Roseworth housing estate, Stockton. The rent in 1957 was:
- Bungalows – 17s 6p per week
- Two-bedroom houses – 23s 0d per week
- Three-bedroom houses – 24s 6d per week
- Four bedroom houses – 27s 0d per week
Roseworth Estate, Stockton. c1957
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A Pictorial History of Stockton-on-Tees
My wife’s family lived at 19 Rotherham Avenue, Roseworth Estate.
Hi Malcom,
do you mind me asking what number you lived in? I have just purchased a house in that road and be interested in knowing about the history/ area.
My wife’s family lived at No 19 Roseworth Estate
Thank you for sharing photos from the 1960’s. It takes me back to my childhood memories when I lived at 13 Ragpath Lane from 1957 – 1966. My neighbors were the Motsons and Browns. Still have photos of the area and recall walking to the local butcher shop, the rag n bone man and delivery of dairy by the milkman. Our home had 1 of few telephones so it was a busy stop for neighbors using the phone. Thanks again.
Trying to find out in 1977 we put on a show in Kiora Hall, we done the sand dance. The organisers were the late Kathy Fish I can’t find any memorabilia at all, can anyone remember this event? I would be very grateful thank you.
Anyone from Roseneath Ave we lived at number 5 Val, Keith, Trev, Lesley Jones mam and dad Pauline and Fred and grandad George with Deano the dog ‘ grandad was lollipop man at Blakeston school
I lived in 36 Roseneath, my names Jacqui Laverick. You lived near was it Keith Hugil?
Hi I’m one of the Stoddart’s and lived at 35 Romsey Rd born there and had a very happy childhood on the estate, we were the first tenants of this house happy times were had, we later moved to Manchester to be near my mother’s parents.
There was a George or maybe John, Stoddart in my class at Roseworth school. We had a year in Kiora with Mr Crab. I was about 5 when we moved to Roseworth and we were the first in that house, what a treat. All the best, Bob
I’m enjoying these comments so well done everyone. I lived in 21 Rottingdean Close and remember most of these streets although names are not my strong point. I live in New Zealand these days in the Bay of Plenty, always loved the seaside. I’m Bob and I have two brothers, Frank and Chris Kirtley, my parents stayed there until they both passed away, but Roseworth was a blast. All the best gang.
We have recently moved to 1 Ryde Road. I am desperate to know the history of the house & surrounding area.
Thanks so much,
Ellie
Hi Ellie. My wife’s uncle Arthur Lenham lived at 1 Ryde Road with his wife Vera. Get in touch and I’ll dig out some more info for you.
Sorry, Arthur’s wife was Winifred. She died in the house in 2011.
Thank you so much! I have asked Picture Stockton to forward my contact details on to you.
We knew the house was fairly old so we were interested to know it’s history.
Hi Ellie,
Building for the housing estate at Roseworth began around 1949. The first entry that I can find for 1 Ryde Road in the electoral registers is for 1954 when Arthur and Winifred Lenham resided there.
If you click on this link or copy and paste into your browser (https://maps.nls.uk/view/101100467), you can see what the area was like before the houses were built.
I hope that this information is of some interest.
Kind regards,
Hannah, Stockton Reference Library
Hi Hannah, I’d just like to thank you and your colleagues for a great job. A lot of us Northerners ended up in all parts of the world. I’m in the US and our small town library is one of my favorite places to browse the shelves and volunteer at our used book sales. That love of the library comes from visiting the Roseworth library when I was a kid. You will never know how many people you have helped and influenced for the better. Let’s hear it for libraries all over the World!
Thank you so much Sue, we very much appreciate your lovely comment.
My love of libraries started young too with visits to Fairfield Library. I can remember on occasion being brought to the ‘big’ children’s library at Stockton Library. It sometimes feels a bit surreal now to be working behind the desk now.
