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Northumberland / Re: Blyth History.
« on: Sunday 26 April 20 19:34 BST (UK)  »
My dad Bob Gibson began his railway career at Blyth in February 1940 aged 19.I have his diaries from 1942/1950 giving an account of his shifts as a fireman,detailing engines/drivers and shift patterns.He spent most of his time at North Blyth .My Mams’ brother Jimmy Pattison was also a driver.I have a list of drivers and firemen and their engines from North Blyth.My grandparents lived at 63 Cowpen Road next to Morpeth Road school so we used to go to South Blyth shed on the way.My uncle became a signalman at Crofton Mill after he got TB.I used to go to the cabin frequently.He moved to Freeman’s Crossing at the power station before becoming a florist in Bedlington.My dad became shed foreman at Sunderland in 1964 and after a brief spell at Hartlepool moved to March Cambs before retirement in1984.
I can recommend the rail online website.There are lots of Blyth pictures.

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Northumberland / Re: Blyth History.
« on: Thursday 12 March 20 22:37 GMT (UK)  »
My grandad James H Gibson worked at the slaughterhouse in the 1950s and early 1960s.I used to go there during holidays and he would blow up pigs bladders for football.He also drove a butchers cart for the CO-OP and would take me to the stables on a Sunday morning.I have a photograph of him when he worked in Shys butchers shop.
With regard to Harrington’s ,Shirley Harrington was my form prefect at BGS in 1961.I left there in 1964 when we moved to Sunderland.We lived on Plessey Road opposite the bus garage and I had a paper round at George Morgans.My dad Bob Gibson had use of his season ticket at NUFC when he did the extension on the shop and opened the off license.The shop was previously owned by the Davison family.
The chip shop on Plessey Rd was owned then by Les Fraser and his wife .They also had a daughter whose name I am unable to remember.I seem to recall that the parents were involved in a bad car accident.There was another chip shop in Robert street owned by Miss Edie Calder.

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