Near misses

[low plains drifter 10,617]

Circa 1992 

I recall a boring Sunday afternoon not long before I acquired my first lurcher, I lived within a short walk of North Shields fish quay, these were the days when the men folk went for a few pints before heading back home for a Sunday dinner followed by a welcomed lazy afternoon before a Sunday Nightshift or a Monday shift beckoned. Anyway I headed unarranged to Wallys place, he lived at the bank top, the main drag was deserted as the red ford Cortina estate pulled to a halt, and a beaming smile enquired " do you know the way to Sunderland?, I don't know who the greasy haired glasses wearing fella was that was driving, but the smiler was none other than the Sunderland Strangler Stephen Grievson

[mackem 26,799]

6 hours ago, low plains drifter said:

Circa 1992 

I recall a boring Sunday afternoon not long before I acquired my first lurcher, I lived within a short walk of North Shields fish quay, these were the days when the men folk went for a few pints before heading back home for a Sunday dinner followed by a welcomed lazy afternoon before a Sunday Nightshift or a Monday shift beckoned. Anyway I headed unarranged to Wallys place, he lived at the bank top, the main drag was deserted as the red ford Cortina estate pulled to a halt, and a beaming smile enquired " do you know the way to Sunderland?, I don't know who the greasy haired glasses wearing fella was that was driving, but the smiler was none other than the Sunderland Strangler Stephen Grievson

You were exceptionally lucky, did he ask you to get in the car? He used to rape, strangle then burn young boys around roker and monkwearmouth.

[low plains drifter 10,617]

41 minutes ago, mackem said:

You were exceptionally lucky, did he ask you to get in the car? He used to rape, strangle then burn young boys around roker and monkwearmouth.

No Mack, they just drove away, the pavement on the bottom road by the Garricks Head was about as wide as the road, and I was well away from them, I wonder who the greasy looking fucka was that was driving, I don't think anyone else was mentioned when Grievson was charged

[mackem 26,799]

4 minutes ago, low plains drifter said:

No Mack, they just drove away, the pavement on the bottom road by the Garricks Head was about as wide as the road, and I was well away from them, I wonder who the greasy looking fucka was that was driving, I don't think anyone else was mentioned when Grievson was charged

He deffo did 4 murders,I remember it took the authorities a while to click on as they originally thought the first kid had been glue sniffing and accidentally set fire to the shed. 

[low plains drifter 10,617]

4 minutes ago, mackem said:

He deffo did 4 murders,I remember it took the authorities a while to click on as they originally thought the first kid had been glue sniffing and accidentally set fire to the shed. 

I know Mack, I've read up on him, but never seen any mention of an accomplice

[eastcoast 4,151]

7 hours ago, low plains drifter said:

Circa 1992 

I recall a boring Sunday afternoon not long before I acquired my first lurcher, I lived within a short walk of North Shields fish quay, these were the days when the men folk went for a few pints before heading back home for a Sunday dinner followed by a welcomed lazy afternoon before a Sunday Nightshift or a Monday shift beckoned. Anyway I headed unarranged to Wallys place, he lived at the bank top, the main drag was deserted as the red ford Cortina estate pulled to a halt, and a beaming smile enquired " do you know the way to Sunderland?, I don't know who the greasy haired glasses wearing fella was that was driving, but the smiler was none other than the Sunderland Strangler Stephen Grievson

It was weird reading that until the end bit. I used to frequent N S fish quay early mornings with my terriers for the rats and erm... whisper it... there were a load of feral cats. I had a red cortina estate. Cortina was pre-1992 though.

[mackem 26,799]

I used to go to North Shields as a kid, used to get sheet salmon netting from CoSalt. 

[low plains drifter 10,617]

6 minutes ago, eastcoast said:

It was weird reading that until the end bit. I used to frequent N S fish quay early mornings with my terriers for the rats and erm... whisper it... there were a load of feral cats. I had a red cortina estate. Cortina was pre-1992 though.

Aye, I remember the feral cats around the dene on Tanners bank, we were down in the works van through the week, it's a different place these days with the apartments, and restaurants, if you walked along there now with some terriers and an air rifle you'd have the armed response on you lol

[mackem 26,799]

Did you ever do the salmon when they were running the Tyne? 

[low plains drifter 10,617]

The school kids used to get these from Cosalt

[low plains drifter 10,617]

Just now, mackem said:

Did you ever do the salmon when they were running the Tyne? 

No Mack, my uncle worked down there all his life, had a rough old Nightshift job, think he used to take the Cod cheeks off for making the fish cakes, I've never heard anything of the salmon, the sea fishing was still popular when I was a kid, there was BOTAC fishing club, at Tynemouth boating lake where you could pay your money on a Saturday or Sunday and go on your way fishing for the day, I remember my dad catching a big cod off the Haven rocks about 8 or 9lbs, we got the pewter tankard, and about £9 that day, I remember some bitterly cold days of fishing from the quay, an the beaches, I always preferred the countryside to the sea

[low plains drifter 10,617]

1 hour ago, mackem said:

Did you ever do the salmon when they were running the Tyne? 

Were you up to country mischief?

[mackem 26,799]

3 minutes ago, low plains drifter said:

Were you up to country mischief?

I used to get a lot of fish mate, late summer/early autum when they were running up, always fresh-run. 

[Astanley 11,568]

My mate crossed the road once when Tomo was on his way to Greggs .....reckons he was a split second away from being roadkill .

[Daniel cain 45,622]

my Mrs had a close shave just before we got together,was working with someone who went on to murder another member of their social group...he wrapped the body up in bedding from her flat

Philip Heggarty told he will never be released from jail term for murdering Derek Bennett with a hammer - Wales Online

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