Our Place: Newtown & Darlington Interview Transcripts
Our Place: Newton & Darlington Brendan Doyle Transcript
Brendan’s mother was an immigrant from Glasgow and a bookbinder by trade. Brendan considered that…
Our Place: Newtown & Darlington Zena Sachs Transcript b. 1913
Zena grew up in King Street, Newtown, where her parents owned a shop. (It was…
Our Place: Newtown & Darlington Jean Hendy Transcript b. 1923
Jean grew up in Newtown. She describes the plight of her father, when he returned…
Our Place: Newtown & Darlington Frank Altoft Transcript b. 1915
He talks of life in Newtown and Camperdown (In them days you could leave your…
Our Place: Newtown & Darlington Bev Hunter Transcript b.1935
Beverly lived all of her life in Darlington, “right next to where the university has…
Our Place: Newtown & Darlington Les Cross Transcript b.1916
Les’s father, Henry was a well-known herbalist in King Street: “He had the shop there…
Our Place: Newtown & Darlington Claire Muhearn Transcript b.1906
Claire had lived with her brother, Keith, in Fitzroy Street Newtown since 1912. Claire talks…
Our Place: Newtown & Darlington Colin Bell Transcript b.1970
Colin recalls fondly growing up in Darlington “It was a safe neighbourhood usually – where…
Our Place: Newtown & Darlington Grace Schwebel Transcript b.1916
Grace describes the social makeup, life and customs in Newtown. When “one of the neighbourhood…
Our Place: Newtown & Darlington Mervyn Jordan Transcript b.1930
Mervyn grew up in Darlington in his grandmother’s rented two-storey brick house, a terrace, in…
Our Place: Newtown & Darlington Kate Dunbar Transcript b.1923
Kate’s English mother kept a corner grocer shop at Ferndale Street, Newtown; they lived behind…