Mary (Molly) Gibson's Story - Part 3 - The Youngest Gibson

MOLLY'S STORY PART 3

The war had ended and after Forster was demobbed, Molly, Forster and Christine moved to Scotswood.

Evelyn Storey owned 12 Gregson Street Scotswood, which was upstairs and downstairs flats.  At this time the downstairs flat was vacant so the family moved in. This pleased Molly as she loved Evelyn so much and they were right next door to her mother's sister, Auntie Janet and Uncle Luke.  Janet and Luke had two children, Janet (Jenny) and William (Billy) Dent.  Jenny was married to Norman and had two girls, Dorothy and Pauline Stafford.

Luke & Janet Dent (nee Clark)
13 Gregson Street Sotswood - Whitfield Road behind
Evelyn Storey, lived next door in Top Flat
Molly Forster and Christine also lived next door in Ground Floor Flat

Janet & Luke's daughter Janet (Jenny) Dent circa 1919

Janet and Luke's Son Billy Dent aged just over a year old circa 1934

L: Norman Stafford with Dorothy and Jenny (nee Dent) with Pauline
 in Garden of 13 Gregson Street Scotswood

Molly's father's house was visible from Auntie Janet's house, not many yards away, basically 'just over the road'. 

Molly's sister Ann, husband Rob and daughter Sonia also lived in Scotswood.

Circa Winter 1948
 Janet & Luke's Garden 13 Gregson Street Scotswood
  cousins (once removed) aged about 2 years old 
R: Christine Moore (Molly & Forsters daughter)
 L: Dorothy Stafford (Jenny Stafford (nee Dent's daughter)

Forster's family lived in Blaydon, and although his daughter Christine cannot remember Forster's father, apparently he was always visiting as he adored the 'babby'.  He gave lots of cuddles and got quite emotional.

In 1948 Forster became organist and choirmaster at Holy Saviour Church, at Sugley Lemington. 

Holy Saviour Church Sugley Near Lemington

Sugley Organ

Here are a couple of photographs of Forster as Choir Master and organist.

 Seated, 4th from left Forster Moore 

Forster Moore with Sugley Church Choir 1965

As a tribute to Forster here is a piece of organ music that he will have played countless times for Lemington couples. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrWQq6oOtf4

Forster became manager of the Co-op at Winlaton Mill.  There was a beautiful house with the job and Molly was in her element. 

Naylor Avenue Winlaton Mill circa 2018
Winlaton Mill is a village located by the River Derwent, about half a mile south east of Winlaton in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead

Molly's sister Lillian, and her husband Tom and their two children, Maureen and Donald also lived in Winlaton Mill.

Eliza and her family had emigrated back to Australia as they were worried about their daughter Ailsa's health (she had asthma).

Rob Hull - husband of Molly's sister Ann became a Manager at the Co-op in Lemington. There were two Co-ops in Lemington at this time.

Robert Hull

Marriage of Ann Gibson (Molly's sister) & Robert Hull

Marriage of Ann Gibson and Robert Hull
Circa ?

Ann and Rob bought a house in Lemington and took Rob's mother to live with them, so that Ann could carry on working as a Tracer at Vickers Armstrong.

Montague Street Lemington in 2018 Ann (nee Gibson) & Rob Hull Lived in one of these houses. 

Ann Hull (nee Gibson) and husband Robert Hull
Photograph taken in their home at Montague Street Lemington

An 1909 Engineering Tracing Office
 photographed some years earlier than when Ann would have worked in Vickers Armstrong as a Tracer 

Female Tracers worked in the Drawing Office and traced over the drawings made by draftsmen to make the final original design.  Women were able to trace over these plans with care and precision.  It took great skill to be able to become a tracer.  You had to complete an apprenticeship.  The tracing offices were made up of female employees who very much kept separate from their male colleagues.
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