Washington, The Village c.1965

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I was born in my nanas house at Waterloo where my dad Harold bell had lived as a child with his 4 sisters Eleanor dot violet and Eileen he married my mam Winnie and moved to Brady sq in 1955 we lived there till I was 10 in Clyde tTce no 4 I think upstairs, loo in yard I remember the kitchen cabnit and geezer which basically was the kitchen I attended Biddick school at the bottom of the street in 1962 does anyone ...see more

I was born in Birtley (were my mam come from, at my grannies home). I was brought back to my mam and dad's house in Washington (Viola Street). I was only a few days old. When I was one we moved to Wood Terrace to a 3 bedroom house, my grandad Henry Smith lived with us. When I married in 1976 it was from this house. Sadly my grandad died in 1982 so my mam and dad moved into a 2 bedroom house. Surprise, it was back to ...see more

When I got married in March 1976 at Washington Village (church on the hill) we held our wedding reception here, with a sit down meal for 60 guests. My mam and dad often went to the Welfare on a Saturday night, and we used to go to the dinner dances they held there. Now it is a sad looking place.

I was born and bred in Washington, in fact one of my claims to fame is I was born behind Woolworths, well No.3 House Terrace. My Dad lived in Washington for almost all of his life and when he past away (2002) he left a hole in my life which can never be filled. One strange thing is how he appeared in this postcard wearing a black suit in front of a telegraph pole. It has brought back so many memories not just of ...see more