Lawrence Dunbar:
A P MY man we all had a good time, in fact we all had a bloody great night, It would be nice to see you at these getogethers If you could make it you would be very, very welcome by all, Regards Larry. PS Are you a Malt Tipler ? if you are best bring a hippie with you Eh, Regards Larry.
Hullo Larry,
Thank you for that, you never know one day I may just take you up on that. My tipple these days is a few ? glasses of Pinot Noir.
Cheers, Archie.
Lawrence Dunbar:
A P MY man we all had a good time, in fact we all had a bloody great night, It would be nice to see you at these getogethers If you could make it you would be very, very welcome by all, Regards Larry. PS Are you a Malt Tipler ? if you are best bring a hippie with you Eh, Regards Larry.
Hullo Larry,
Thank you for that, you never know one day I may just take you up on that. My tipple these days is a few ? glasses of Pinot Noir.
Cheers, Archie.
Dont tell Norman but I do have a spare bed
Ooooh! You are a One, I’ll have you know I’m not one of those sort of blokes.
Cheers, Archie
Lawrence Dunbar:
A P MY man we all had a good time, in fact we all had a bloody great night, It would be nice to see you at these getogethers If you could make it you would be very, very welcome by all, Regards Larry. PS Are you a Malt Tipler ? if you are best bring a hippie with you Eh, Regards Larry.
Hullo Larry,
Thank you for that, you never know one day I may just take you up on that. My tipple these days is a few ? glasses of Pinot Noir.
Cheers, Archie.
Dont tell Norman but I do have a spare bed
Ooooh! You are a One, I’ll have you know I’m not one of those sort of blokes.
Cheers, Archie
well in fact I have 2 spare beds as nobody shears with me & as both kids left home but still have some of there stuff here including there beds ok 1 in the loft if you want to count that as well
marcus 22:
Archie all the best mate, will catch up again one of these days for a beer ,you can’t keep all that money of yours
Hullo Mark,
A pint of Federation in The Hazelrigg Working Mans Club eh ? It’s years and years since I was last in there, then over pit tops to the Colcannie (Spelling ? ) Wide Open, for a lock in. Think I may be able to afford a Pint if I save up my Pension. Happy New Year to you mate
Cheers, Archie.
Well AP, The Hazelrigg Club is still going but The Caa Canny is long gone, Before it closed it was re-named The Big Waters, Then demolished & ther are now houses standing there, I used to live at Hazelrigg & Im still a member of the club, Perhaps we may have seen each other in there Eh.■■?, Regards Larrry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Well AP, The Hazelrigg Club is still going but The Caa Canny is long gone, Before it closed it was re-named The Big Waters, Then demolished & ther are now houses standing there, I used to live at Hazelrigg & Im still a member of the club, Perhaps we may have seen each other in there Eh.■■?, Regards Larrry.
Hullo Larry,
Wow! Yes there is a very good posibility that we met each other in there. I was introduced there by a friend of my Brothers, who had spent time in Kent, where my parents lived. The friends name was Whit, he also was from Hazelrigg. I can’t remember his Surname, but he lived up a road on the left just as you got into Hazelrigg. I also used to be friendly with a bloke from Wide Open, Ernie Usher. was his name, he had also met my Brother in Kent. This was all about '61,'62,'63, era. I was also introduced at the Club to a Lass, I will think of her name, Nora Armstrong, remembered , she lived in Byker in Raby Street. This was very handy as we used to get the Bus back to Town, from Hazelrigg Road End to the Haymarket, then walk up to Raby Street, all very handy for me as my ship would have been either over the river at Ranks Mill or at Spillers at the bottom of Raby Street. Sometimes a few in the Loco, and a bit true love took place too.
Cheers, Archie
Lawrence Dunbar:
Well AP, The Hazelrigg Club is still going but The Caa Canny is long gone, Before it closed it was re-named The Big Waters, Then demolished & ther are now houses standing there, I used to live at Hazelrigg & Im still a member of the club, Perhaps we may have seen each other in there Eh.■■?, Regards Larrry.
Hullo Larry,
Wow! Yes there is a very good posibility that we met each other in there. I was introduced there by a friend of my Brothers, who had spent time in Kent, where my parents lived. The friends name was Whit, he also was from Hazelrigg. I also used to be friendly with a bloke from Wide Open, Ernie Usher. This was about '64,'65,'66, era. I was also introduced at the Club to a Lass, I will think of her name, Nora Armstrong, she lived in Byker in Raby Street. This was very handy as we used to get the Bus back to Town, then walk up to Raby Street, all very handy as my ship would have been either over the river at Ranks Mill or at Spillers at the bottom of Raby Street. Sometimes a few in the Loco, and a bit true love took place too.
Cheers, Archie.
