Posted on 18 September 2008.
Aug 25 2007 Evening Chronicle For three decades Donald McBride has been a stalwart of Newcastle’s Live Theatre, meeting many famous faces along the way. Here he talks to GRAHAM ROBSON IT was apt that actor Donald McBride won a part in the award-winning film Billy Elliot, based as it was on a story [...]
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Posted on 16 September 2008.
Click here to enlarge the Picture. Attached is a cutting from the Sunderland Echo of Prizewinners at the Speech Day in 1973 of Class 5T1. From left to right back row; Peter Short, Ian Dixon, Gail Glendenning, Ralph Guy, Shirley Laidler (me), don’t recognise the head of hair behind me, Janice Dodds, John Black, Terry [...]
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Posted on 12 September 2008.
ONGOING PROJECTS Keir Hardie Play Area, Fencehouses Sunderland Council are currently working on redeveloping the existing Keir Hardie play area at Fencehouses. Consultation work is ongoing with local young, Dubmire Primary School, Barnardos, Community Police Team and local people in the area. The funding for the project is from a 106 agreement. The photograph [...]
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Posted on 12 September 2008.
Advent The First Sunday of Advent The Second Sunday of Advent The Third Sunday of Advent From 17 December (O Sapientia) begin the eight days of prayer before Christmas Day The Fourth Sunday of Advent Christmas Eve Christmas Christmas Day – 25 December The First Sunday of Christmas The Second Sunday of Christmas The days [...]
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Posted on 07 September 2008.
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Posted on 07 September 2008.
Picture of a Deltic taken in the old Station circa 1960s (Mid) when passengers were being bused from Durham to board trains to London (etc) due to repair work on the main line which closed it completely. They used to arrive in United buses. This one is interesting although I apologise for the poor [...]
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Posted on 07 September 2008.
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Posted on 07 September 2008.
Posted in Clubs, Pubs, Workingmen's Clubs1 Comment
Posted on 05 September 2008.
Norman Sweeting in 1985 Life in Lambton By Norman Sweeting “A bit smelly and dirty but lots of fun” is how Norman describes life at the Lambton Coke Works before it closed in the 1980s. I started work on my 16th birthday, September 1966 and worked at the Lambton Coke Works until it closed in [...]
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