Canny lass

... or you could go to the library. Usually you can connect your device or a USB memory stick and print there. Not in the UK but visit when I gat the chance. Living in Sweden.

.. not enough roughage in their diet, obviously!

Herea re two OS maps. The first, from 1866, shows Sunnyside but it seems to be an area name. There are no rows of buildings but maybe a small farm. The second map is from 1898 and there , for the first time, I can see both Station Terrace and Sunnyside. However, the name Sunnyside has moved to the new row of houses. It can be that locally the area is still referred to as Sunnyside, so you may well have heard the name used. Have a look at a bus timetable for the area. I've found in my research that many bus-stops tend to keep their old names.

All my maps are digital, except for the prints I make from them but you'll need to invest in a computer or even a small tablet to view them. Brains, or what's left of them can always be picked here.

That OS map is from 1947.

The name Sunnyside is very familiar to me but not from childhood. I know that it has cropped up here now and then so I did search. You might like to look at two topics: Sunnyside Cottages Choppington Willow Bridge, Choppington Sunnyside is discussed in both. Bluebarby, who writes mentions that row of houses and they were there during his time in Netherton Colliery. Bluebarby and myself are about the same age.

... can't help you there I'm afraid. I've never heard of Cathy Sekker/Secker. I haven't lived in England for almost 34 years.

I've just had alook on Google Earth. Sunniside doesn't exist - only the five house row adjacent to the station house, Station Terrace so that must be what's seen in the photo. Could the name Sunnyside refer to the general area?

Thanks Eggy! I was thinking that it could be Station Row (the short terrace you mention) but the other buildings had me confused. I thought it was a farm. Just out of curiosity I had a look at the Choppington Area today, trying to determine where Sunnyside is. I've always thought of Sunnyside as the name of an area rather than the name of a street but it is in fact the name of a street: This OS map is from 1947 so Sunnyside must have been there when I was a child, yet I have no memory of it. I know the address I visited was Station Row, as my sister called it, but it is in fact Station Terrace according to the map. @lilbill15 you may be right, the houses in the picture may well be Sunnyside. I've no idea how the area looks today. However, looking at Alan's recent Google earth picture I can't seem to detect that row of houses. The Equestrian Centre seems to occupy the site - If I'm looking at the right area.

Seriously, Sunnyside is just a vague area to me. I was never much in the Choppington area. I know Station Row well because I visited often as a child with my older sister who had friends there.

It's a bit later than usual because I've been away from home having my second Covis vaccination but it's Friday night (almost) and time for a bit of deep thinking and a portion of head scratching: 1. What is the correct collective name for a litter of piglets? 2. What is the final event in the decathlon? 3. Of New Zealand’s two main islands which is the larger, North Island or South Island? 4. In which city can you see the Obelisk of Luxor? 5. What sort of instruments are timpani, table and boodhran? 6. What was the name of the cook in the TV series Upstairs Downstairs? 7. Who wrote the song A Whiter Shade of Pale? 8. Who led the victorious armies at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314? 9. Before marrying Mark Antony, who was Cleopatra’s lover? 10. In which sport are the terms ‘silly mid off’ and ‘extra cover’ used? 11. The sun’s heat is derived from the fusion of hydrogen and which other element? 12. What type of fruit is a Grenadier? I’ll bet you didn’t know …. All polar bears are left-handed. Answers on Thursday next week, as usual.

Not a problem, @lilbill15. I don't think I could put a finger on Sunnyside, if anyone was to ask.

Answers to last week's quiz: 1. The transistor 2. Peterhouse 3. Lipstick on your collar 4. Handcuffs 5. Yogi bear 6. Tiger Woods 7. Chest 8. Mary I and James I 9. Greenwich Mean Time 10. Potage 11. Edinburgh 12. Pentland Firth New quiz tomorrow.

@lilbill15 I only manage the simple additions to maps and photos and I've no idea how to go about it on a mobile phone. However, here is a simple tip given to me many years ago by one of the grandchildren (then 11 yréars old): "just put a button or something on the spot you want me to look at and then take a picture so you can send it to me". That was to do with pointing out something on a document when I didn't know how to mark text for copying on a mobile phone but it would work well on a map I would imagine. It also obliviates the necessity of writing/making marks on your document/map. I'm sure Eggy has much better advice.

Mine too! It was a nice walk down memory lane.

Thanks Eggy! I was thinking that it could be Station Row (the short terrace you mention) but the other buildings had me confused. I thought it was a farm.

This pic is the one I was referring to;

Thank you @lilbill15! It looks like a nice walk and the dog (Max?) seems to be enjoying it. I'm trying to get my bearings and I'm wondering about the houses in the last photo. Any adea what the street is called? Is it in Choppington or Bedlington? Is that an old farmhouse next to it?

Friday is upon us once more! Release your inner genius. If he doesn't want to come out then you can use Google: 1. What did Messrs Shockley, Bardeen and Brattain invent in1947? 2. Which is the oldest of the Cambridge colleges, founded in 1248? 3. Which song begins “When you left me all alone, at the record hop; told me you were going out for a soda pop”? 4. Darbies is a slang word for what? 5. Boo boo is the friend of which cartoon character? 6. Who made history in 1997 by becoming the youngest ever US masters golf champion? 7. What can be a box or a part of the body? 8. Which monarchs preceded and succeeded Elizabeth I? 9. What do the initials GMT stand for? 10. Which French word describes a very thick soup? 11. Hearts and Hibs come from which Scottish city? 12. Which stretch of water separates the Scottish mainland from the Orkneys? I’ll bet you didn’t know …. In America there once was a magazine called Chocolate News. It came in a glossy brown cover and actually smelled of chocolate. Answers on Thursday.

It wasn't so much the bridge, though it was quite rickety, it was more the steep incline leading down to it that scared me. It was often muddy and slippery. The footpath from the bridge to Northumberland Ave, is marked out on the map. I've outlined it in red. It skirted the farmer's fields. If you are looking about the area of Francis pit be very, very careful! I don't know how the shaft is today. When I was a child there was an old stone tower, presumably for the winding gear, though I never saw the gear. The tower was removed early fifties and left a gaping shaft. A neighbour's boy fell to his death there. This prompted the sealing of the shaft with old railway tracks (the metal rails only) crossing the shaft and embedded in cement on either side. It didn't stop us playing there - daring each other to run across the rails. It was a wonder no-one else was killed. We were so skinny then we could have easily fallen between the rails. I've no idea how it is today but you can see the shaft marked on the map to the south of the earthworks and path over the bridge. Do take care!

If like me, you are 'optically challenged' it can be a good idea to save the map from here to your own PC then you can zoom in and out as much as you like.

If you mean the text which I've marked in red, it says "Brick works" as do the other two which I've marked blue. The whole of that area was brick works so It doesn't surprise me that you find bricks. I think the kids of Netherton helped to spread them all over the place.

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