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Hi Belay,

It wasn't really a matter of finding them to be honest, I knew who they were. I was just intrigued that I'd found them in West Row and then suddenly New Row at the same number so I thought perhaps it was the same row with a name change but according to the map in an earlier post it's apparent that they moved.

Bink's name was William Arthur and his wife was Grace, he was my uncle, the brother of my Mum. They were lovely people, we were all very fond of them. The story goes that he had an eye defect as a child and blinked a lot so my Mum called him Blinky but couldn't manage the word properly when she was young, hence Binky. Norman had a problem with his eyes as well. David was a year younger than me and tragically took his own life I believe, at the age of 27. I visited Bink in his new flat and he  seemed happy there. He died in 2004.

First word could be Quarryman or Journeyman. Not sure if either of those make sense?

Thanks Blythian, that's pretty definitive isn't it. They must have been happy with No. 13 which was where i was born (New Row). Lucky for some I say! I don't know about the track between Middle Row and East Row. My parents moved South to my father's county of Wiltshire when I was about 2 and although we visited grandparents throughout my childhood it was always the back of the house that we used and never ventured far. I do remember the allotments across the road though. I have very fond memories of that house.

On another tack, I see your genealogical interests include Parkers in Northumberland. I have Parker connections in my tree, my great-great aunt Elizabeth Stanley married James Parker in 1872. Although he was born in Lancashire, they married in Featherstone, Yorkshire. Judging by children's birth dates they moved to Blyth between 1880 and 1881 and returned to Featherstone sometime between 1883 and 1887. Ring any bells?

Thanks Stan. Spot on!

Thanks Nell, I'll try that. Any pointers to newspaper resources?