infoScotswood Road
Jimmy Forsyth (Photographer)
The working class terraced community in Newcastle upon Tyne's West End, captured in 1950s and 1960s by a member of the community, as redevelopment began to destroy it. ...more »
Scotswood Road
By: Alan Gaunt - 9th September 2009 (at 9:23AM)I lived at 49 Brunel Terrace from 1946 to 1948 when my family moved to Hartlepool. I found these photgraphs absolutely fascinating and can still recall many childhood memories of living in the area, and my father working at Armstrongs on Scotswood Road.
Scotswood Road
By: Mike Knight - 1st March 2010 (at 7:41PM)I lived in Shumac St (my Dad worked at Richardson's leather Works) until about 1956. Attended St Michael's Schoo infant and junior. So many of the photographs show streets that were on my journey to and from school.
Interesting to see the collection and the memories they bring back are good. I didn't have any thoughts that we were living in a slum clearance area or any sense of deprivation - no bathroom and outside loo - everyone else had the same, were content and, at least to my recollection, happy.
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Scotswood Road
By: sarah brady - 10th June 2008 (at 3:19PM)I find these photographs fascinating. I was born in Cambridge street in 1957 but the family moved away in 1959 so i have no memory of the place, how it looked, or how it felt. Looking at these images is like looking at a complete ( other time ) nothing like the world we live in today.