More info has arrived! It was definitely Railway Terrace. Here's an extract from something my cousin has just sent me in case anyone recognises a name or two ...
" ... where her father took over a railway house, 2 Railway Terrace, built for employees of the railways. When number 5 in the same row became vacant, the family moved there because the rent was cheaper – even though the house was identical to others in the same street. The rent was protected by some earlier legislation, which meant that it could not be raised. There were sixteen houses, all on the one street and all lived in by railway workers. The family’s neighbours were Dunn (who kept chickens and sold eggs. Mum’s family used to buy eggs from them), then Keany, Rutherford, and Jackson (from Carlisle). The Smith family were next and they had Doreen, Joan and little Billy, who died of diphtheria. At that time, there was no vaccination available against the disease and no fever hospitals, either. The Davies and Nendick families were next along the row. Mum used to play with Ena Nendick, who had a sister, Marie and a brother, George. Winnie Davies was another playmate. Edie Keany was a housewife but she used to get lonely in the house and would come out and join in with the kids as they played. She was harmless, says Mum. Mr.Dalby, next along, was a divorced man living on his own. He loved books and would show them to the children. He helped the several of the boys learn to read, including Basil and Charlie Rose. He was well-travelled and taught them about all kinds of things. He became an alderman and had a son, Vivian, who also lived in Newsham. The other families were Bryson, Calder, Johnson’s of course, then Rogerson, Rose, Graham and Walton. At the back of the houses, there was a cobbled street, along which horses and carts came and it was bounded by a tall brick wall which divided the houses from the main Newcastle to Blyth railway line. "
Ring a bell, anyone?
16 houses at Railway Terrace before the war - 16 at Railway Cottages now. Hmmmm.
Mike
P.S. Looks like you might have to photograph the entire row, Eddie
