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Old 24-05-2015, 05:07 PM
Juphil Juphil is offline
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I've just found your photograph of the Grey Arms and the Red Row Picture Hall - what memories they've brought back to me. I remember Billy Mavin who used to run the picture hall and the huge billboard at the front advertising the forthcoming films.
I used to live just along the road from the Grey Arms (I had my wedding reception there in 1976) I started the Infants school at Red Row in 1957, the headmistress at the time was locally called 'Big Miss Bell' - she was a lovely person and think she lived at Widdrington. The school secretary was called Miss Adams and she took the weekly dinner money, which I think was 2/6d! I'm sure the school was taken over by Lunn, the Blacksmith for a time, but appears to be a garage now. I can also remember Hetherington's, and calling in for a 'lucky bag' when I came out of school.
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