George Leitch
George was born in Wallsend in 1915. His family lived on Sunningdale Avenue in Wallsend until 1923, when they moved to Park Road in Wallsend. Both of George’s parents were from Scotland and had moved to the North East from Clydeside in 1913.
George’s father was Head Foreman Iron Stock taker at Swan Hunter from 1913-1946 - and was sixty-nine when his service ended.
George was interviewed by Alex Magin on 16 March 2007. The interview took place in the participant's home and lasted for 21 minutes.
George Leitch's Memories
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Transcript
Do you have any other memories of Swan Hunter you’d like to tell me about?
My main one is of the launches of which I attended quite a number. There was all the slight thrill is would the ship move and having moved, would it stop in time. My clearest memory is of being one of a number of youngsters allowed to be aboard one of the two parts made up of three or four sections of the Singapore dock, on its way for delivery to Singapore. It was an experience I much appreciated. Fortunately, they let us off at the end of the river.