of Sunderland; there have been times when the Cat and Dog steps have positively heaved with sunbathers. A popular attraction during the 1950s was the annual lights along the front and in Roker Park. Those who wanted an inexpensive holiday could book into Seaburn Camp, which even as late as 1960 looked like a German Stalag with flowerbeds.

An extract from Northumberland Tyne and Wear Photographic Memories.

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Northumberland Tyne and Wear Photographic Memories

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A Selection of Memories from Whitburn

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Whitburn

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John Street Whitburn
I used to live at 8 John Street. It was an unmade road with an assortment of housing. I would have been about 5 so my memories are fuzzy and vague. Would anyone have a copy of an old street street map of Whitburn for round about this time showing this street? The street has long gone and been replaced with better housing. I remember the outside loo across the yard at the back.
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My Grandmothers House
I have very early memories of visiting my grandmother (my dad's mother) in Whitburn. It's taken me a while to find the address, but I think it was 14 Cleveland View. My memories are a bit vague, I was very young, but I remember being fascinated by the shutters on the windows. Does anyone know the house?
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Summer Days
This lane has mixed memories for me, I've enjoyed some of my happiest moments running down the lane to the park at the bottom and some of the worst walking out of the church after funerals of the people I loved most but one things for sure this is one of the many pretty places in a very pretty village that always makes me smile and proud of the fact that I was born and bred here.
Whitburn, Church Lane c1955
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