hi once again... i would really like to find out if there are any of the people i grew up with still living in the area ... the names i can remember are the seddons .. owens .. lees ..richardsons .. barkers .. and i think a family called rose to name just a few many thanks

okay i'll ask him for you tonight

Hi there,

Ive asked my dad and he said the Seddons moved away years ago and he thinks they have sadly passed away

The Owens.... my dad knows Les Owen and Brian Owen are still alive but they are grand children of that family

The Tilburys.... Brenda is still alive, Ronnie and Gracie and Harvery have passed away. Keith, their grandson is still alive and still living in choppington

Not sure about the Rushes but The Rice family lived somewhere opposite number 16. They were called Sammy, Lizzie and their three sons john, neil and billy. Neil is running the choppington miners welfare now. They are relations to my dad

Lofthouses.... the sons were billy, horace, les, colin and frank. Billy and Horace passed away, les lives at ashington, colin lives in yorkshire somewhere and frank still lives in choppington

As for my dad and his family.... My grandad was called John but known as spike or billy, his wife was barbara. Both have passed away. His sons were my father (Billy known as spike), my uncle Gordon who has passed away and their sisters Margaret, Betty and Jean. Betty lives with her family in guide post, Jean in bedlington and Margaret in Pegswood

And me and my dad live in good old bedlington station!

Hope all of this is a help to you

hi and thank you .. yopu have been a great help to me most of the names you mention bring back memories of the folk i knew .. as you will understand i left choppington when i was 14 years old which is 56 years ago

i will be on the phone to my brother during the week ahead and will talk over your information .. once again thank you for your time i will be in touch again if you dont mind all the best for 2010

You're welcome! And i hope you had a very happy new year

hi i was born at 16 eastgate choppington in 1939 my name is john besford i have brother called brian and a late sister called dorreen looking for anyone who was born around the same time

hello greenfingers i have been reading posts between you and penylane . good reading also very informative . good luke in what you are doing .bediesathome

Some of Eastgate is still there, but the houses on the right hand side as you go into Choppington were pulled down around 1998/99 (i think).

hello greenfingers nice weather for gardening and golfing . wont be long befor we are doing our thing

You're welcome! And i hope you had a very happy new year

hello greenfingers i bet you have white fingers now with the weather we are having (no gardening at the moment).

hi and thank you .. yopu have been a great help to me most of the names you mention bring back memories of the folk i knew .. as you will understand i left choppington when i was 14 years old which is 56 years ago

i will be on the phone to my brother during the week ahead and will talk over your information .. once again thank you for your time i will be in touch again if you dont mind all the best for 2010

hello greenfingers have you had any more names from choppington?

I was wondering if anyone here could remember a theatre in Choppington in the 1950`s? I came across a photo which was taken in 1955. It clearly shows that it stood right next to `Wally`s` pub.

I didn`t realise that there was ever a theatre there? It was called `The Star Cinema`

Doe`s it ring any bells to anyone?

hi and thank you .. yopu have been a great help to me most of the names you mention bring back memories of the folk i knew .. as you will understand i left choppington when i was 14 years old which is 56 years ago

i will be on the phone to my brother during the week ahead and will talk over your information .. once again thank you for your time i will be in touch again if you dont mind all the best for 2010

I`m not sure if this will bring back any memories for you..this photo was taken in Choppington 1945 for VE day. It would be interesting if you recognised anyone

the cinema you refer to was called the star ..it was run by an old dear known as ganny mavin .. we all used to go there on a saturday morning to the matinee .. the photo i remember very well i have a wider one that actually shows me on the right hand side sitting astride a wooden bench .. i was at choppington some two years or so ago but the star was pulled down thank .. you very much for the photos i was looking to find a photo if the cinema thanks to you i now have one

Brilliant photo! i'll show that to my dad tonight, im sure he'll know a few faces

that would be great i would really like to find out who they are .. i am not too sure if it is the photo i have

if i can find it i will send it to you .. the one i have was taken at eastgate

once again many thanks

hi i am informed by my brother that you are indeed right ..they have pulled down quite a lot of houses ..

i am going to see my brother next year so i will have a look while i am there ...i remember georges shop as well as tates ice cream on the corner look forward to the photo nice to hear from you again bye for now

greenfingers

My dad told me the story about ganny marvin and how she wud let u in for free to watch the matinee if you gave her an empty jam jar!

wish it was still like that now. costs a fortune to get in the cinema these days!!

My dad told me the story about ganny marvin and how she wud let u in for free to watch the matinee if you gave her an empty jam jar!

wish it was still like that now. costs a fortune to get in the cinema these days!!

your dad is correct about getting into the star for one jam jar . did he tell you that the star was nick named the gaff.(happy times at the gaff).

hi again i had forgotten all about the jam jars . i can remember we used to pass our tickets out the toilet

window to our mates ... if i remember the projectionist was a man called woodhouse who also lived at easgate

hehe yeah he mentioned they called it the gaff

hello greenfingers hope you are getting some gardening done now that the weather is getting better.

hi again i had forgotten all about the jam jars . i can remember we used to pass our tickets out the toilet

window to our mates ... if i remember the projectionist was a man called woodhouse who also lived at easgate

hello greenfingers nice time for allottments (if you have wellingtons)

My Maths teacher was called John Besford?

could not be me .. i never taught at school my main subjects were gardening and how quick i could get out of school

16 Eastgate will be just past the school and the first turn to your left? I`m trying to think who lives up there now... i think most of the people that lived there for years have either moved or passed away. If there`s certain people you`re wondering about just pm me, i`m sure i`d be able to find out where they are etc

I had family that used to live at Choppington, they`ve moved now but i knew a few folk there and i`m still in touch with a lot of them.

hi sorry i have not been on the website for some time ...the families i knew were the owens tilburys the roughs (i think that is how it is spelt)but 56 years is a long time ...i have been in touch with some of them (joe jobson & john young)but i have no knowledge of the barkers ..marleys