I Drew The Original Great North Road (A1)

This is the old A1 at Seaton Burn just north of Wideopen, This is Bridge Street, Not on the picture but two of my Aunties had a shop there, Aunty Sally was an agent for the now adays famous Greggs the Bakers, Her sister my aunty Appy was a hairdresser and they shared the shop , It was divided with a sliding curtain, :laughing: , Not allowed now but it was not looked upon as a problem in those good old days.I was educated at Seaton Burn P C, Which is further South on right of this picture until I was 13 I then went on to to be educated at Skerrys College in Newcastle where I did two years on book keeping and typing which did me a world of good in later years when I became an owner driver in 1972 So I could look after all the paper work & accounts stuff, Bridge Street is no longer standing as it was in those good old days, Its all been redeveloped like most places have over the years,Regards Larry.