A Beuk o’ Newcassell Sangs- Collected by Joseph Crawhall 1888
An old book of Tyneside songs By Clive Dalton My mother was born in 1899 at Clara Vale, in County Durham and after leaving school at age 14 went into “Domestic Service” for the Clayton family at Chesters near Humshaugh. They were Tyneside industrialists. She rose to the to dizzy rank of “Head Housemaid” and … Read more