| Description | DOB: 1899
Childhood:
His origins in Fouldon Hill, north of the border from Berwick-on-Tweed.
They were born in Jesmond Gardens, Newcastle.
His elder brother Bill 1897, his sister Elsie 1901, and his brother Jack 1907.
His recollections are mostly of Chillingham Road, and social activities mostly at christmas and birthdays.
His father secured a job as travelling inspector. His territory stretched from Hull to Fort William in Scotland.
His father would take them to the swimming baths early Sunday mornings and walks into the countryside around Benton.
They all went to the same school, Chillingham Road, which had a fine standard.
The main idea was to get children out to earn money.
His father received £5 a week for expenses.
Often stayed with his great-uncle, witnessing he seven-day-a-week routine of his and his family on the farm.
Married/Children:
Married
Work:
worked on a farm
Activities/Hobbies:
The general pattern for Sundays, when dinners took hours to prepare and the men usually cleared off to the pubs.
Saturday mornings they would go to the cinema that cost half-penny and were given a bar of toffee.
Every Saturday there were extra treats by their father like the hopping on the moor, an amusement fair. They would walk rather than pay tram fair.
Church going and sunday school were enforced
Events:
1914 war memoirs.
Tuberculosis was rife and people could be seen soughing up their blood.
Rickets was caused through malnutrition.
Handwritten/Typed written:
Type-written c. 2700 words
General view of living conditions in early 1900s.
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