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Post by nicknackpaddywhack on Apr 12, 2011 21:16:14 GMT 1
I wa driving a long the felling by-pass today and i noticed Clark Chapman's has been taken over....Another north east icon bites the dust  |
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Post by Shadow on Apr 12, 2011 21:23:49 GMT 1
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Post by nicknackpaddywhack on Apr 13, 2011 7:18:14 GMT 1
Never heard of it nick  Whats Clarkies? Surly you jest Shads.....Clark Chapmans were heavy engineers based i Gateshead They had 2 massive plants either side of the felling by-pass one was knocked down some years ago that was the biggest of the 2 it was sandwiched between the by-pass and Gateshead and stretched down to the Old Fold the other plant which is the one that has been taken over is at the back of the council depot....You must of seen the cranes they made for oil rigs sticking up all over the place |
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Post by skintagain on Apr 13, 2011 8:39:31 GMT 1
my grandad used to work for Clark Chapmans it was him who designed the legs for the oil rigs, during the war he was not allowed to say what they were making and even after the war never told anyone what they made during that time he took that secret to his grave,
i done a short spell there working in the offices on an Apple MKII computer near the end of my YTS.
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Post by Shadow on Apr 13, 2011 15:07:26 GMT 1
No-unfortunately I wasnt joking nick  I probably did see the cranes but in the past there were so many crane-like structures what with the ship building and all that it just didnt register as being part of a particular firm. I do miss those cranes round where Swan hunter used to be-was so much part of skyline when I was growing up and going to the coast-but we tended to go North of the river so didnt see so much on the South side |
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Post by nicknackpaddywhack on Apr 13, 2011 17:43:39 GMT 1
No-unfortunately I wasnt joking nick I probably did see the cranes but in the past there were so many crane-like structures what with the ship building and all that it just didnt register as being part of a particular firm. I do miss those cranes round where Swan hunter used to be-was so much part of skyline when I was growing up and going to the coast-but we tended to go North of the river so didnt see so much on the South side Nowhere near Swan hunters Shads ....This is on the Felling By-pass behind MacDonald's ...But if you dont go to that part of Gateshead I would understand why you wouldn't know |
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Post by Shadow on Apr 13, 2011 19:16:43 GMT 1
Lol-aye I knew Swanhunters wasnt in Felling  I dont often go up Felling/Heworth to be honest-years back now I used to scrap my cars at Stonygate and used the PDSA a few times but that was coming from the Leam/Wrekenton side so I didnt drive much on the bypass |
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Post by nicknackpaddywhack on Apr 14, 2011 8:19:59 GMT 1
Lol-aye I knew Swanhunters wasnt in Felling I dont often go up Felling/Heworth to be honest-years back now I used to scrap my cars at Stonygate and used the PDSA a few times but that was coming from the Leam/Wrekenton side so I didnt drive much on the bypass Yeah i understand Shads Clarkies was just past Gateshead Stadium heading towards Gateshead town centre Like i said it used to be on both sides of the by-pass the biggest part is gone now theres a big housing est on the land i think its called Saint James village and stretches from the by-pass all the way up to the Stadium Metro . When the plant was there it was enormous....Thats probably why i assumed everyone had heard of it. |
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