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Duncan Spoor » 2:44pm 01-27-2010
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What a fantastic website. My Grandma Use to live in Derwent Tower on the 21st floor back in around 1975-77. I can always remember going to visit her and loved it. I use to get a beano comic from what io believe is now called Derwent news just at the bottom of the tower. All my family are geordies, Mum, Dad, And my two brothers but sadly they moved into the midlands when i was born in the 70's. I would have loved to live in the north east. The people and the places are fantastic. Lots of childhood memories come from looking at the photo's on here. Thankyou for all the great pictures and if you could keep up the great work by updating if the tower does get taken down as that would be a very sad time for a lot of people. The tower was how i always remember Dunston and the approach off the A1. On the way home after out holiday it would be so sad to sit on the back seat of the car and watch the tower dissapear into the distance.
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ALISON » 7:31pm 12-27-2009
86.2.30.34
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what a wonderful photo site. My maiden name is Caithness and was
born in Valley Drive Dunston. I have many many happy memories of Dunston and these photos have brought them flooding back. Sad to see that my old schools are no longer....This is a site I will return to again and again. Thank You. |
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Jean Young » 4:30pm 12-16-2009
83.216.140.207
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Dear Ken, I have a few old postcards and a few photos I took but I cannot do anything clever with them like sending them on line All I can offer is to send you a list of them and if you promise to return them I might send them to you Regards, Jean
Replied on: 5:21pm 12-16-2009
Hi jean i would love to see the pics and could then include them on the gallery site then post them asap back to you, if you email me your address to ken@thefed.co.uk i will keep that private and then email you my address rather than posting it all on here.
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Jean Young » 2:58pm 12-15-2009
83.216.140.207
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My maiden name was Donnelly. I was born in 1921 in Kepple Street, my father and mother were married at Christ church my grandfather had the POst Office at the bottom of Ravensworth Road and my sister ran a hockey team along Market Lane and then in the Recreation Ground .I went to DunstonHill school, then Blaydon secondary. We used to get our bread from Coulthards and it was delivered by cart and horse, the horse being Daisy. Happy Days
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Jean Young » 2:57pm 12-15-2009
83.216.140.207
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My maiden name was Donnelly. I was born in 1921 in Kepple Street, my father and mother were married at Christ church my grandfather had the POst Office at the bottom of Ravensworth Road and my sister ran a hockey team along Market Lane and then in the Recreation Ground .I went to DunstonHill school, then Blaydon secondary. We used to get our bread from Coulthards and it was delivered by cart and horse, the horse being Daisy. Happy Days
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malcolm morris » 5:52pm 12-06-2009
86.9.16.177
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hi,i used to live at 143 Clavering Avenue from 1957 til it was demolished,this was only about 2 doors from old Clavering club, my grandfather Joseph Morris was doorman and lived in Clepahan street. i too remember Tucker Johnson and the trips to Cullercoats dont think they went anywhere else.Do all of yo also remember how good the park was,with tennis courts and Putting green? Would be interested if anybody had old maps of Dunston.
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KEITH » 12:33am 12-06-2009
95.148.51.21
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this is for John Hi John do you remember the Johnstons (Tucker Joe and Lawance and my mum Nell) my nan used to clean at the club her friend was Winney Aurthers and yes i remember the trips as i went three times to the coast whitly bay??was one my uncle Tucker used to swim across the bay when he came out of the pub say no more i to miss those days .
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Ken (site owner) » 11:55pm 11-25-2009
92.237.212.17
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Hi all thx for the messages, would anyone happen to have any photos of Dunston that they would like to add to this site. if so just leave a message
on here with your email which will not be shown only i will see it and we can take it from there, thanks very much Ken |
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Janis James(Donnelly » 9:43pm 11-25-2009
89.242.61.10
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Just found the site today, its great. I was born in 1950 and lived in Market Lane for a year then moved to Monkridge Gdns. Went to Dunston Hill School and spent 1 month at Dunston Senior and then moved to Somerset with my parents in 1961. Living in Wiltshire now but have never forgotton my roots, its where my parents were born and brought up and their parents before them. Still have family in the area.
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John H » 8:10pm 11-22-2009
86.160.166.222
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I`ve lived in Dunston all my life - apart from 9 years in the Royal Navy - and your site brought back some wonderful memories of old Dunston. Of a time when everyone seemed to know everyone, unlike now, where I don`t even know my next door neighbours and no-one speaks, such a shame.
My father was secretary of the old Dunston Social Club (the Clav) and the new Clav when it was built, the Steward was Ken and Mary Stubbs or Stobbs. I remember when the old Clav used to have a yearly outing to the coast. The Double-decker Buses used to be lined all the way up and down Clavering Avenue and the kids would get a small brown envelope with "half-a-crown" inside, and every year on that day it rained. They even changed the day and it still rained. Happy times, sitting on the beach, soaking wet eating chips  but we loved it..... Yes, Dunston has some great memories. |
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Jill » 12:43pm 11-18-2009
127.0.0.1
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Has anybody heard of a ' Father Keighty ' (not sure of spelling) who preached in the Methodist church in Dunston. My dad attended the Methodist church as a child during 1920's & early 1930's and he used to talk about his Fire and Brimstone preaching. If anyone had heard of him I'd love to know.
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keith ashley » 11:42am 11-04-2009
84.69.216.253
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Do`s any one have any pic; of clavering ave; before it was pulled down the misson hall and the joke shop i was always there at xmasvisting my nans i thing it was no 135
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keith ashley » 11:33am 11-04-2009
84.69.216.253
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DO`S ANY ONE REMEMBER THE JOHNSTON FAMILY LIVING IN THE OLD CLAVERING AVE THEY LIVED NEAR THE CLUB AS MY MOTHER CAME FROM THERE HER NAME WAS ELLEN BUT WAS ALWAYS CALLED HELEN CAN ANY ONE HELP
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Jeff Taylor » 3:20pm 10-11-2009
82.39.215.221
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Hi Ken,
Did you receive the photo of "Dole House" I sent , I hope so and think it would be a good addition to your already excellent site. Cheers Jeff. |
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peter rees » 6:46pm 09-30-2009
86.147.108.61
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Does anyone remember Miss Arkless, Miss Sturdy, Miss Graham(Headmistress) and ?Mr Wanless. Still with me to this day !
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