Old Council Depot

[keith lockey]

When I was an apprentice painter at Bedlington Urban District Council, which was changing to Wansbeck Council, the depot was behind the shops on Front Street West. But there was a factory at the bottom of the depot. Can anyone remember it and recall what it was?

Edited April 23, 2013 by keith lockey

[tonyg]

There was a shirt factory there. owned by Bob Bulmer . who i know very well

[keith lockey]

There was a shirt factory there. owned by Bob Bulmer . who i know very well

Did he used to be a policeman, Tony? The name rings a bell.

[tonyg]

No he was never a Policeman . he originates from Cowpen but now Lives in the chesters

[keith lockey]

No he was never a Policeman . he originates from Cowpen but now Lives in the chesters

When I used to drink in the Northumberland Arms there was a guy who used to get in and I could swear his name was Bob Bulmer. He used to sup with a mate of his called Billy Spirit!! He knew the manager and manageress then - Syd and June Johnson. I might have the name wrong.

[tonyg]

Billy was his Brother in Law

[keith lockey]

Billy was his Brother in Law

Cheers Tony. It's a small world, as they say. I never knew he had the shirt factory.

[tonyg]

His partner in the Factory was Don Hutton

[Keith Scantlebury]

His partner in the Factory was Don Hutton

Was just going to say Don Hutton , Tony. His mam and dad lived 2 doors from us when we lived in Waverley Avenue.

[tonyg]

i lived 20 Waveriey Avenue till 1967

[Keith Scantlebury]

I was at 49 then (in the airey houses) The Huttons lived at 51

[Maggie/915]

I always wondered where the odd piece of material came from for my patchwork cushions circa 1972!

[johndawsonjune1955]

His partner in the Factory was Don Hutton

Don Hutton lived in Stakeford.

He sold the factory i think in the late 1980s ?

[tonyg]

BoB Bulmer  and  Don Hutton. both gone now

[HIGH PIT WILMA]

Would Bob Hutton,[now 70 yrs old,if he is still with us...]be any relation?..he was in my class at West Ridge school in 1956-on.

Mind, a kinda think he was a Netherton colliery village lad.

We knocked aroond tigitha afta schyuul hoors,he was really gud company,a proppa joker.!

[maubel]

I worked at the factory when I first left school in 1963. It was owned by family called Aykroyd. They also owned factories in North Wales and Manchester. They made shirts and pyjamas, mainly for Great Universal Stores and Littlewoods.