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Tag: Gosforth High Street
The Changing Face of Gosforth
It is the natural characteristic of the High Street shops that they come and go. Communities grow and develop and demand different things. Situations change, and during times of change, we can sometimes find clues to our High Street heritage.
Murder Mayhem and Gosforth
Murder, mayhem and Gosforth. Visitors to the Ahad Tandoori in Gosforth may be interested in this dastardly tale of revenge and the gruesome outcome for one Gosforth resident who lived in the building next door.
A Northumbrian Naturalist
This post was prompted by the second TV series of A House Through Time in which David Olusoga traces the history of no 5 Ravensworth Terrace in Newcastle NE1. If you enjoyed the series and are interested in House Histories you may be able to pick up some research tips from our post How Do I Research The History Of My House?
Memories of Gosforth High Street 1950 Onwards (part 5): reflections on change and loss
We’ve now reached Woolworths. One of the largest shops at that time and housed in what were possibly premises specially built for them around 1941 when they first appear in the phonebooks but probably built pre war.
Memories of Gosforth High Street! (part 4): a changing high street
Sit back and enjoy a wonderful walk along 1950’s Gosforth High Street!
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Memories of Gosforth High Street 1950 onwards (Part 3): everyday shops and daily life
This was Andersons, a general dealer and grocer. Here we could get a ‘cheap’ ice lolly after the cinema if money permitted for about 2d or 3d. These were called Jubblies, a watery orange ice lolly shaped like a pyramid about 3 – 4 inches in size and without a stick in a waxed cardboard covering. Tearing off one corner, you could squeeze the pyramid of ice up gradually as you enjoyed it. As you sucked away at it, the juice came out, leaving behind more of a pyramid of plain ice than a fruit lolly. They’re still available today for home freezing, but they are now only half their former size.
Gosforth High Street in the 1950s: shops, streets and everyday life.
In my infancy I can just recall this Baker’s shop as Masons the bakers from where we would get our bread. Thomas Mason and his wife worked here making their bread in the rear of the premises. Around 1951 this shop was to become the very first shop of Greggs the Bakers. John Gregg and his wife started up the well-known chain of bakers from here with just this one shop and a van round.
Gosforth High Street Shops History: Laws Stores and Christensen Watchmaker at Elmfield Road
The first in a series of beautifully evocative walks through memories of Gosforth High Street. Robert’s tiny sweet shop, Walls Ice Cream and Clarkson’s Dolls Hospital.