Blast from the past

Kenny Bottles · **Posted:** Sat Sep 30, 2023 12:07 pm

Horden, Easington and Blackhall actually having pits - rather than nowadays where they really are the pits...!!l

The locals don't refer to Blackhall as Smack-hall for nowt.

Johnjo1 · **Joined:** Sun Oct 13, 2019 12:52 pm **Posts:** 1625

The Wagga Moon. It would light up the area for a few minutes.

Jamie1952 · **Joined:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:56 pm **Posts:** 7263

derwent wrote:

Jamie1952 wrote:

What was the name of the I think Greek Restaurant in Church Street, I remember before all day opening having an after hours drinks session in there on a Saturday afternoon. We might have bought a meal but I can’t remember now, it was 1976.

The Three Arches, Jamie.

Cheers Derwent, we had a couple of after hour Saturday afternoon sessions in there, no questions asked.

Leggie43 · **Joined:** Wed Apr 15, 2020 4:55 am **Posts:** 7286

Steetly chimney

Sussex UK · **Joined:** Wed Dec 28, 2016 10:34 pm **Posts:** 3500

Bluestreak wrote:

Rickets

Hair Lice...crabs..all making a comeback.

Leggie43 · **Joined:** Wed Apr 15, 2020 4:55 am **Posts:** 7286

The magic roundabout

Sussex UK · **Joined:** Wed Dec 28, 2016 10:34 pm **Posts:** 3500

Leggie43 wrote:

The magic roundabout

We need to move along with the times .Is sooty and sweep gender friendly ?

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37096

I wonder how the Viz is coping with the woke agenda nowadays, the idea of ‘Sid the Transgender Advocate’ and ‘The Two Obese Condom Ladies’.is unthinkable, surely not.

Sussex UK · **Joined:** Wed Dec 28, 2016 10:34 pm **Posts:** 3500

Snowy wrote:

I wonder how the Viz is coping with the woke agenda nowadays, the idea of ‘Sid the Transgender Advocate’ and ‘The Two Obese Condom Ladies’.is unthinkable, surely not.

Any truth in it... Cider Woman and Brown bottle have given up the drink ??

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37096

Sussex UK wrote:

Snowy wrote:

I wonder how the Viz is coping with the woke agenda nowadays, the idea of ‘Sid the Transgender Advocate’ and ‘The Two Obese Condom Ladies’.is unthinkable, surely not.

Any truth in it... Cider Woman and Brown bottle have given up the drink ??

Inevitable.

Leggie43 · **Joined:** Wed Apr 15, 2020 4:55 am **Posts:** 7286

Half Crown

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37096

Pubs closing on Saturday afternoons and shops on Wednesday afternoons.

Jamie1952 · **Joined:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:56 pm **Posts:** 7263

Snowy wrote:

Pubs closing on Saturday afternoons and shops on Wednesday afternoons.

Pubs closing every afternoon and 12 till 2 on a Sunday then open at 7 till was it 10.30 or 11 ?
You could get a drink at the Greyhound Stadium on a Sunday afternoon if the Stock Car Racing was on, we had a few good Sunday afternoon’s in there.

Poolie_on_Tyne · **Posted:** Sun Oct 01, 2023 8:31 am

Steam locomotives puffing up & down the line alongside Clarence Road, with their smoke billowing over the eastern side of the ground. The engine sheds in Mainsforth Terace (shed code 51C) & the goods railway line that crossed Whitby Street & ran up to the point where Tesco's giant car park now lies, with the nearby Durham Paper Mills chimney stack.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37096

Poolie_on_Tyne wrote:

Steam locomotives puffing up & down the line alongside Clarence Road, with their smoke billowing over the eastern side of the ground. The engine sheds in Mainsforth Terace (shed code 51C) & the goods railway line that crossed Whitby Street & ran up to the point where Tesco's giant car park now lies, with the nearby Durham Paper Mills chimney stack.

The multiple railway lines crossing the road near the old bus depot from the docks and being able to get from the bottom of Church Street to Middlegate via the docks as kids on your bikes.

Our Younguns Dad · **Joined:** Fri Dec 15, 2006 12:22 am **Posts:** 223

Poolie_on_Tyne wrote:

Steam locomotives puffing up & down the line alongside Clarence Road, with their smoke billowing over the eastern side of the ground. The engine sheds in Mainsforth Terace (shed code 51C) & the goods railway line that crossed Whitby Street & ran up to the point where Tesco's giant car park now lies, with the nearby Durham Paper Mills chimney stack.

I can remember us playing Tranmere when they had Jimmy Cumbes in goal. One of those smoke billowing trains went past and from the town end he couldn't see much past the eighteen yard line. He wasn't half flapping around, probably wondering whether a shot was going to come out of the gloom

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 19417

Poolie_on_Tyne wrote:

Steam locomotives puffing up & down the line alongside Clarence Road, with their smoke billowing over the eastern side of the ground. The engine sheds in Mainsforth Terace (shed code 51C) & the goods railway line that crossed Whitby Street & ran up to the point where Tesco's giant car park now lies, with the nearby Durham Paper Mills chimney stack.

can still remember the smells back then of that plus the steel works. its all still stuck in my nostrals years after they have gone.

