My grandparents & great aunt & uncle in the1920's

Hi Tony,there was a Frankie and ? Heron,lived opposite my Family,at Hollymount Square,from the house being built arouns 1948--ish.

Frankie was short and stocky,pleasant,[both of them...my Mother's gud neighbours..],they had two Sons,Frankie jr and Jacky.

They all worked at the Doctor Pit,in those days.

I was just a bairn of three[nearly four..when we moved there]

Any Relation to you?

Your spot on there frank snr was my great uncle frank jnr.

Jacky were my mums cousins, franks brother sam lived in Bells place I think no4...

Just got confirmation from my Sister,that Mrs Heron's first name WAS Peg.

Eh! it doesn't haaf bring back memories when we were kids,and young Frankie always had a camera,we have him to thank for a lot of old pics of us playing in the street...and especially the ONLY one of my little dog who was killed by an opencast coal lorry..[Tulip's wagons..we called them..],on Bedlington main street,with the most callous person as a driver...[another topic..]

Anyway,Frankie,[and Billy W.- my next door neighbour...],would be reported nooadays by aal the poisioned -minded people in this so-caaled "Society"...that we live in..,for tekkin lovely innocent photo's of his neighbours kids playing.

Young Frankie's nickname was "Spanky" Heron,cos he was aalwis dressed immaculately,was a gud-lukkin fella,and had a B.S.A. 350CC

[i think] motorbike,and used ti ride it wi his suit on,jacket flappin' in thi wind!!

Noo,who was the young laddie who used ti cum ti see Mr and Mrs Heron in aroond 1950-ish,[give or take year or two either way?]

Was he a grandson or ?

I used ti play with him,cos I lived directly opposite the Heron family in Hollymoont.

We wud have been aboot 5 or 6 years old,but I cannot remember his name!

Did a lovely bonny little lassie called Margaret Thack....

also visit the Heron family?....she was in my class at school.

Hi i am Margaret Huntley nee Thackray who visited Frank and peg Heron at Hollymount square, i still visit young  Frank{ spanky ] today he is 86 . My mam and his mam were very good friends and i was very  much part of the family, i called them auntie peg and uncle frank, young Frank and Jack were like my brothers.Sylvia Curly pierced my ears at auntie pegs when i was about 9, i remember she worked for Jimmy Milne in the gift shop,they were happy days.Who are you high pit wilma?

Well,Margaret,isn't the internet a smashing thing ti hev....espeshully for bringing aad friends tigitha!!

Can ye mind Mrs Allison across the road from Auntie Peg's?[No 13 Hollymount]..a mean directly opposite?

She had  four of a family when you were nine,and five by the time you/we

were 10 years old.

I am Billy,the youngest of the original four!

My younger sister was born when we were 10 yrs,in 1954?[correct me please!]

On my class 2 photo,taken at the Bedlington village infants school,I have named most of the 43 pupils,starting with myself at the very top left of the back row,all smiling with my little dimple - cheeks!

Now,unless my memory is,for once,letting me down,I have you marked also sitting cutely, smiling, with your little shoulder bag on.!

How I have the photo,is because one of our friends who is on the photo,standing next to me,a lad called Jim Hardy,sent the photo into the "LEADER" free press , a few years ago,so I cut it out and kept it for posterity.[never thinking that some day we would all have computers...!]

I am trying to find out how to post it on here!!

Lovely to hear from you Margaret,Hubby wouldn't be Tommy would he?

[Another friend from around the corner at Hollymount!]

Cheers Margaret!

Billy.

P.S. thanks to Tonyp for alerting me to your posting!!

Margaret,if you haven't already visited the page,I have posted the class photo with you on,as I explained,see how many you can name!!

Cheers Margaret!

Billy.