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Northumberland / Re: Blyth History.
« on: Wednesday 04 March 20 16:32 GMT (UK)  »
My grandfather Matthew Harrison is the trimmer middle row of Pete Loud's photo. He moved from Percy Main c1890 when the staithes were built as the Blyth trimmers did not have experience of loading with the new equipment I was told. He was a first aider and became an inspector in St. John's Ambulance Brigade.

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Northumberland / Re: Garden City ( ? ) Blyth
« on: Monday 02 March 20 16:50 GMT (UK)  »
A little late to reply to this. I think the answer to the missing avenues was the depression, council ran out of money. My parents lived in the avenues from about 1934-5 and I left in 1954. There were stub roads at the top of 6th and the back of 12th on Newlands road which would presumably have led to the missing avenues. Newlands bungalows were privately built, my uncle  was living there in 1936.

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