My mam lived in Raby Street before she got married her brothers went to Raby St school 1 of which worked in the ship yard as did my granda
Archie I new Nora, [RIP], my wife went school with her younger sister Lilian, & I was pally with Ernies younger brother Tom, Small world Eh., Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Archie I new Nora, [RIP], my wife went school with her younger sister Lilian, & I was pally with Ernies younger brother Tom, Small world Eh., Regards Larry.
Hullo Larry,
Whoops ! Scary! It was,nt me mate, I would,nt do a thing like that, me ? Never. I expect I’m barred from the Club now. I did rather expect that Nora may have passed on (R.I.P) , I was only about 22 then and she was a few years older than I was. Cheers, Archie.
What a great lot of Photos of all those old Codgers. The only one I knew by name was Kris Kristiansen. I would never have recognised him. Mind you it must be at lease a quarter of a century since I last saw him. I looks as if you all had a good time though.
Cheers, Archie. Pickering. North Yorkshire.
Archie, I will be seeing Kris tomorrow, I will mention your name to him. Regards Kev.
Margaret Foster went to shool with my Younger brother Nigel [RIP] who passed away at the age of 14, A very sad day in my famileys life, But Margaret has never lost touch with the Dunbars & enjoys holidays with my daughter Dawne & her husband Michael, They have just come back from Teneriffe, & Of course Geordie Foster is also a great friend of the familey, They dont make Geordies like him anymore sadley to say, He is a real nice bloke who learned the hard way in the Haulage game, & never gives up, Regards Larry, PS Thanks for the photos Kev.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Margaret Foster went to shool with my Younger brother Nigel [RIP] who passed away at the age of 14, A very sad day in my famileys life, But Margaret has never lost touch with the Dunbars & enjoys holidays with my daughter Dawne & her husband Michael, They have just come back from Teneriffe, & Of course Geordie Foster is also a great friend of the familey, They dont make Geordies like him anymore sadley to say, He is a real nice bloke who learned the hard way in the Haulage game, & never gives up, Regards Larry, PS Thanks for the photos Kev.
Geordie Forster is a real gentleman but a great character as remember the 1st do I was at he was the 1st person I spoke to well met in the hall way to be honest needles to say the rest is history
Ang, I hope the next gathering is not too far away, I realey enjoy it along with everyone else that makes the effort to be there, Its great that the oldies like myself are still here that that can attend this fab meeting young & old having a laugh & a few bevs, or should I say several bevs, You fit into these does like a glove pet & as far as Ive seen everone likes you IE Harry & myself for starters, Plus all the ones that cant attend that admire you too, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Ang, I hope the next gathering is not too far away, I realey enjoy it along with everyone else that makes the effort to be there, Its great that the oldies like myself are still here that that can attend this fab meeting young & old having a laugh & a few bevs, or should I say several bevs, You fit into these does like a glove pet & as far as Ive seen everone likes you IE Harry & myself for starters, Plus all the ones that cant attend that admire you too, Regards Larry.
Thank you kind sir & yep I do enjoy them just wish a few more my age would turn up to see what they are missing as we are the next generation
It is alway good company with a few bevs & defo a good conversation
Had many a good trip with geordie , spent a week in Malta with him waiting to load just before he finished at Rth-international what a good week we had ,also a few good trips with alan askew , and kris Kristiansen took me on my first international trip to Italy in 1989, got taught a lot off these guys good tip and knowledge , from long distance lorry drivers , met jimmy hill down on Czech border one weekend , couldn’t do enough to help me made sure my paper work and everything else was correct
gary smith here, hi kev nice pictures nice 2 see alec p i was delivering 2 newbigging coop a few weeks b4 xmas n had a bit crack with alec about when i n geordie newton were youngings n about good old days also les baston neva seen les ( unless on a1 trucking )4 yrs stu young neva seen him or his bro 4 yrs either nice 2 hear yous had a good time all the very best gary smith
gary smith here, hi kev nice pictures nice 2 see alec p i was delivering 2 newbigging coop a few weeks b4 xmas n had a bit crack with alec about when i n geordie newton were youngings n about good old days also les baston neva seen les ( unless on a1 trucking )4 yrs stu young neva seen him or his bro 4 yrs either nice 2 hear yous had a good time all the very best gary smith
You should turn up at the next “do” Gary, it would be good to see you again. Regards Kev. Ps what shift are you on at the Co-op, I have been in there a couple of times lately but no sign of you.
gary smith here, hi kev nice pictures nice 2 see alec p i was delivering 2 newbigging coop a few weeks b4 xmas n had a bit crack with alec about when i n geordie newton were youngings n about good old days also les baston neva seen les ( unless on a1 trucking )4 yrs stu young neva seen him or his bro 4 yrs either nice 2 hear yous had a good time all the very best gary smith
Hi Gary,
Long time no see Stuart Young’s brother Trevor is still on the transporters for vms (hoggy) spoke to him yesterday in Nissan.
Hope your doing ok
Regards Davey McCraith .
I did rather expect that Nora may have passed on (R.I.P) , I was only about 22 then and she was a few years older than I was. Cheers, Archie.
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