Hannah 🙂
And you can see Roseworth under construction in these 1949 photos:
https://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/EAW024091
https://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/EAW024092
Hi Ellie, Roseworth Estate was a model of modern Britain. We were one of the first families there in 1950 with building and clean up going on around us. The estate was a great place for families. Well laid out with plenty of grassy areas. Senior bungalow groupings throughout the Estate, each group set back from the road with a small grassy area in front. I was a year old when we moved into 88 Ragpath Lane, a four bedroom. It was one of the bus routes. The pic above is Ragpath. Top left is the bus stop we used at the top of the bank. Bus would come from the shops (Redhill Rd?) and turn onto Ragpath. The house to the right of the pic is a four bedroom. Next door (out of the pic) would be a two, then across the road another two and then 88. Most important: two fish & chip shops. Not sure if Ryde Road was the other bus route that went past one of the f&c shops. Hard to remember the street names because they all began with “R” (e.g., Rudyard, Ripon, Rievaulx, etc.). I was the youngest. Most of my siblings grew up and attended school in the Town before we moved. Just me and one sister went to schools on the Estate. We spent a lot of time out of the house in all seasons. Summer was going down to the park or walking up “Blakey” Lane to watch the trains go by or trespass in the woods to look for frog spawn. Our new modern house had an open coal fireplace in the living room, a smaller fireplace in the main bedroom and an electric stove in the wall of the dining room. That was it as far as heat so we were paired up in bed and relied on hot water bottles in winter. Eventually gas heaters were installed in the dining room and upstairs landing. The Queen visited Roseworth twice while I was a kid. Everyone put their dining chairs out on the grass verge and when the car went past we waved like mad. I moved to the US in 1970. Visited a few times with old neighbors still in Roseworth. The Estate was a big step up for lots of families like ours. The houses appeared solidly built. In the summer, with no fire lit, the inside of the house was cool. All the houses had a backyard geared towards the size of the family so that we could grow a lot of our vegetables. We knew our neighbors and all the kids played together (and once in a while got into mischief). Walked, got on the bike, roller skated or took the bus. Best wishes for a happy life in your new home.
Hi Ellie
Firstly I hope you are very happy in your new home x
I was born at 8 Rugeley Close in December 1955 and lived there until I was 4. It was the first house my parents had since they married in 1943 and I suspect they got the tenancy around 1953 when my maternal grandparents who they lived with in Wylam Road, Norton, died. They were thrilled with the house and told me they paid around £1 per week for it. I don’t remember the upstairs so much though I think my bedroom was at the front, as I can remember lying in bed with tonsillitis and hearing people come and go through the front door for my brother’s birthday party. I don’t remember sharing with my brother but Zooplankton says the house is two bedroomed so I must have done. We had a large back garden with a lovely apple tree where I had a swing. My father was a keen gardener and I used to help. The area felt very safe and we were free to play on the green in front of the house ( where the ice cream van used to park!)or further afield. I can remember the open fire and my mother cooking on a small grey gas stove, with legs. I think we ate in the kitchen. I started school at St Peters and Paul’s which I hated but my parents saved like mad and we moved to Fairfield in 1960. My father had a James motorcycle to get to work in Middlesbrough but we had no car and I don’t remember many cars around. I think it’s a real Stockton institution and I’m delighted families are still living there.
Hello Marianne. Did you know the Felsteads at 33 Romford Road? Sandra Dover Rotherham
I’m Marianne Reynolds. I remember moving into 34 Romford Road, Roseworth on Christmas Eve, 1948. We were the first people to live in that house. I was 3 years old. The street wasn’t even paved yet, just mud, and dad hired a horse and cart to move our furniture in. We all slept in the lounge on a sofa bed the first night, to stay warm, and because the house hadn’t been cleaned by the council, and was messy. Funny the things you remember. Mr and Mrs Davis and their family lived in the attached house (number 36), and they had a daughter Yvonne, my age.
Have you any photos of Royston close I was born in the house in 1950 with my twin brother and can you tell me when they were first built? My mam was the first tenant to move in
I was brought up in the house on the far right of the picture… 94 Ragpath Lane. My parents, Alan and Angela Hutchinson bought the house from the council around 1991. Many happy memories of that house. Before living there I lived on Romsey Rd, Rievaulx Ave and Radstock Ave. I went to nursery at Kiora Hall, primary school at Roseworth Primary before going to Redbrook County Primary and then Blakeston Comprehesive. Roseworth was a great place to grow up and a place with great community spirit.
I lived at 88 Ragpath Lane then after I was married in Rievaulx Close just around the corner. I went to Blakeston School.
Hi Malcolm, Just saw that you lived in my old house. We were the first ones into 88 Ragpath. I hope you were as happy there as we were. First time our big family was able to live altogether in the same house. I was a year old when we moved in and went to all the Roseworth schools (we used to think that Roseworth Secondary Modern was a skyscraper when it was built). I was wondering how the Roseworth houses were handling the summer heat these days. If the coal fire wasn’t lit in the summer it was pretty chilly inside the house.
