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Re: Blyth Market Square circa 1960
« Reply #9 on: Monday 07 May 12 20:54 BST (UK) »
My Grandfather had the book stall for many years at the front of the market, near the road, not sure if it's in the picture where those two young girls are standing?

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Re: Blyth Market Square circa 1960
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 08 May 12 00:24 BST (UK) »

 Trivia Angles,

  Victoria St, once next to King St( once named Croft St) was originally named Soulsby St, after the Blyth shipbuilder.

 In the recent posting "Clark the photographer" the addresses Central Hall Buildings and 11 Market Place were mentioned.
The market photo shows that single sided street Market Place on left hand side.

 The young American actor, who played a Canadian in Royal Navy was Jeff Hunter
 ( who later played John Wayne's sidekick in the western movie "The Searchers", looking for Natalie Wod who had been kidnapped by the rascal redskins). He also played Jesus in later movie.  In the WW2 film, the film showed two different endings, sad and happy, asking the audience which one was preferred.

I wonder where the photographer was positioned to take this shot.?
In the Co-op above the alley way into Croft Road ?  In the Kam Tong Chinese Restaurant, notorious for it's green curry ? Upstairs in the White Swan ( where popular music was provided via a Dansette record player) ?

The reference to sailing ships in our house when I was a whippersnapper was more likely to be " you have this place worse than the Wreck of the Hesperus"

Enough already !

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Re: Blyth Market Square circa 1960
« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 08 May 12 00:34 BST (UK) »

The reference to sailing ships in our house when I was a whippersnapper was more likely to be " you have this place worse than the Wreck of the Hesperus"

Michael

Yup, I was equally accused of that - rarely justified, of course!

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Re: Blyth Market Square circa 1960
« Reply #12 on: Sunday 03 June 12 19:54 BST (UK) »
I grew up in Seghill.....left school in May of 1960.
I remember my Mam and I buying a budgie at a pet shop near the Market Square....anyone remember that shop?
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Re: Blyth Market Square circa 1960
« Reply #13 on: Sunday 03 June 12 20:29 BST (UK) »
  I cant ever remember a pet shop actually in the Blyth Market Square, but there was Middletons pet shop just around the corner in Bowes St. It was there for a very long time.

   Truth to tell, there is hardly any trade in Blyth right now,although we do have a petshop!

 The town is no longer the beautiful town it was when I was young,
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Re: Blyth Market Square circa 1960
« Reply #14 on: Sunday 03 June 12 20:36 BST (UK) »
Correct the last 'poster'. the pet shop was in Bowes Street.  Puppies were often 'displayed' in the window, which was a magnet for children.  The Kam Tong - nice meal after a night out in Blyth. ;D But you never took ladies or canny lasses there. :o  Also remember The Swan, and also The Globe, which was close by.

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Re: Blyth Market Square circa 1960
« Reply #15 on: Sunday 03 June 12 20:42 BST (UK) »

 And Betty Clough, wife of the landlord of the Swan, in the late 50s, providing pop music upstairs,
 for us youngons on her record player.

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Link House painting 1896, Newsham, Blyth
« Reply #16 on: Thursday 07 June 12 08:54 BST (UK) »
Many thanks to phodgetss for the link to the old Blyth photos at www. blythtowncouncil. org . uk.

I was delighted to find an old photo of Link House. Recently I took an old oil painting of Link House dated 1896 into Woodhorn (Northumberland Archives) to get scanned for their records.

It's now on their website and you can see it at
http://www.experiencewoodhorn.com/archive.NRO%2009172~1

Interesting to compare the two..

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Re: Link House painting 1896, Newsham, Blyth
« Reply #17 on: Thursday 07 June 12 14:55 BST (UK) »
Many thanks to phodgetss for the link to the old Blyth photos at www. blythtowncouncil. org . uk.

I was delighted to find an old photo of Link House. Recently I took an old oil painting of Link House dated 1896 into Woodhorn (Northumberland Archives) to get scanned for their records.

It's now on their website and you can see it at
http://www.experiencewoodhorn.com/archive.NRO%2009172~1

Interesting to compare the two..


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