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Was Joan an evacuee

Posted by Margaret McD on 10/10/2025, 2:05 pm

Message for Joan 101. Were you an evacuee? I like Joan 101 as a title. Not 007 but close

Re: Was Joan an evacuee

Posted by Norman on 10/10/2025, 4:59 pm, in reply to "Was Joan an evacuee"

Margaret, I contacted Tracy, Joan Cook's daughter & she will ask her 101 year old mam to reply on here.
Here is Joan as a teenager in Hebburn.
She worked at the Quay Post Office as a teenag
er.
and here she is as a teen.Anyone remember her?

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Re: Was Joan an evacuee

Posted by Sheila on 10/10/2025, 5:42 pm, in reply to "Re: Was Joan an evacuee"

Really beautiful photo Joan.

Re: Was Joan an evacuee

Posted by Audrey D. on 10/10/2025, 11:56 pm, in reply to "Re: Was Joan an evacuee"

Hello Joan, What a beautiful young woman you were back then and i've no doubt you're still beautiful today ..... just a few years older !!! Regards, Audrey D.

Re: Was Joan an evacuee

Posted by George on 11/10/2025, 9:05 am, in reply to "Re: Was Joan an evacuee"

Audrey, I second all you say about Joan. She looks stunning.

Re: Was Joan an evacuee

Posted by Joan 101 on 16/10/2025, 12:33 pm, in reply to "Re: Was Joan an evacuee"

Dear Audrey,D, How kind you are, thank you for the compliments,;
I will kget my wonderful daughter(with whom I now live in Sussex - to put up the photograph taken on my 100th birthday (warts and all!) Kindest regards, Joan.

Re: Was Joan an evacuee

Posted by Joan 101 on 16/10/2025, 12:39 pm, in reply to "Re: Was Joan an evacuee"

Re: Was Joan an evacuee

Posted by Joan 101 on 16/10/2025, 12:42 pm, in reply to "Re: Was Joan an evacuee"

Pleased to say - I’ve still got all my own teeth!

Re: Was Joan an evacuee

Posted by Sheila on 16/10/2025, 8:19 pm, in reply to "Re: Was Joan an evacuee"

Joan ,another beautiful photo, you look amazing.

Re: Was Joan an evacuee - Joan

Posted by Audrey D. on 18/10/2025, 9:45 pm, in reply to "Re: Was Joan an evacuee"

Joan, You're welcome - compliments well deserved. Just as I reckoned - still gorgeous on this 100th Birthday picture. Regards, Audrey

Evacuee

Posted by Joan 101 on 16/10/2025, 12:12 pm, in reply to "Was Joan an evacuee"

Hello Margaret! I was born 16-3-1924 - and 14 when the war started in 1939 - I worked as an office girl in Reyrolle’s offices for about a year, then as an office person in White’s Marine before moving to the Post Office, in the Quay., I transferred to the main Post Office in Newcastle., where I stayed until the war was over. I’m with you, Margaret, much prefer my 101

Re: Evacuee

Posted by Norman Dunn on 17/10/2025, 4:08 pm, in reply to "Evacuee"

Hi Joan,
Thanks for posting and making sure we know you are only 101 NOT 102

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Whites Marine is long gone & a modern Housing Estate built on the land and its called 'Whites Gardens'.
Reyrolles is also gone and Housing estates built on the land. Their Sports Field is still there though, used by Hebburn Town Football Club.
Reyrolles were a fantastic employer and over 120,000 people from all around the area worked there.
The Quay Post Office is also long gone .
Did you see the compliments saying what a beautiful young girl you were in those days?

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