Hi Mark it’s Trevor remember the bike rides we did going to devil’s dip on Saturdays
I remember Devils Dip, if we went fast enough we could hit that little bridge at the bottom and take off, we must have been nuts back then.
cheers,
Bob
Good Day,
I grew up in Rottingdean Close, Roseworth Estate, and would like to connect John Armstrong who lived at No 14, he emigrated to Australia about 1960, – has anyone got his email address?
Best wishes to all Stocktonians,
Bob Kirtley
formerly of 21 Rottingdean Close
Hello Bob we lived at no 4.. Fish was our name.
Hi Bob,
I’m John Armstrong! Nice to hear from you!
My e-mail address is available from pictures@stockton.gov.uk (stockton library).
I think that you may have to refer to this comment, and tell them that I give my permission for you to receive my e-mail address!
We left England in May of 1963.
John
Hi John, I have just seen this reply and have wrote to the library for your email address so maybe it will be forthcoming……. hope you are all fit and well, I live just across the pond in NZ at the moment, its a small world these days. It would be great to touch base with you guys and catch up a tad, cheers, Bob K
The photo is looking up Ragpath Lane.
Charles Lenham married twice apparently – Eleanor Coy in 1883 and Clara Jane Trenholm in 1902. Does anybody know who Eleanor was and anything about her family?
Simeon, not sure if your post relates to another on this thread which I’ve missed but I think there is a possibility that Eleanor came from an area near Hull, possibly where Charles himself originated from. I believe Clara became a housekeeper for Charles after Eleanor died, he subsequently married her and lived next door to his son in Lawson Street.
I think it may have been two brothers, Charles and Thomas Arthur.
Eleanor married Charles in April 1883 in St Andrews [Drypool] Hull. They had at least six children before she died in 1896. Charles married his housekeeper Clara in March 1902, he went on to father another 6/8 children.
So if you want info on Eleanor its likely you may have to look further afield. All these Lenhams descend from Thomas McKenzie Lenham who was born in Gibralter around 1773.
Eleanor was born in December 1862 in Hull.
What proof have you of the Gibraltar link?
I have loved reading all the comments on Roseworth Estate. I note my brother Mike Geurds has also posted a comment. Mike and I lived at 6 Redditch Avenue until we emigrated to Perth Western Australia in 1963. I attended St Johns junior school until we left just prior to my sitting the 11 Plus. I would love to hear from any of my classmates or neighbours. My best friend was Margaret Beard, along with Lyn Walker, Janet Simpson, and Jean Beason to name a few.
I also attended St Chads. I have been back a couple of times, and gone back to Redditch avenue for a look, also caught up with Pat Beard (Pattison) again on my last visit a couple of years ago. Kept in touch with Anne and Norman Huckle who also lived on Ruthin Close and was a scout master they moved to Norton, sadly both have passed away. We lived on the corner of Redditch and Ruthin with the ring road of Rutland with the bungalows on. I had family who lived at the top end of Reddith – Bells.
Some fond memories are of skating or sledging down the bank that ran from Radstock? to Ruthin close, and also the Christmas before we left we had a white Christmas and my uncle tied our toboggans to his car and drove us around Rutland ave – might seem dangerous now but was FUN . There was no other cars in the area. We spent many hours playing on the green between our house and the bungalows, and also around the lamp post on the corner of our street. There was a pathway up the top end that we used to go to the shops, I remember going head over the handlebars when the wheel of my scooter got stuck in between the paving slabs. Funny how now scooters are back in vogue, yet I can still remember the pain !!
Love to hear from someone
yes just round corner from were i lived i remember the bells still there and the browns just round corner lovely area
Hello everyone, I have really enjoyed reading this thread. My family lived at 8 Rugeley Close from around 1954 to 1960 and I was born in the house in December 1955. I remember my mother told me the rent was £1 per week, and looking at the figures quoted, she wasn’t too far out. We moved to Fairfield when I was 4/5 but my parents were thrilled with No 8 which was their first permanent home together. I was too young to have many memories but I can remember by brother was always breaking his arms or legs (must be to do with that stream and swing ) and at hone point had both his legs in plaster at the same time. I remember a family called Rawlilnson who lived close by My brother had a friend called Spongey Green (spongy because of his crew cut)but not in the same street.
