UK Location Deciphering? English to English Translation Blaydon ?

[madsleuth]

Hi there. Would appreciate some help on this! Can someone help me figure out what my great great grandmother is saying on tape? She's talking about where her parents were from and so far as I can gather, I know what she's saying except for the last word/location. I'm not sure if the location is in Scotland or England but I think it's one of the two.

"My mother was born just about Blaydon. My mother was born at Blaydon. They have people all over Blaydon and _________."

Link to hear soundbite below. Thank you!
https://soundcloud.com/mmaudiohosting/great-grandma-sound/s-bSx87kIHLlL?si=f67a9496826b49138b366ff8c14230de&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

[matthewj64]

Sounds like Strathleigh or similar

M

[Davedrave]

I think I’m hearing a “g” in the word, something like “Straggly”. From the way she refers to it it would seem to be close to Blaydon near Newcastle, but I can’t find it on a map.

Dave

[Isabel H]

Estate agents list houses in South Lea, Blaydon-On-Tyne, NE21 5JS. Could South Lea be what she's saying?

[Davedrave]

Estate agents list houses in South Lea, Blaydon-On-Tyne, NE21 5JS. Could South Lea be what she's saying?

I think that is just a street name on a fairly modern housing estate comparing it to old O.S. maps on NLS.

Dave

[Isabel H]

I think that is just a street name on a fairly modern housing estate comparing it to old O.S. maps on NLS.

Dave

I was thinking that modern street names can often be a link to what was once there. However, listening again, I don't think it is that. 

Madsleuth, can you give us an idea of the date so we know what maps to look at?

[madsleuth]

I really appreciate all the replys - Having a tough time with this one. The speaker was born 1878 in Blaydon/Winlaton, Durham and died 1970. The recording took place most likely between 1968-1970. The speaker lived in Durham and Newcastle throughout her life but of course, I'm trying to learn about the speaker's parents.

In the full audio, you can hear her daughter talking at the same time as her. Take this with a grain of salt as the audio is extremely difficult to hear but it seems she is describing that the speaker's mom was born near Blaydon, and that the father must have left "the word we're having a hard time deciphering" and come over to Durham and then married her.

[madsleuth]

If this is helpful, I've also slowed down the audio for easier deciphering.

https://soundcloud.com/mmaudiohosting/slowed-down-great-great-grandma/s-iNXaMdBx9x5?si=e9cb33eec6f64251a8fad07633ba764c&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

[madsleuth]

And one more time, a bit slower with just the one word.

https://soundcloud.com/mmaudiohosting/great-great-grandma_slowest-mp3/s-mnefDfH7P6W?si=13c8c2a41ff34a3fb70622e2d360da9e&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing