John Fox (foxy) Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Anyone got any stories? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Can't think of any stories at the moment, but like the idea of Then & Now:- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 When I posted the previous picture, 1949 Airey Houses Coquetdale Place, I decided to Google Street view the area around The Oval to see if I could find Then & Now pictures of the Airey Houses. Whilst Google driving along Waverley Drive I came to No 72. So before the scheme to rebuild the Airey houses started this Airey house must have been purchased; knocked down and this new home built.So Then And Now side by side. Wonder what happened at No 72 when they came to demolish No 71? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie/915 Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Verdi's we have always called the 'Na Bother Italian'They do a brilliant line in Bedlington /Italian.Maybe they hail from further afield! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 When I posted the previous picture, 1949 Airey Houses Coquetdale Place, I decided to Google Street view the area around The Oval to see if I could find Then & Now pictures of the Airey Houses. Whilst Google driving along Waverley Drive I came to No 72. So before the scheme to rebuild the Airey houses started this Airey house must have been purchased; knocked down and this new home built.WaverleyDrive Then&Now.pngSo Then And Now side by side. Wonder what happened at No 72 when they came to demolish No 71? NOT Waverley Drive - Waverley Avenue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Symptoms Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Perhaps Fred West lived there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie/915 Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 This is a brilliant idea 'Then and Now'Any picture from the past with a picture of now.Well done Foxy and Eggy.I must drive down Waverley Avenue, I though all the houses had been rebuilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Fox (foxy) Posted December 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Here's another one then Maggie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 This is a brilliant idea 'Then and Now'Any picture from the past with a picture of now.Well done Foxy and Eggy.I must drive down Waverley Avenue, I though all the houses had been rebuilt.They have all been built Maggie. Google Street view is still using the pictures from 2009. It shows the houses in the middle of Waverley Avenue, Nos. 54 downwards under reconstruction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie/915 Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Foxy is that Banner Netherton Colliery.Seem to think someone said it had been recycled and used by another colliery.Eggy that part of Waverley Avenue was a playground as a kid, I must revisit.I remember breaking both bones in my arm, reckless driving. (Scooter) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 This is the best I can do, at the moment, for 'Then and Now'. Haig Road - there is no date on the back of the then picture but fairly positive by the size of two kids, me and my brother, in the picture, and of course the fact it is a street party, it must be ER II coronation 1953. The Now pic is 2009 from Google Street view, Beatty Road on the left, Haig Road on the right.I could be wrong but the one other person in the Then pic that I can recall a name for is Mrs Surtees, from Haig Road. I'm the one kneeling in the middle of the picture and Mrs Surtees is standing, at the opposite side of the table, behind me It was either her husband, or brother, used to be 'Torchy' at the Top End picture hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eileen Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Foxy love your then and now photos. Just wondering what used to be on the Johnny Johnson home site next door to the light shop, I just cant remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyg Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 The co-op Bakery wasn't it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Hogg Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Foxy is that Banner Netherton Colliery.Seem to think someone said it had been recycled and used by another colliery.Eggy that part of Waverley Avenue was a playground as a kid, I must revisit.I remember breaking both bones in my arm, reckless driving. (Scooter)It is the Dr Pit colliery Banner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie/915 Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Thanks for the information on Banners Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Symptoms Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Here you go Maggs ... in glorious Technicolor: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Symptoms Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Here's some more: more to follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie/915 Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Brilliant, thank you Symtoms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Fox (foxy) Posted December 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Another one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith lockey Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 (edited) You missed one photo off, Foxy. Edited December 8, 2013 by keith lockey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Another one.Like the 'Now' picture as by the scaffolding on the left it is a very recent. Do you have access to St. Cuthbert's Tower? Your a secret campanologist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Bedlington Station, looking from Palace Road. Not as good as Foxy's as my now was nicked from Google street view (Clayton windows not damaged!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith lockey Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 (edited) The Oval Shops. Edited December 8, 2013 by keith lockey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Fox (foxy) Posted December 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 my now was nicked from Google street view (Clayton windows not damaged!)Then&NowStationCorner.jpgWhere did the other one come from? :shiftyninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Fox (foxy) Posted December 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 (edited) Your a secret campanologist! Not sure if I've heard that word before but it certainly rings a Bell. Edited December 8, 2013 by foxy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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