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A photo from my phone Tuesday this week

Posted by Norman on 20/11/2025, 12:45 pm

I took this pic with my Samsung Phone on Tuesday as I waited for my wife coming from the Metro Station. I thought it might interest our ex-pats.

St-Aloysius-what-was-the-County-Hotel-early-1900s

Re: A photo from my phone Tuesday this week

Posted by Sheila on 20/11/2025, 1:06 pm, in reply to "A photo from my phone Tuesday this week"

Norman, lovely to see St Aloysius Church. Remembering each day, walking over the bridge to school and for Mass every Sunday. Is where you are standing the road that used to lead to Reyrolles. Happy Memories.

Re: A photo from my phone Tuesday this week

Posted by Norman on 20/11/2025, 2:12 pm, in reply to "Re: A photo from my phone Tuesday this week"

Yes Sheila. Behind me is 'Hawthorn Court Care Home' and a road called St Aloysius View which leads to where 'bottom Reyrolles' was and eventually reaches the old Reyrolles road under the railway lines to North farm Rd..

Re: A photo from my phone Tuesday this week

Posted by Sheila on 20/11/2025, 3:29 pm, in reply to "Re: A photo from my phone Tuesday this week"

Happy memories Norman, I used to work at the bottom end of Reyrolles.

Re: A photo from my phone Tuesday this week

Posted by Mac Cummings on 20/11/2025, 3:45 pm, in reply to "A photo from my phone Tuesday this week"

The County now looks an eyesore at ground level and the grass opposite the Church is where my place of work used to be in the sixties.
I always thought the houses on the left were attractive and happily they remain so.

Re: A photo from my phone Tuesday this week

Posted by Sheila on 20/11/2025, 6:08 pm, in reply to "Re: A photo from my phone Tuesday this week"

I thought the house to the left was St Aloysius Presbytery, where the priests from the church lived. Perhaps not, as it looks much bigger than I thought the Presbytery was.

Re: A photo from my phone Tuesday this week

Posted by Norman on 20/11/2025, 6:34 pm, in reply to "Re: A photo from my phone Tuesday this week"

You are spot on Sheila. It's where the priests lived. Quite a few maybe 4 or 5 in the 50s.

Re: A photo from my phone Tuesday this week

Posted by Sheila on 20/11/2025, 7:52 pm, in reply to "Re: A photo from my phone Tuesday this week"

Norman, it seemed bigger than I remembered it. You are correct they were five priests in the 1950’s plus the housekeeper lived in.
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Re: A photo from my phone Tuesday this week

Posted by Anne on 20/11/2025, 7:24 pm, in reply to "A photo from my phone Tuesday this week"

It's been many years since I lived over there, but at first I didn't recognize it, the hotel as I remember looked a different colour then, but it soon all came into view, so many buildings are gone now, I'm very glad for the memories I have.

Re: A photo from my phone Tuesday this week

Posted by AJG on 20/11/2025, 7:43 pm, in reply to "A photo from my phone Tuesday this week"

That photo brings back so many memories both old and new. Going to St. Aloysius to make my first Confession and first Holy Communion. Going to the Reyrolles offices there when I was in the Sixth Form at St. Joseph's to do a Young Enterprise course. The Mambo's building used to be the County Hotel / Miss Kinx when I was growing up. Then much later on, my mam lived in Hawthorn Court for the last couple of years of her life and finally going to the Presbytery across the street to arrange her funeral.

So much has changed, but so much has stayed the same.

Re: A photo from my phone Tuesday this week

Posted by bill in oz on 21/11/2025, 3:36 am, in reply to "A photo from my phone Tuesday this week"

The grassed area to the left was where the 3 prefabs were and the handball pitch were we played handball and always looked forward it. Mr Boyed took us for that.

Re: A photo from my phone Tuesday this week

Posted by Elizabeth on 21/11/2025, 7:48 pm, in reply to "Re: A photo from my phone Tuesday this week"

Memories Norman of when I used to see my Dad off, back to his Barracks during the War. I was only little, but I was ooe one who saw him off at Hebburn Station, his parting words were always the same " look after your Mam" I miss him every day of my life.

Re: A photo from my phone Tuesday this week

Posted by Norman on 22/11/2025, 9:25 pm, in reply to "Re: A photo from my phone Tuesday this week"

It's really lovely to hear your memories from when you lived here in Hebburn as a child Elizabeth.
Your dad would be so proud of you.
Best wishes to you. XXX

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