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Nostalgic memories of Willington Quay's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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Mr Miller
If this was Mr Millers shop I used to go there as a child. He was a lovely old gentleman and I remember I wanted to buy a purse for my mother. As I was only young I used to get pocket money at 1p every so often, it took me a year to purchase that purse for my mother. It was only 99p too, so that says a lot, I worked hard as a child to buy that as I loved my mother so much. My name is Julie-Anne Maughan and my ...see more
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Added 20 December 2015

Smiths Shop, Corner Gladstone Street And George Street
Anyone remember this shop in Willington Quay? My parents ran the shop before I was born in 1953 and I'm intrigued to know of any stories related to it....
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Added 26 June 2015

Happy Childhood, And Growing Up In The Area
My father, William Westgarth, and his family lived in George Street, Willington Quay, for many years before moving to High Howden. My father worked at the slipway, then on to Swan Hunters ship yard; he worked there for 50 years - he has passed on now. He had sisters called Margorie, Jean, Lillian, Mary Ellen and his brother Jim who went to sea all deceased now. I was brought up in ...see more
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Added 19 April 2013

Willington Quay
All my father's family (Talbots) lived on Armstrong Street. My dad and his brothers worked at the shipyards and later my dad worked at a small bakery in Willington Quay. I loved to visit him there and was spoiled having loads of wonderful cream cakes to eat, they were the best ever. I used to go with my dad on his deliveries and always ended up with a pocket full of money and a bag full of delicious goodies. ...see more
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Added 20 August 2010

Good Times In Willington Quay
I lived at 19 Church St, Willington Quay, just beside the ballast hills. My dad George worked at Cooksons, so we lived in company house - very big and quite grand. We had no electricity in those days but it never bothered us. We had a wireless, windy-up gramaphone, and the ability to amuse ourselves. It was a very friendly place to live - no one locked doors and I often used to visit the lucky ...see more
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Added 14 April 2009

The Ambulance
Hello, my name is Colin Cochrane and I used to live at 103 Bewicke Rd with my parents Alec and Anne, and my brother and sister John and Andrea. Like most kids in this area I suffered from asthma and one night I had a bad attack and an ambulance was called. I was put in the back gasping for air and as it drove off a door fell off and I burst out laughing, clearing my airways so didn't have to go to hospital. I now live in Germany with my wife and 2 grown up children.
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Added 10 September 2008