Hi Katherine, we used to live next door to you at Number 7 Rugeley Close. Not sure if you would remember… My Mum and Dad were Mary and Frank Annakin, my Name is Dorothy Matsen (nee Annakin). I have sisters Susan,Judith and Elizabeth, Elizabeth was born after we left Rugeley Close. We moved from Rugeley close to Middlesbrough, then later to Redcar. When I was 16 my parents and sisters and I emigrated to Western Australia. My Mum who is 90 years now is still with us, my Dad died in 2001, my sister Susan and I and Mum live in Western Australia, my sister Judith lives in South Australia and sister Elizabeth lives in Malaysia. Your family moved from Rugeley Close around the same times as we did. I do remember Mr and Mrs Harrison who lived on the other side of us and the McMahon’s, Joan and Ron and their children Patricia and Elizabeth, they also had a baby son, lived next door but one. I was born in 1946. My husband and I are now retired and live on 2 and 1/2 acres at Jandakot Western Australia. I have just spoken with my Mum and she remembers your family.
Hi – we lived in no. 3 Rugeley the Woods my brothers Geoff and Steve both live in Perth, Geoff in Palmyra and Stephen in Bullcreek. We lived there until 1967
Hi Sandra, spoke with my Mum today and she remembers the Woods family at number 3 Rugeley , The McMahons lived at No. 5, The Harrisons at No 6, The Annakins at No 7 (my family) and the Crallans at Number 8. I now live in Jandakot very close to Jandakot Airport, both your brothers would know it well. Your brother Stephen lives about 10 minutes away in Bullcreek and your brother Geoff who lives in Palmyra is only about 15 minutes away. My Husband’s family all grew up in Palmyra and my Brother-in-law and his wife still live in Hope Road Palmyra. My Husband, his brother and three of his Nephew’s all played Rugby for Pally as Palmyra is known over here. We lived at Rugeley Close from about 1951/ 1952, I was around 5 or 6 when we moved into that house, my Mum loved that house that was their first real home, we moved to Middlesbrough in 1960. We left the UK for Western Australia in 1963 and have lived here ever since. My Best Friend was a girl called Carol Granger, she lived on Rothwell Crescent, opposite the Catholic School, I have not heard from Carol since we left England. I am now retired and celebrated my 69 birthday last week. It has been really wonderful reading all the comments from people who lived at Roseworth Estate.
Hello Dorothy, thank you so much for replying and I am sorry it has taken so long to pick up these threads, I never dreamed I would get a response especially from Oz ! I do recognise the names you have mentioned and although I was so young when we left I do remember feeling very safe when living there and playing out on the green – particularly when the ice cream man used to come and park up there! I think the Rawlinson family lived at Rothwell Crescent; my father died in 2007 and my mother in 2013 but they enjoyed a happy life and retirement in Stockton, although after my father died my Mum came to live near us in Bristol, although she missed the North East terribly. They are both buried in Stockton and of course we visit the grave when we can and I took my husband who is from Liverpool to show him the house where I was born on one of those trips . Warmest regards to you and your family x
That’s so lovely – I know my Mum really valued their neighbours. Sadly my mum and dad died in 2007 and 2014 respectively xx
Hello, I’ve just found this sight and loved reading all the comments. We moved into 14 Reigate Close in 1954 when I was 4 yrs old. I remember going to the rent office to pay the rent for my mam when I was about 10 yrs she gave me a 5 pound note, I lost it and was scared to go home because that’s all the money she had for the whole week. Needless to say she was fine about it. We moved to Billingham when I got married and 2 children and a divorce later I moved back to mams. She lived there until she died in 1974. They were happy days being children in Roseworth.
Hello, I went to St Peter and Pauls school and there was a boy in my class called Barry Crallan with reddish hair. Was he your brother? He lived in Rugely Close I am sure. My name was Maureen Smith and I had a brother Brian
Hello Maureen yes Barry is my older brother – he would have been about 10 or eleven when we left Roseworth; we both went to St Peter and Paul’s and I transferred to St Patrick’s in Fairfield in due course after we moved and Barry went to St Mary’s College in Middlesbrough, and I later went to the Convent next door. Barry is now retired and living in North Yorkshire
Dear Maureen I’m sorry it’s taken so long to reply, yes that was my older brother born in 1949
He became a dentist, had three daughters and is happily retired living in Northallerton x
Hello Katherine, did you go to Saint Peter and Paul’s school?
