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Hebburn photo

Posted by Ian Turnbull on 16/10/2026, 8:09 pm

Interesting photo of Hebburn 1982

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Posted by Jackie W on 16/10/2026, 11:32 pm, in reply to "Hebburn photo"

That’s very interesting Ian, thank you. I lived in Morrison Court before till 1978

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Posted by colinmcallister on 16/10/2026, 11:52 pm, in reply to "Re: Hebburn photo"

I lived there in Gaitskel court.we had a waist disposal chute but people abused it by not wrapping up there waist so we had Cockroaches allover

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Posted by Stan Wears on 17/10/2026, 9:09 am, in reply to "Re: Hebburn photo"

Funny you should say that Colin.I lived in 122 Wilson Court and had the same problem. Chutes quite often blocked and the smell was terrific. They used to get up the vent in the bathroom too. Couldn't knock a nail in the precast walls as they were so hard. Total design was rubbish. Couldn't wait to get out!

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Posted by Mac Hardy on 17/10/2026, 10:46 am, in reply to "Re: Hebburn photo"

Jackie, so did we, number 13.

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Posted by Jackie W on 17/10/2026, 1:05 pm, in reply to "Re: Hebburn photo"

We were the very bottom one next to the railway on the ground floor Mac

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Posted by Jackie W on 17/10/2026, 3:56 pm, in reply to "Re: Hebburn photo"

My brother lived round there somewhere for a short while. As soon as he saw one fly he was out of there!

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Posted by Elizabeth Baker (Tindle) on 17/10/2026, 2:59 pm, in reply to "Hebburn photo"

Fantastic photo. Viewing from Australia

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Posted by Ian Turnbull on 17/10/2026, 7:47 pm, in reply to "Re: Hebburn photo"

We lived in Attlee Court for a short while...

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Posted by AJG on 18/10/2026, 2:03 am, in reply to "Hebburn photo"

Great to see such a clear photo of the School Street Flats.

Just in case anyone hasn't seen it, here's a link to my blog articles about the flats:

https://thatfoolgilhooley.com/2025/08/13/school-street-flats/

https://thatfoolgilhooley.com/2025/08/18/school-street-flats-a-follow-up/

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Posted by Norman Dunn on 18/10/2026, 2:28 pm, in reply to "Re: Hebburn photo"

You do a great job writing your memories down Andrew. All very interesting and well written.

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Posted by Davy on 20/10/2026, 10:43 am, in reply to "Re: Hebburn photo"

We used to call them crudens flats after the firm that built them went there lots never seen any creepy crawleys.

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