lovey storey norman i remember the fire very well as if it was yesterday it was in deed a friday night early hours after closing as lads we used to sit at back on church pews we called it the dog end i thim
it cost 9d that saturday like every satmorning i would be over the road at winnie gallaghers shop to deliverr papers we wwould watch the firemen dowsing down the remains ot the theater a true story norman a mongst our gang was one us was the caurse as we used to smoke at the back were the floor boards had big gaps in them were some ones dumper still alight fell through the foor board we new who did it it could have been the caurse we talked about it for years the lad bragged about when i go up to hebburn up my twin brother and i always bring it this is a true story norman the lad in question is not with us his enitiall was js/ we were 9-11 year olds. bit of a struggle norman but i will get there.cheers tb