Hello Janet, yes I did – my brother also attended. I had a bad time there, threatened with the butter pat (!) and caned when I was only 4, but my older brother was fine – perhaps I was super naughty and don’t remember ! When we moved to Fairfield I had to keep going to St Peter and Paul’s for a while but then St Patrick’s was opened and I went there and loved it. Did you go to St P&P ? Xx
Hello Kathy,
I saw your name on the site by accident. This is Sue (Callender that was). We were friends at Billingham Tech and you were my bridesmaid. Good to know you are still alive and kicking!
What a lovely site. I was born on Roseworth, in 11 Radlett Ave and now live on Ragpath Lane..
Hi Pam. Was your dad married to Sheila and did they go to the Newtown Club long time ago?
No Bertie and Joan
I’ve just been reading through all these comments and they are brilliant. I used to go out with, married and sadly divorced a Roseworth lad (married him in St Chad’s Church) and the stories of New Year are particularly great. My friend and I used to come up from Billingham and go round all the houses on New Year’s Eve (there was about 12 in our group at the time – 2 of us from Billingham and the rest from Roseworth) for a number of years. I suppose all the mums and dads round that time were younger than I am now – scary thought. It was always the highlight of the festive season for us to go to Roseworth, everybody was just so friendly and every house seemed to be an open house, lots of laughter, good humour, music, drinks and food till it was coming out of your ears and it always seemed to slow – unless I dreamed that. Think we must have stayed up all night cos I can’t remember ever getting back to Billingham lol. I was about 17/18 at the time so that was around 1970/71. I’ve lived in Guernsey since 1977 but my sister and I (she lives here too) came back a few years ago to see our mam who was living in the Piper Court nursing home where, unfortunately, she died. We popped into the Sheraton for a drink and had a good old wander round Roseworth – it brought some lovely memories back.
My grandparents, Stan and Elsie Critchley, moved into [I think] 115 Rochester Road in the early 50s, my gran used to tell me it was sheer luxury a bathroom hot and cold running water. Years later in 1966 my parents Jim and Elsie Lawrence moved into 24 Ringwood Cresent, it was a nice house three bedrooms, frontroom, dinning room and a nice big garden. Great neighbours, Mrs Cann on one side and the Elsworths on the other. Jim’s bus would always go round the ring before parking up for the night. Great times long gone….
Hello Lol we moved into 115 Rochester in 1976 the Smiths. I remember talking to you about your grandparents on many occasion I have to agree, happy times long gone
hello Ian – you may have me mixed up with my brother his nickname is lol also called Ian, my name is Anthony. 1976 was probably when my grandparents moved into a bungalow so that would make you only the sccond tennants to live in that house as it was brand new when gran and grandad got it.
I lived next door to your grandparents, we lived in 117, from about 1954 then I left in 1968. My mother and father and brother stayed there for a few years more my older sister left a few years before me. We were very good friends with all the family. There were 5 of us mam, dad, sister Beryl, brother Alan and me Ian , very good days. Give my regards to everyone.
I remember you Ian in 1968 I was only 11 years old but I remember your family next door. If I remember rightly they were more like an extended family than neighbours everyone in and out of each others houses. Happy times long gone.
Remember the Camay soap girls who came round the estate, giving samples door-to-door? ‘ A little lovelier each day, with fabulous pink Camay’. They arrived in a pink car (American?), and we thought they were very glamorous! Also the soap powder reps, giving away plastic daffodils. Omo? Oxydol?
Remember once a rep going to my Mother in Law’s house and asked her if she wanted a free shampoo. With her reply, “No thanks I’m full of cold.”
Anybody remember a lad called kris Shoot? His nickname was booty.
Yeah thats me! Who`s this, is it Derek Raper?
I lived at 72 Radstock Avenue until I was 18, I then moved to Middlesbrough. The family moved to Rothwell Crescent in 1982 where my father still lives, (my mother, Pat passed away in 2009). My sister still lives in Roseworth in the newish houses on Redbrook school.
Chaz,are you a relation of Jimmy Orpen who worked at Head Wrightsons,Thornaby and played cricket for Norton C.C?
