Blyth Market Square circa 1960

[Michael Dixon]

PYofB,

 The railway bridge marked the division between the south end of
  Regent St and north end of Turner St.

 Michael

[c-side]

Welcome to rootschat, Lee, and best wishes with your website.  I will be in touch via email

Christine

[Phodgetts]

It's a while since anything was posted to this thread. However, I am able to update it a little with a newly acquired picture of Bridge Street, Blyth looking west passed the old Post Office and the Library towards Waterloo Road and it's junction with Regent Street. Date I have been told is circa 1944, I have no reason to argue, but if anyone sees something which gives better proof to a date I'd be only too glad to hear what they have to say. Enjoy.

P

[dolly dimples]

Eeee, takes ye back a bit.
                         Coulden't argue about the date, but its pretty near.
                            Great Picture!    Thanks Dolly

[pityackafromblyth]

Who remembers when Hedley Young had their own "currency"/ coins ?
And re the above photograph, have a look at the 2 men outside the Post Office, bottom right of the photo, the right hand one seems to have something enormous on his head.

[TriciaK]

I've just joined this forum, and have loved following this thread.
I lived in Blyth from 1936 to 1958. My parents left Blyth in 1966 but returned 1988 and I visited them there until Mum died in 2002. So I share many memories with some of you - especially the swimmers 
That last photo , of the library and Hedley Youngs, much time spent there. I once had a holiday job there, selling hankies!
re the market square, who remembers Harper's fish shop? now round the corner I think.
Sadly I don't have any photos to share, except for a painting of my g.g. grandfather's ship  The Messenger.

[dolly dimples]

Well Welcome Tricia K,  glad you have enjoyed the trip down memory Lane.
   Re Harpers fish shop, sorry but no longer here, the old shop facing market square is actually a fish and chip cafe now.  As we Blythonians love to see and hear anything about Blyth, why not post a pic of your Grandfathers ship The Messenger?   Dolly

[Phodgetts]

Welcome Tricia, wonderful to be getting comment from another of Blyth's folk.

If possible I'd also love to see the Messenger painting too. Was it a Blyth ship? I'd love to be able to track down some of the old paintings of the Blyth vessels. In a book by Walter Runciman there are prints of Blyth vessels which are taken from original paintings, but alas, they are black and white.

Smiling Morn was one of them which you will have seen on this thread.

Philip

[TriciaK]

Thanks to both of you - my eldest son has the painting now, hanging in his house. He's away until end of June, then I'll ask him to take a photo of it and I'll try to post it on here.
I've tried to research the ship, with "John Knott master" - not sure if it actually belonged to him, I think they were sort of leased from a big company.
I do have a photo somewhere of my class in Crofton Juniors from ?1947. Would that be the kind of thing to post on here? I remember some of the names, might help with tracing people.
ps - the Messenger mentioned in an older post on here:
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/TheShipsList/2000-09/0970318345