Ray

Just seen your info above about Beatty Road. My grandparents Jeff (Jefferson) and Margaret Graham (nee Lynn) lived in 3 Beatty Road until their deaths about 1969. My grandfather worked in the Dr Pit until he became ill and died of pneumoconiosis from the coal dust. I was born in St James hospital in Newcastle and lived in Beatty Rd with my mother Doris and her sister Audrey for a couple of years until my father returned from Army sevice in India. We then moved to Basingstoke Hants where we lived until I married and moved to Australia. I remember visiting my granparents many times as a child (1950-1960) and played with all the other kids in the street. We used to go potato picking at the property at the end of Beatty Rd for which we earned a big Granny Smith apple. I also remember running out to the street to collect the milk from the mikman with his horse and cart. I also remember shovelling coal into the coal house that had been delivered in bulk and tipped into the street. Good old memories of my youth. Ray

Hi all Just joined this forum. I was born in Newcastle and lived for a while in Beatty Road Bedlington and then moved south to Hampshire. I now live in Adelaide Australia and am doing research on my ancestors. My mothers maiden name was Graham. Her parents were Jefferson and Margaret (nee Lynn) Graham. Hope to find out more through this forum. Regards Ray W