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A 'Banks of the Tyne ' photo. The pub was known for years as the Ellison Arms on the 'Low Rd' opposite Hebburn Colliery 'A' Pit. |
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Joe Bosher in 1957 with his rock'n'roll group of Hebburn lads playing Elvis, Buddy Holly, Little Richard songs. |
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June Day nee Trotter kindly sent me this & a few more Colliery photos from her deceased parents album. |
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Another from June showing her great grandad Gaffin with the two wooden legs. She thinks he fell under a train on the lines |
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Junes dad 'Jonty Trotter' born 1910 will be on this photo taken at the Colliery School abt 1916-17 possibly. |
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Junes dad will also be on this Colliery School photo taken possibly a couple of yrs later 1918-20 but she doesn't know which child is her dad |
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June's dad 'Jonty' would be 13 in 1923 & is on this photo so she should be able to spot him on this photo.(Lad at the front?). Note the barbell . |
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Marion Coyne sent this newspaper cutting from 1972. Mrs Malloy & McDonald were sisters. One taught girls the other boys. |
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Tony Lee's family in Cutbert St opposite St Cuthberts Church. Those houses are long gone |
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Another from Tony showing how we had Back Yards not gardens in those far off days of the 50s |
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Joe Bosher photo via Ian Turnbull who's very generously collected quite a lot of photos for this website. This shows a Quay Folks reunion in 1988. |
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Hazel Winton daughter of one of my old friends (Ernie Clark) loaned this lovely photo of Hebburn Quay people probably taken in the Powerhouse |
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