Kenny Bottles · **Posted:** Sun Oct 01, 2023 11:21 am

Homoerotic adverts featuring Henry Cooper and Kevin Keegan.

It wasn't just Brut that was being splashed all over...!

Bluestreak · **Posted:** Sun Oct 01, 2023 2:53 pm

Poolie_on_Tyne wrote:

Steam locomotives puffing up & down the line alongside Clarence Road, with their smoke billowing over the eastern side of the ground. The engine sheds in Mainsforth Terace (shed code 51C) & the goods railway line that crossed Whitby Street & ran up to the point where Tesco's giant car park now lies, with the nearby Durham Paper Mills chimney stack.

Yes West Hartlepool 51c

Bluestreak · **Posted:** Sun Oct 01, 2023 2:58 pm

The snug in the Stranton where you pushed the bell for the barmaid to come and serve you.
"6 Strongarm please pet"

Leggie43 · **Joined:** Wed Apr 15, 2020 4:55 am **Posts:** 7286

ABC Cinema

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37096

Benn Scully.

Leggie43 · **Joined:** Wed Apr 15, 2020 4:55 am **Posts:** 7286

Woolworths

jumbodabber · **Joined:** Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:35 pm **Posts:** 519

John S Rae

Kenny Bottles · **Posted:** Sun Oct 01, 2023 5:51 pm

Cod battered and fried with the skin left on.

derwent · **Joined:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:59 pm **Posts:** 12329

Go Ask Alice wrote:

Cod battered and fried with the skin left on.

In beef fat.

Leggie43 · **Joined:** Wed Apr 15, 2020 4:55 am **Posts:** 7286

King Oswy School ( Howard Lumley Clifford & Bulmer )

Kettering Poolie · **Posted:** Sun Oct 01, 2023 11:11 pm

Durham playing County Cricket at Park Drive

Ozzy Saltburn · **Joined:** Mon Nov 01, 2021 11:34 pm **Posts:** 3721

The Docker

Ozzy Saltburn · **Joined:** Mon Nov 01, 2021 11:34 pm **Posts:** 3721

Coun John Curry

Kettering Poolie · **Posted:** Sun Oct 01, 2023 11:50 pm

A&E at the General :angry-screaming:

Kenny Bottles · **Posted:** Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:04 am

Vince's van, Jimmy Simons and Lanigans.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37096

Kettering Poolie wrote:

A&E at the General :angry-screaming:

Magistrates Courts.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37096

EF number plates.

kevin pooles gloves · **Joined:** Tue Oct 07, 2014 2:28 pm **Posts:** 9259

St. Hildas Hospital on the Headland.
Guessing it shut about 1980!

Jamie1952 · **Joined:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:56 pm **Posts:** 7263

West playing playing Premier League at Brierton Lane.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37096

kevin pooles gloves wrote:

St. Hildas Hospital on the Headland.
Guessing it shut about 1980!

Later than that,….. I was in casualty for two nights in 84….and my next time was 88 in the general..so sometime in between. On reflection I’ve been in quite a few times work related…. :laugh:

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37096

Jamie1952 wrote:

West playing playing Premier League at Brierton Lane.

West playing at the Vic and turning the pitch into a ploughed field without a tractor.

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 19417

long queues at seaton on a decent sunday waiting for buses back to town.

Kettering Poolie · **Posted:** Mon Oct 02, 2023 10:18 am

Cameron's Hospital

Jamie1952 · **Joined:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:56 pm **Posts:** 7263

Snowy wrote:

Jamie1952 wrote:

West playing playing Premier League at Brierton Lane.

West playing at the Vic and turning the pitch into a ploughed field without a tractor.

Didn’t Pools get to keep the hospitality boxes and the scoreboards ?

Grayhoundend · **Joined:** Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:13 pm **Posts:** 7162

Dripping Bread

Leggie43 · **Joined:** Wed Apr 15, 2020 4:55 am **Posts:** 7286

The Brus Arms

Jamie1952 · **Joined:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:56 pm **Posts:** 7263

School Dinners.

Kenny Bottles · **Posted:** Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:24 pm

Lowcocks fizzy pop - and the truck that brought them to your street.

Jamie1952 · **Joined:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:56 pm **Posts:** 7263

Ringtons Tea.

Ozzy Saltburn · **Joined:** Mon Nov 01, 2021 11:34 pm **Posts:** 3721

Nicky Featherstone

Leggie43 · **Joined:** Wed Apr 15, 2020 4:55 am **Posts:** 7286

King Oswy pub

Kettering Poolie · **Posted:** Mon Oct 02, 2023 6:10 pm

The Pink Domino

derwent · **Joined:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:59 pm **Posts:** 12329

Blue double decker buses. Church Street to Headland.

Blast from the past

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