by Prudhoe History | Jun 18, 2024 | Personal Memories
John Golightly, son of Dr Donald Golightly, has kindly shared with us an account written by his father of his experiences as one of the first GPs in the early days of the NHS. In the account there is anecdotal information about Prudhoe and Mickley (pages 3 and 4). Dr...
by Prudhoe History | Jun 18, 2024 | Personal Memories
The following is the record of an interview, conducted by Marcus Gatenby in May 2017, with Ovingham resident John Currey. John was born at Shotley Bridge on 27th January 1945. His father – James Marshall Currey – attended the Royal Grammar School in Newcastle. After...
by Prudhoe History | Jun 18, 2024 | Personal Memories
Reminiscences of Bernard Stewart The interview digital record is of poor technical quality and has not been reproduced here. Bernard was born in February 1926, at West Wylam, where he lived for the first thirteen years of his life at 37 Clive Street, one of the old...
by Prudhoe History | Jun 18, 2024 | Personal Memories
About Ronnie Howson Ronnie Howson was born on 15th April 1919 to Ernest and Mary Howson. He started school at Westmoor aged 5 years and then moved on to Elementary School. He left school at 14 years and started work as a cemetery assistant at Longbenton Cemetery. He...
by Prudhoe History | Jun 18, 2024 | Personal Memories
Margaret Hepworth, sister-in-law to the Margaret Hepworth interviewed earlier, was known to family and friends as Peggy, was born on 8th June 1925, and spent her childhood living in a colliery house on Chapel Row, a brick terrace opposite the Adam and Eve public house...
