Jean Wakenshaw
Jean belongs to: Cullercoats Community Centre
Jean was born in Simpson Street, Cullercoats in 1921. She has lived in Cullercoats most of her life.
Jean was interviewed by Kylea Little on 1 March 2006. The interview took place at Cullercoats Community Centre and lasted 36 minutes and 23 seconds.
Religion
"Because I’m related to the Lisles and the mission Lisles here, and my great grandfather founded the one here, the Fisherman’s Mission here"
Because I’m related to the Lisles and the mission Lisles here, and my great grandfather founded the one here, the Fisherman’s Mission here, the Cullercoats Fisherman’s Mission, so he was my great grandfather. And we were all, we all had to go to, we had to watch our P’s and Q’s as you might say, and my father was in the choir and the fishermen’s choir, and they all were, you know, and it was very strong, then.
It’s still going today now, but there’s very few go now because they’ve all died off and all the Lisles have gone just about, you know, and they use it, they still use it and they’ll have their little coffee mornings now and again to make a little bit of money, and things like that. But it’s taken over now by the Methodist, it was Methodist anyway, but the Methodists on the Broadway, they’re sort of the, it’s all in the circuit now with the mission, and then the rest went to St George’s.
But there were the, the Broadway Methodist Church now was on John’s Street here, along here, and it was bombed during the war, there was a bomb dropped, it was the organist and his son, young son, young son was killed. Just one of these sneak raids in and out, dropped the bomb and hit a church. And so there was no church there, that was the Methodist church, until, well, 40, 48 years ago, it would be. They built the one on the Broadway in place of that one. They used to meet in a stable behind Monk’s Haven, what they call the stables; they weren’t stables then, by then, you know, with them, Monk's Haven with the Methodist guest house, and we all, we went there, we went there and then we went up to the Broadway after that.
Jean has 12 memories in the memorynet:
Jean's memories with a Community theme:
Family involvement in fishing- Changes in Cullercoats
- Harbour Day
- Religion
Polly Donkin and the Cullercoats fisherwomen
Jean's other memories:
This memory has these themes:
Community | The North East | Traditions | Wartime
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