I think Hendersons gas works were in Henderson street in the patch of land we knew as "Luckhirts Garden" when we were kids. This venture gave way to the one at the bottom of the Wynd.
I remember the house down there and that the Strakers were involved, Alwyn Straker worked on the team which did installations etc. The family were well established in Amble and still are, they also migrated to Shilbottle and Alnwick too.
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