I have been a serving police officer for 26 years, during this time I worked for the Metropolitan Police for six years. I transferred to Northumbria Police in 1987.

For the past 16 years I have been working on a 24/7 reactive shift in the Houghton Le Spring area. I have been in my current role as Neighbourhood Beat Manager (NBM) for Fencehouses for the past two years.

Having primarily worked in the Houghton area, I have a good knowledge of the issues relevant to the area.

My role of Neighbourhood Beat Manager is to:

• Meet the needs of my local community and preserve the protection of life and property.
• Maintain the peace, reduce and prevent crime.

I work with partners, including  Gentoo Sunderland Housing Group and Sunderland City Council and more recently Barnado’s Brancepath North East region, to find long-term to solutions to local crime and disorder issues.

My aim is to improve and maintain a good quality of life for residents and businesses in the area.

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• By phoning 03456 043 043 and asking for extension 69191

Sunderland Echo

MY great-great-grandfather was George William Winter Honey, postmaster at Fence Houses in the 1870s. Although born in Plymouth in 1846 he arrived in the North East in the late 1860s. I know he is buried in Hillside Cemetery, Houghton – as is his wife Mary and mother Rebecca. He had several children while living in Fence Houses.
I’ve recently been given various original documents/paperwork etc relating to him and the post office which are now treasured with his handwritten geography book from 1862 that I’ve had for some years. This followed the death of a cousin who also lived in Wiltshire!
Has anyone got any other information/old photos of the old post office – I did find the “new” one in June while on a trip north – or any other information on the Honey family. Can anybody in the area help me?
Pat Goodship,
Melksham,
Wiltshire
Telephone: 01225 345306
Email: bedpanpat@hotmail.com

You may have seen a letter in the Sunderland Echo reference the Honey family – George William Winter Honey was postmaster in Fencehouses in the 1880’s/90’s.

A cousin of mine died in January this year and I’ve inherited a lot of family documents & photos, mostly to do with the Honey family. (or possibly the Hunter family from Bournmoor as this is where Mary Jane Hunter – my grandmother – came from)

I’ve attached a photo of an old football team – haven’t a clue who is on it belonging to the family or when it was taken, but I’m 99% sure it’s to do with your area.

I’ve also attached a photo of a John Hunter who I think may be one of the team.

Hope you may be able to help identify it – or people on it. Definitely a memory jogger!.

Pat Goodship (Melksham)

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I know its early days but I thought there maybe some one who has a photo or any information lying in a drawer.

“Hello I am researching a man who was based at fencehouses/cocken hall camp in 1916. I am trying to find any information.memories /photographs of the camp and wondered if you had any in your collection”?