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alan wightman | aconlan111~AT~gmail~DOT~com

Newcastle Utd. have lost only once this season & conceded fewest goals. Now Champions League contenders after victory versus Tottenham Hotspur. Some `Spurs´ fans with no cover suffered storm conditions with torrential rainfall causing them to abandon their seats. However, as per custom, Newcastle supporters stood `bare-topped´ `braving´ the elements as happy as `Magpies´ as if looking at the `Crown Jewels´.

`Sandancer´- `Geordieland´.

Mon 24-Oct-2022 11:31 - South Shields

alan wightman | aconlan111~AT~gmail~DOT~com

Crowds packed into St. James´ Park, (The Stadium of Dreams), for the Opening Ceremony of the Rugby League World Cup. England defeated Samoa 60 - 6 and scored an incredible 10 tries in an `amazing´ match. Celebrated with a pint of our Newcastle Brown Ale.

At Kingston Park, home of Premiership Rugby Union `Newcastle Falcons´,Scotland lost to Italy today.

`Sandancer´- `Geordieland´.

Sun 16-Oct-2022 16:44 - South Shields

alan wightman | aconlan111~AT~gmail~DOT~com

Before long it was winter & the snow began to fall. Then the winter sports began, skating, ski-ing, sledging, tobogganing. Ice-hockey plays a very prominent part & many people are keen supporters of the sport.
It snowed all Christmas Day & made it a `Christmas Carol´ picturesque scene. I vividly remember going to school with temperature 20 degrees below zero.
(The Atom, 1951). Not so bad at High School but enjoyed snowball `fights´!

The Maple Leaf was `adopted´ in an interesting `fashion´ during the war of 1812. Now on the Canadian flag due to the ` popularity´ of the trees and its representation of peace and hope as per the `Poppy´ worn to remember the fallen of WW1. (Royal British Legion).

VIVA! CANADA!

`Sandancer´- `Geordieland´.

Wed 12-Oct-2022 10:58 - South Shields

alan wightman | aconlan111~AT~gmail~DOT~com

That´s Football! Newcastle United will turn the Premiership `Big Six´ into `Big Seven´ with the `fighting spirit´ of the `Geordies´ on the team and the rousing support of 52.000 fans of the `Toon Army

`Sandancer´- `Geordieland´.

Fri 7-Oct-2022 14:47 - south Shields

alan wightman | aconlan111~AT~gmail~DOT~com

That´s cricket! The Headmaster at Harton Academy has expressed his aspirations to renew cricket activities at the school albeit `depending on the availability of staff´.

`Sandancer´ - `Geordieland´.

Fri 7-Oct-2022 14:24 - South Shields

Neale Backhouse | nealebackh~AT~gmail~DOT~com

Thanks Eric for remembering us two wild Colonial boys,although admitting to such a moniker these days is somewhat heretical. But we wont go into that here.
Following up on Bruce's (and yourself) Roker Park memories, I remember back then, ages ago, pedalling up to Roker Park with a friend of my Dad's, a mister Jack Beaumont, who lived on Kyffin View on Sutton Estate. (I must have been eleven because I was at the High). We payed sixpence each to leave our bikes in the backyard of a house outside the ground. Mr Beaument was a keen, and LOUD Sunderland supporter.and I would cringe when he got into noisy exchanges with fans who saw things differently to him.I remember great games with Man Utd. and Liverpool, but we never stayed quite to the end of the game as MrB didn't want to get caught up in the rush after the final whistle. I remember writing a report (a homework essay)on the Liverpool game,to which Fred Grey's comment was "Shows that you are trying". How is it that we retain such memories that never fade?
Cheers, Neale.

Thu 6-Oct-2022 03:21 - Victoria BC

Bruce Graham | bsgraham~AT~btinternet~DOT~com

Still quite a hike, Eric, even if you lived at the Sunderland end of the Cleadon Park estate. As I lived on the Sutton estate I walked as far as Sunderland Road to catch the bus for the home games at Roker Park.

Some of the oldies may remember Stan Mortenson, SS born and bred, who was an outstanding player (alongside Stanley Matthews) for Blackpool and England.

In one year (1950/51??) when Blackpool were the visitors at Sunderland the said Stan Mortenson paid a visit to the Cleadon Recreation ground on a Saturday morning when the school teams were playing. I even got his autograph on a scrap of paper.

I wonder if he was ever a pupil at our old school??

Wed 5-Oct-2022 15:31 - ruskington lincolnshie

Eric Moyse | eric~DOT~moyse~AT~sky~DOT~com

Here is another one to make up for lost time.
All this football reminds me that living on the Cleadon Park estate we could walk to Roker Park. I was in the Fulwell end during one of the replayed FA cup ties (no penalty shoot-outs in those days) in Sunderland's successful 1973 season. That was when the gates were broken down. At one point I looked up to the top to see an avalanche of people flowing towards me. I got on to the lower side of a barrier but it was still very scary.
Afterwards a friend of mine claimed that he had been shoved over the fence against his will. A likely tale!

Tue 27-Sep-2022 17:28 - Reading Berkshire

Eric Moyse | eric~DOT~moyse~AT~sky~DOT~com

Just come back to the FP website after some months. Overwhelmed by the eloquence of the contributors.
Only point I would like to make is that the best view in South Shields is from the top of Seaview Terrace down through the South marine Park and to the sea. I often have a photo of it as my computer background. Special regards to our two Canadians Neale and Alex

Tue 27-Sep-2022 11:48 - Reading Berkshire

alan wightman | aconlan111~AT~gmail~DOT~com

Durham University 6th. in National Rankings : Oxford. St. Andrews, Cambridge, London School Economics, Imperial College of London.

Durham best Sports University of the Year 2021-2022.

The Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide.

`Sandancer´- `Geordieland´.

Tue 20-Sep-2022 14:39 - South Shields

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