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When Trying to Sell Ya Hoose

August 19, 2022 ~ jmchild ~ Leave a comment

When w'put wa hoose up for sale, w'got loads of nosey parkersWho would caall around at aawkward times, when you're in the bath and starkersY'knew they didn't want to buy, they would aalways mek an excuseOh the trials and tribulations when tryin' to sell ya hoose Y'd get these funny people who didn't keep their … Continue reading When Trying to Sell Ya Hoose

The Bonny Banks of Benwell

August 2, 2022August 2, 2022 ~ jmchild ~ 1 Comment

There is a place in Newcastle's WestLately it has had bad pressThough people there think it's the bestThe bonny banks of Benwell Now Benwell folk don't have a lotYou won't see them out on their yachtsBut they'll give you all that they've gotOn the bonny banks of Benwell Benwell's changed throughout the yearsThey've knocked down … Continue reading The Bonny Banks of Benwell

Plessey Woods

July 26, 2022July 26, 2022 ~ jmchild ~ Leave a comment

Ev'rybody get your duds We're gannin doon to Plessey Woods See the squirrels in the trees Plessey Woods the place for me

The Cambois Nudist Beach

September 19, 2019September 19, 2019 ~ jmchild ~ 1 Comment

Four twelve lang months they gave it a try, to this day I divvent kna why, cos the weather was never warm nor dry, on the Cambois nudist beach

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Get yourself to Beamish

An old co-op shop with a Newcastle Breweries van parked outside.
July 19, 2019June 18, 2019 ~ jmchild ~ Leave a comment

Get yourself to Beamish, the open air museum 'The North of England's heritage' is its' task and theme Now Beamish has come of age since nineteen seventy When it opened for the first time for all the world to see CHORUS Yes Beamish has come of age, it's twenty one this year So join the … Continue reading Get yourself to Beamish

Goodbye Killingworth Towers

Killingworth Towers
June 24, 2019 ~ jmchild ~ Leave a comment

Chorus
So it's goodbye Killingworth Towers, You should never have been built at all, There'll be plenty of cheers and not many tears, When Alcatraz begins to fall

At The Oxford (A Tribute to Don Smith)

Queue outside the Oxford Galleries
June 18, 2019 ~ jmchild ~ Leave a comment

CHORUS; At The Oxford in Newcastle, that's where we used to meet There were plenty' lasses on the floor dancing to the beat And if you got to take one home, your night would be complete There was many a match made at The Oxford On Mondays and on Thursdays there were teenybobber nights All … Continue reading At The Oxford (A Tribute to Don Smith)

North Blyth

Google Earth Image of North Blyth 2019
June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 ~ jmchild ~ 1 Comment

CHORUS North Blyth, North Blyth, fighting to stay alive North Blyth, North Blyth, fighting to stay alive The council in its wisdom, has decided to pull you down With fact'ries to replace you, to bring jobs to the town They'll split up friends and neighbours, who lived there for many a year Breaking up the … Continue reading North Blyth

A Good Old Geordie Song

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 ~ jmchild ~ Leave a comment

CHORUS Ye cannit beat a good old Geordie song That ev'rybody knows and sings along Songs from Newcastle where we all belong Ye cannit beat a good old Geordie song When I was just a baby in me pram I mind I used to listen to me Mam Singing "Bobby Shaftoe's gone to sea" about … Continue reading A Good Old Geordie Song

Gazza The Geordie From Gateshead

June 29, 2018 ~ jmchild ~ 1 Comment

He was born and bred in Gateshead, this famous Geordie lad And on his seventh birthday, got a football from his dad It didn't take him long to learn to play that game Though the other kids scoffed him, he was on his way to fame CHORUS That's Gazza the Geordie from Gateshead on the … Continue reading Gazza The Geordie From Gateshead

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