Greg’s Ouseburn Story
Greg’s story is all about his visits to the different places in the Ouseburn and what he sees when he’s there.
Ok Greg can you tell me about this picture here?
This is Greg standing at this horse riding sign saying sweets, mars bar chocolates, mind the camera,
That’s me saying that, that’s me standing there, that’s me standing near the sign saying horse riding and that’s the horse Stepney bank stables that’s the horse riding stables. And that’s the computer room with the computers in it and that’s the computers room with the photocopier, that’s the computers room.
And what do you do in the computers room?
Sometimes I go on the computers and have a look and that’s the bus, that’s the bus we drive going there and going back. And that’s the animals, making noises
Where are the animals?
Inside the cages inside
But what building are they in?
They’re in the stables
What other animals did you see?
Lambs, meercats, lambs, donkeys and sheep and cows, pigs
Do you like visiting the farm Greg?
I like visiting the farm yeah, I do like visiting the farm, to get around, I do like visiting the farm, I do yeah
Got some more animals here haven’t wee.
That’s the chickens, *bucbucbucbucbuc* they’re funny rap, gamma rays, rap, dj
We’ve got some great pictures here of the allotment, do you like growing stuff Greg? Have you tried growing your own veg?
I do like growing stuff yeah
What stuff have you grown before?
I’ve grown mint, I’ve grown soil, mud, flowers and daffodils and I’ve grown common flowers and I’ve grown buttercups, grown buttercups.
And what about this what’s this place here
That’s the building of the dury
The Cluny
The Cluny yeah
Do you know what that is the Cluny?
No what is that?
That’s the pub
Pub, yeah the pub
And I think there’s another pub in your photographs isn’t there
I do
So what’s that one do you remember what that ones called?
That ones called the ship inn
Good stuff well I think that’s about it, some good photos there Gregg
Thanks Alex.
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Community groups come together to record stories about Newcastle’s Ouseburn Valley.