|
Mike Daniels » 4:41am 06-23-2009
96.236.183.107
|
it is always good to come across sites concerning the Gateshead area.My mum's family home.Great pictures.
|
|
Val Leslie Nee Gray » 12:01am 06-17-2009
83.100.253.239
|
Just found this sight and it has brought back so many memories. My dad was the caretaker at Dunston Hill School for many years and I recall him helping the snrs making a film of dunston with a cine camera in the 1950's. Wonder where this went! Will look through my photo boxes and see what photos I can find.
|
|
Jeff Taylor » 4:44pm 06-16-2009
82.39.214.160
|
Hi Ken,
I have been looking at your photos over many months now, and they are a wonderfull insight as to how Dunston looked during the last century. Many years ago I tried to trace a collection of photographs of Dunston that were taken by my late grandfathers uncle. He worked for, I believe, the local press, possibly the Evening Chronicle and his hobby was photography. This collection was owned by his son, who when I first became interested, told me that he had loaned them to someone at the club (I think the Clavering). He said that he would get them back so I could borrow them. Unfortunately this never happened, so it looks like they will have to remain a mystery. If I had found them, they would have made a good addition to your collection. Your recent ones of the women at home are excellent, do you know who they are. Jeff. |
|
ron » 4:44am 05-18-2009
77.98.216.23
|
i still live here in gunn street any pic of feild before housing estatate at the bottom of stret many good times there bonfires etc, i remember snowy 1979 winter fron boys brigade from opp co oip , where is pic page?
|
|
Ken » 1:57pm 04-20-2009
92.237.212.17
|
Hi Gary i only have this one of Jocks etc Click here
|
|
gary trouble knox lo » 1:37pm 04-20-2009
81.154.109.209
|
it,s great to look back at the past...my hometown has changed loads from top end to bottom end ,,and by any chance you got any pixs ov jocks sweety shop next bottom church ravensworth rd n hairdressers and the old bingo ,,bandits place
|
|
Ken » 4:21pm 04-11-2009
77.98.192.158
|
Hi Denise..
on either side of the tower to the maisonettes there was a walkway built much later after the tower was built it went from the third floor of both sides if you look Here you can see the remaining section at the top of the stairs on Cheviot Green end and Here at the top of the stairs were the green fence on the left this used to be the other way to the tower from above the shops end and Here is the door way blocked up now after the tunnels were taken away. If you look Here you can see one of the tunnels at the bottom of the picture running from the red roof section... |
|
Denise Humphrey » 3:10pm 04-11-2009
92.21.149.1
|
Awesome photo's!
Do you have any more old photos of the rocket and the maisonettes? When I was a kid I remember there was a walkway on the first floor from either the tower to the maisonettes or from maisonette to maisonette. It had large square windows with rounded corners (much like the windows in the cafe on the multi storey in Gateshead), no one else can remember this feature and I'm staring to think I imagined it  Denise |
|
Ian McCall » 8:38am 04-10-2009
86.4.131.16
|
Ken,
do you have any photos that might include my grandfather's chemist shop (John R Bell) in Ravensworth Road in 1911? regards Ian McCall |
|
A Smith » 5:32pm 03-24-2009
89.213.70.165
|
pls keep this e mail confidential ...
Great site! Do you have an photo's of the old shops that used to be where the Activity Centre is now? The old sweet shop ... I think was called Sadies ... and then further down next to the Chinese opp the club used to be a wool shop called Celia's I think??? |
|
Adam Hunter » 10:17am 03-18-2009
77.98.249.76
|
Hi Ken, I've got the card shop in Dunston. Thanks for putting a picture of the shop on your website. Adam
|
|
tom robson » 11:19pm 02-15-2009
67.70.92.188
|
i just love the site, my daughter sent it to me, i was born in dunston in 1946, at fowler gardens, went into army in 1966, came to canada with my family in 1978, wonderfull pivs thanks so much
|
|
mark hewitt » 2:39pm 02-12-2009
80.192.247.49
|
thanks ken i will see my parents myself and if they have any pics i will forward them myself
|
|
pete howell » 10:41pm 02-11-2009
80.192.247.61
|
hi all
just been looking at some great old pics of dunston  really enjoyed looking back over the years what achange |
|
Ken » 8:34pm 02-11-2009
77.98.192.158
|
Hiya Mark long time no see, i have no pics of Armstrong street at all, ive never ever seen any anywhere if i do thou i will post it on site.
cheers for now Ken |