Hi all! On the subject of Storey's Buildings,i'm afraid you are wrong,Mr Dawson....no disrepect intended! The street ran down the bank,and ended at the Willow bridge,where the the old "Barn'ton burn" flows beneath..this street was on the right side of the road as you head for Ashington. The street was demolished in the late 60's to create the new junction that takes you along Barrington road. The top of Storeys buildings was dominated by the pub called "The Railway Tavern",which,in the early 60's,was run by my best mate's brother,Bob Walker. A good old pit Marra of mine,who Mr Dawson will know,with the initals A.Dix.,lived in the street until the Council served a compulsory purchase order upon him,,to allow the demolishon. Going down the street,there was a shop that sold sweets among other things,a Chapel witha walled rear garden,outside netties across a clarty back street. There were no trees in the fields to the left originally,and you could see right up the burn,to the Black railway bridge. The pit ponies used to be kept in the fields to the rear of the street,on the right side,going down the bank. Now,
