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" How man, the bairns are sleeping, turn that fucking horse down!" When did they live there Alex? Have you any idea when it changed from being run by the Dwellings Co. Pal of mine lived there in the late 80s when she was at Uni. It's an amazing little patch of concentrated history there mind, The Keelmans Hospital beside it dates back to the 1700s ( went to several parties there post-Barley Mow in my youth), and Sallyport Tower has a very varied history, the lower part of it is supposedly Roman. It's also believed that the Roman Wall runs beneath The Dwellings.

Right back apparently. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapou_Yanga-Mbiwa

I look like Neil Oliver ? The Dwellings at Garth Heads were built in 1869 and extended in 1878 by The Newcastle Upon Tyne Improved Industrial Dwelling Co.Ltd. so if your family lived there for 4 generations going back from the 1940s, it would probably have been your great x2 grandparents who moved there. They were built to house the workers from various nearby industries and business, and were seen at the time as examples of benevolence from owners to workers. In reality, although the workers benefitted from improved accommodation, they were in effect tied workers- they would lose their home if they left their job, and were easily monitored by their employers re. sickness and absenteeism. I'm guessing that at some point in the early 20thC they were taken over by the council, but I'm not sure when exactly.

0191 496 7806. Do it.

Go on! You know you want it, you beefy slut!

is this what Newcastle Online is like these days I Nah, its too sterile. Give me argy-bargy any day of the week. Tbf, loads of posters on there share your views. you mean, they realise that when they all disagreed with me, and banned me for it, I was right all along ?

be specific. Clear enough ?

Christmas Tree, lurking as we bicker. You insane old goat.

There's always conditions with Leazes mind…

Hello fat cabby

A Wetherspoons breakfast then.

The Toxic Takeaway on Delaval rd? Still proudly helping its customers lose weight.

13 pints? Lightweight.

Me dads side probably will have done too. They lived in the Dwellings just on City Road, down from Pandon Bank, up till about 1940 for about three or four generations apparently. Is that Garth Heads Student flats? Just checked back on the census and I was mistaken- my ancestors lived in Trafalgar St. on the 1861 census, in 1851 they're listed as living on New Road , All Saints. New Road was the old name for City Road, so you never know, they may have been neighbours. Do you know the name of your dads ancestors? I'll see if I can find them on the census.

Awaits hoying oot time for this thread to go pyramid.

Lardy Wop?

"cluck cluck cluckaaaaw" Chicken chat.

Oh Come on ye Faithful.

Thought this thread had sunk like its subject

What's it now then? It was deconsecrated in 1961, but is still used for Services by Church of Saint Willibrord with All Saints,whoever the feck they are.

I've known about the fire for years, but recently been doing some family history, this thread has made me realise that my great great great grandparents would have almost definatly witnessed this, as they are listed in the 1851 census as living in Trafalgar St, All Saints, and would have certainly been affected by it.

It's an unusual church as it's elliptical (or round to us plebs )

I've scanned a few pics you might like Stevie- the first two are the Quayside pre-explosion, the second two are taken 7/10/1854, the day after the blast. Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us The 2nd and 3rd pics are of the same part of the Quayside, The Guildhall is on the left, what is now the bottom of Dean St. is to its right. The building which is still standing, centre of the pic, is about where the north tower of the Tyne Bridge stands, with Chase bar behind it. The Church in both is All Saints church, which is now to the East of the Bridge The pics above are from a book I have by Frank Manders called "Newcastle Upon Tyne- A Selection of the Earliest Photographs" Found a couple more on tinterweb You might also like this post from skyscrapercity forum; http://www.skyscrape...&postcount=1232