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Wouldhave Memorial

Posted by peter cook on 28/3/2025, 6:53 am

Photo dated 17th August 1963. Photographer A.D. Packer.

Re: Wouldhave Memorial

Posted by Davy on 28/3/2025, 9:27 am, in reply to "Wouldhave Memorial"

Read that the stones came from hebburn quarry.

Re: Wouldhave Memorial

Posted by Stan Wears on 28/3/2025, 3:16 pm, in reply to "Re: Wouldhave Memorial"

I lived in Quarry Rd. and

Re: Wouldhave Memorial

Posted by Norman on 28/3/2025, 4:08 pm, in reply to "Wouldhave Memorial"

YES the sandstone came from a old Hebburn Quarry which was at the back of Leslies Sportsfield.
Nowadays that land has Hebburn Comp Sportsield on it.
When I was a littl lad 1950s that dangerous worked out quarry was still there but full of water.Ive said this before about the water being hidden by cork dust permanently floating on the surface making it look like a nice sandy flat area. BUT when we threw a stone in, the cork dispersed to reveal the water & then quickly covered it again. We'd been warned about it being a deep quarry.
PS. The cork was old insulation from local Industry using the quarry as a place to dump rubbish. I heard it came from a ship.

Re: Wouldhave Memorial

Posted by Stan Wears on 28/3/2025, 7:23 pm, in reply to "Re: Wouldhave Memorial"

Norman I recall a lad in the 1950's playing football there and the ball landed on the surface and he went to retrieve it. I was scared of it as it was deep...

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