Re: Furnace Row? - a question in connection with family history
In the late 1940s early 1950s as kids in the Quay the pit yard was our main play ground,at the back was Leslie's ship yard with a 8 feet tall wall bottom of the wall where there was a small holdings that had hens chickens and goats one a Billy goat we used to try and ride on its back the man who had it was a local guy called Tweddle,old Tweddely as we nicknamed him was not liked buy us kids we used to give him the runaround not sure if he lived in Dunston st? Happy days
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