Chaz, I lived nextdoor to you. I was born in the house in 1966, number 70 or 74, next to the Parrys …
Does anyone remember an Oswald Coates living in Lucy Street?03/04/2012 16:45:34
I have to announce the sad news that Vera Fishburn of Rudyard Avenue passed away. News of this sad event was provided by her daughter, Karen.16/10/2011 23:21:31
Paul Harris, you posted a message on the Blog page on 1/6/2011, regarding relatives still in the Stockton area. My mother Margarets maiden name was Harris,she was the youngest of 12 children,she was born in 1935 the same year her family moved from James Street Stockton to Appleton Road Eastbourne [they later moved to Midbourne Road]. Bob,Ken,George,Lawrence,Richard[Dick],Thomas,Alfie,Jean,Susie,Doris,and Mary-Mae were her siblings. Thomas and Alfie died in WW2, and I believe your father may have spent time in a POW camp. I believe my mother and her sister Joan are the only two still living, [unless you know different] If this info means anything to you, please get in touch, Picture Stockton have my contact details.23/08/2011 14:21:58
You’re quite right David Gordon about the location of this photograph, I lived at 113 Ragpath Lane and you were my neighbour and school chum.15/08/2011 12:49:56
I lived at number 55 right opposite the photograph next door to the Sudlows
We were the first family in 88 Ragpath. I was a year old. Youngest of eight. Great place to live. Nice green for all the kids to play on. We made forts with the new mown grass and the snow in winter. I remember Mrs Sudlow. Powerful voice. She used to sing at the Old Age Pensioners at the Peter and Paul School on Friday evenings – The Holy City. Hard to hear that song without thinking of her.
The Ryde Road chip shop was up a very long steep flight of steps from the road. It was still there when I left to be married in 1966, but I believe it is a house now? It used to be very popular, with queues outside the door. However, we moved to Roseworth in 1952, and I don’t think it was there then, believe it opened sometime in the mid to late 50s.
I remember having many a great feast from the Ryde Road chip shop . I remember walking home from St Johns over like a “beck” and then up Ryde Road with your sister Margaret on many occasions and can picture the shop on the left as we walked home.
I am having so much fun hearing all the stories on this site. Making me home sick !
Ryde Road Fish Shop was still there at the beginning of the 1980’s when I lived on Roseworth. Ryde Road then Radlett Avenue.
Pauline Firth. You are correct, it was No 57, directly across the road from the wooden hut at Redbrook School. My father was a part-time bouncer/stage protector at the Globe so had access to tickets, autographs etc. They were difficult to get hold of for the likes of the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Billy Fury. If you wish, you can contact the Picture Stockton team for my email address, I will update you on my family. Marianne, the bus you mention was the Acacia Stores. I remember the guy had a trilby and always wore a light brown dust coat. He also had a shop in Norton.
It’s the first time I’ve heard the Ryde Road Chippy mentioned on this site. We lived in Radnor Close 1974 – 1978 and rarely went there other than for sweets, remember it having a big selection of sweets, but not the best reputation for fish and chips!
Maybe a long shot Trevo, but do you remember a family called Conlin living at number 57, there were three sons, Paul, Garfield and Kevin. As told in a previous post on this site, it was Paul who took me to see the Beatles at the Globe after he broke up with his girlfriend and was left with a spare ticket.
We lived in Romford road from 1973 to 1998. I remember Bob Lee’s shop with the blind dog of his. The chip shop on Riyde road was not as nice as the shops. To find out that Redbrook school is now houses – how times change. I remember Jim’s van, 4.30 at Redbrook Ave, and also the sweet man knocking on the door every Monday.
I lived in 34 Rothbury Avenue from 1958 – 1974, I guess I’m just a young one here. I’m not too sure but is that the Roseworth Pub just on the top left? Thats definitely Ragpath Lane I used to walk to school St Peter & Pauls most days from the Roseworth pub. Just like to say that my childhood in Roseworth was fantastic and I have really enjoyed reading all these posts. I’m fascinated as to how close the people were in those days… I miss them all a lot.
Hello Philip
I can remember the Cotton’s we lived in 36 Rothbury the Jennings family
Dad Herbert known as Sunny
Mam Gladys
Brothers
Derek
John
Kevin
Paul
Craig
Great memories Philip, I agree don’t think we will see the fun we had in those days repeated by the young of today. Great reading your post
Regards
Paul Jennings
I remember you Craig and Paul
Would anybody know who lived in 66 Renvyle Close? I’m desperate to find out if anyone died there… thank you.
