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[alanc]

Anybody remember Hartford Camps?,
Or
Like me lived there, we lived at 54 Netherton Moor, that No1 camp, as you drove in from the main road the garage was straight in front of you we lived on the left proberbly just where the Information centre is now.

More Happy days.!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sw@lnalla]

alanc, on Nov 13 2008, 05:59 PM, said:

Anybody remember Hartford Camps?,
Or
Like me lived there, we lived at 54 Netherton Moor, that No1 camp, as you drove in from the main road the garage was straight in front of you we lived on the left proberbly just where the Information centre is now.

More Happy days.!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I lived at 13 Hartford Woodlands, #3 Camp.

[westridge wanderer]

My family lived at the Hartford camps. I believe it was from 1949 to 1952 or thereabouts, I was 4 when we moved to 88 Westlea...I have vague memories of the !*!@# heaps there and the communal netties and washroom. I remember Marjie from Pattison the butchers driving her little van to deliver meat. Seems like a million years ago.

[Sw@lnalla]

westridge wanderer, on May 1 2009, 02:11 PM, said:

My family lived at the Hartford camps. I believe it was from 1949 to 1952 or thereabouts, I was 4 when we moved to 88 Westlea...I have vague memories of the !*!@# heaps there and the communal netties and washroom. I remember Marjie from Pattison the butchers driving her little van to deliver meat. Seems like a million years ago.

There were no !*!@# heaps, communal netties or washrooms, where did you live ?

[Brian Cross]

My uncle Bill Cavanagh worked as a butcher for Pattisons I believe, and my Aunt Vin Rowell rode around on a bike making deliveries for them but it was along time ago.........

[Cympil]

Is this the camps you`re all referring to? Well, what`s left of them anyway. I didn`t realise anyone used to live there.

[Monsta®]

Cympil, on May 2 2009, 12:06 PM, said:

Is this the camps you`re all referring to? Well, what`s left of them anyway. I didn`t realise anyone used to live there.

i thought that was a cow shed!

[mickypotts]

Monsta®, on May 2 2009, 12:55 PM, said:

i thought that was a cow shed!

wasnt there an opencast pit where the golf course is now, that may be the !*!@# heaps??

[Sw@lnalla]

Cympil, on May 2 2009, 12:06 PM, said:

Is this the camps you`re all referring to? Well, what`s left of them anyway. I didn`t realise anyone used to live there.

There were several buildings like that, Jack Clouston and his brother used them in their greengrocery/coal business. They even had a paddling pool .

[alanc]

There were 3 camps, known would you guess as No1, No2 and No3 camp, each camp was made up of about 50/60 houses they streched from where the Park Information centre is now following the road all the way toward netherton about 150 /200 houses there was a garage and other amenities. There was a regular bus to and from Bedlington for shops and school for me.
The best thing about the camps it was a great place to live and a happy community, unfortunatly these were pulled down in 1957 and people were scattered around bedlington.

[Cympil]

Sw@lnalla, on Jun 2 2009, 12:20 AM, said:

There were several buildings like that, Jack Clouston and his brother used them in their greengrocery/coal business. They even had a paddling pool .

Canny paddling pool that.

[foxy]

alanc, on 02 June 2009 - 06:59 PM, said:

There were 3 camps, known would you guess as No1, No2 and No3 camp, each camp was made up of about 50/60 houses they streched from where the Park Information centre is now following the road all the way toward netherton about 150 /200 houses there was a garage and other amenities. There was a regular bus to and from Bedlington for shops and school for me.
The best thing about the camps it was a great place to live and a happy community, unfortunatly these were pulled down in 1957 and people were scattered around bedlington.

This photo was taken in 1949 Maybe some of your relatives on here?

[johndawsonjune1955]

alanc, on 13 November 2008 - 04:59 PM, said:

Anybody remember Hartford Camps?,
Or
Like me lived there, we lived at 54 Netherton Moor, that No1 camp, as you drove in from the main road the garage was straight in front of you we lived on the left proberbly just where the Information centre is now.

More Happy days.!!!!!!!!!!!!!

foxy, on 26 January 2012 - 04:17 PM, said:

This photo was taken in 1949 Maybe some of your relatives on here? hartford camp 1949.jpg

Johnny Rea lived there too. Not sure at which camp tho. BTW, thats a really nice pic from the camp, not many around, but a really nice pic. Thanks for sharing it.

[Orloff]

Apparently we used to live at Hartford Camp, 23 Moorside don't know which camp No. it was, nor can I remember it as I was only 2 or 3 when we got a house in Bedlington. This would have been 1953. My mam always had fond memories of "the huts" as she used to call them, probably cos it was much better than living in!