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Newtown Header from 72 years ago.

Posted by Norman Dunn on December 6, 2022, 9:39:40

I had a phonecall yesterday from a McGuiness relative asking if I had a photo of the Council Yard .His relatives lived very close to it on Glen St when it was bombed in WW2.
This was the best I could do for him.

Newtown-1950-Glen-St-area

Re: Newtown Header from 72 years ago. 'Then & Now'

Posted by James Goring on December 6, 2022, 12:15:16, in reply to "Newtown Header from 72 years ago."

As it looks Now..
Image credit courtesy Google Images

Re: Newtown Header from 72 years ago. 'Then & Now'

Posted by Janice on December 6, 2022, 14:30:46, in reply to "Re: Newtown Header from 72 years ago. 'Then & Now'"

Oh wow ! What a difference !

What did the Bauxite make?

Re: Newtown Header from 72 years ago. 'Then & Now'

Posted by norman on December 6, 2022, 14:47:42, in reply to "Re: Newtown Header from 72 years ago. 'Then & Now'"

Hi Janice, not a lot is recorded about what Hebburn people called the Bauxite, real name the 'British Aluminium Co' apart from it produced Aluminium Hydroxide from the ore known as 'Bauxite'.
The waste from the process was known as red mud & it was dumped in large mounds on the site and fenced off to keep kids off it.

Re: Newtown Header from 72 years ago. 'Then & Now'

Posted by Davy on December 7, 2022, 0:33:15, in reply to "Re: Newtown Header from 72 years ago. 'Then & Now'"

Remember digging up the red and I think yellowish soil at the end of lyon st where the old theatre would have been and playing with it don't know if it was the same thing though.

Re: Newtown Header from 72 years ago. 'Then & Now'

Posted by Janice on December 7, 2022, 7:48:09, in reply to "Re: Newtown Header from 72 years ago. 'Then & Now'"

Thanks Norman.

Re: Newtown Header from 72 years ago. 'Then & Now'

Posted by Norman Dunn on December 7, 2022, 10:58:46, in reply to "Re: Newtown Header from 72 years ago. 'Then & Now'"

Davy, can you remember the little reservoir over the road from Bell St about 100 yds past Aloysius School prefabs (behind Lloyds Bank).The Bauxite wastes was opposite the school prefabs and went as far as that reservoir.I'll put a pic up on the Board for you and others to see where it was.

Re: Newtown Header from 72 years ago. 'Then & Now'

Posted by Davy on December 7, 2022, 12:29:52, in reply to "Re: Newtown Header from 72 years ago. 'Then & Now'"

Yes norman played there lots .

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