Hello I’ve just read the message you put on here, yes I do know he was my uncle Harry, I live around the corner on Renvyle, he moved about 20 years or so. But not sure who moved in after my uncle hope this helps you. Thanks.
What was your uncle’s surname? I had an Uncle Harry who lived in Renvyle Ave.
Hi Julia I don’t know if you remember me from Roseworthy secondary modern its 50 years ago .I live in Perth Western Australia been here for 45 years but maybe 5 years ago I was at the doctors in Fremantle and a young girl was out from the uk on a years transfer as a doctor. I spoke to her and I’m sure she was your niece it’s a very small world .I hope life is treating you well I enjoyed Roseworth and school a great childhood. Steve Wood
Marianne, you must have lived next door to my sister, Olwyn Jones (Brown), and her husband John, and children Pauline and Trevor. They lived in no 32 Romford Road for many years befot moving to Primrose Hill. Sadly Olwyn died very young at about 61 years of age after reiring from work at Littlewoods store in Stockton High Street. Olwyn was always complaining on how cold the house was and when you look at the position of the houses in Romford Road and compare them with Roseberry Topping I think they on are about on the same level, which would explain why they were so cold, being so high on the landscape. When I was courting I used to visit Olwyn some Sundays for tea, so I may have seen you about as a child in the road. Pauline and family are also living in Australia now and Trevor still lives in Stockton.
Hello Benny – I went to school with a lad called Trevor Brown was he your brother? If so is he about 56/7 now. If it’s the same lad I have a class photo with him on it
I did indeed live next door to Olwyn Jones, and babysat Pauline and Trevor a couple of times. My parents were Jimmy and Ginny Reynolds
I remember moving to Roseworth a couple of days before Christmas when I was 3 or 4 (probably 1948 or 9). Our house was 34 Romford Road, and at that time the whole street was deep mud. We moved our furniture in a horse drawn cart and the first couple of nights we all slept in a sofa bed in the living room so mother could clean out the rest of the house. I lived there till 1963 when I married. I have lived in the USA since 1964, now in the State of Washington, but still get homesick. I remember the light green single decker bus which had been converted to a grocery shop.
Its New Years Eve, and I have many fond memories of past New Years, first footing – wouldnt dare do that now. Ann Storey I remember going in your mam’s with Wendy Robson, we were only 14 and your mam gave us a small sherry we thought we were so grown up. Fond memories of your mam. Mam still lives in Rockall she is the only one you would remember, lovely street and still is, Happy New Year to you and your family.
Hi kath remember me? We worked together at Lenny Robinsons and you were at my wedding to Mel Brumpton who also worked with your dad. We also both lived in Eaglescliffe. Avril.
Hi Avril, of course I remember you. I have lots of lovely memories of us working with Lenny, he was a good boss. Hope you and Mel are keeping well, we have lived in Canada since 1976. Sorry I didn’t reply sooner as it’s a long time since I have been on this site. I remember your wedding lots of fun.
Jim’s bus – I remember that he would cash my tax rebates for me, I had no bank book then. lol
To Kathleen Hogg(Cook) I lived in No.1 Rockall Avenue, moved there in 1953 when the houses had just been built and remember your Mam, she moved into No.5, after the Perry’s moved out. In fact my brother Nicholas still visits your Mam from time to time.
I knew Connie Harris very well, she is my mams cousin. My mam is Thelma Cook (Noble) and Connies sister Annie George would come to our house when she was home from Canada to visit my gran. My mam often mentions Annies daughters, she knew all of them as small children. I too live in Canada, Toronto and my son lives in Kelowna B.C. Mam was very close to Connie and Mam lives in Rockall and Connie just around the corner in Renvyle, when Connie had to go into the nursing home mam visited as much as possible. Mam is the only one left of her family, I know she would love to know how Annies daughters are doing.
Can anyone remember a girl called Marilyn Flanders who used to live near the Bridge that seperated Roseworth from Hardwick on Durham Road. I remember her from 1967.
Marilyn Flounders, my sister, we lived on Raunds Ave.
Ann George is a relative of Betty & Bob (Sonny) Nicholson because their mother was called Annie George, they used to live in Laural & Appleton Road.
I remember Ann George well, we lived opposite in 52 Ragpath Lane. I played football most nights on the grass common outside the Georges house. Ann would also remember my sisters, Pat and Carol, better though.