BYKER and ST PETER WORKING MENS CLUB NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE 1970's WORKING CLASS BRITAIN

WORKING MENS CLUB 1970's BYKER & ST PETERS NEWCASTLE TYNE AND WEAR 007.jpg

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An old age pensioner wearing his suit drinking alone and reading a newspaper, Sunday morning at Byker & St.Peters Working Men's Social Club. Typically he is wearing his 'Sunday best' clothes. Mr William Surley wears a badge that you see on his lapel, its his committee badge. His grandson Ken Surley says, "He dressed like that all the time. A remarkable man who went to the Somme aged 15, got sent home and went back when he reached 16." Byker and St Peters Working Men's Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, northern England circa 1973.<br />
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Byker & St. Peters Working Men's Social Club Newcastle upon Tyne 1970s
An old age pensioner wearing his suit drinking alone and reading a newspaper, Sunday morning at Byker & St.Peters Working Men's Social Club. Typically he is wearing his 'Sunday best' clothes. Mr William Surley wears a badge that you see on his lapel, its his committee badge. His grandson Ken Surley says, "He dressed like that all the time. A remarkable man who went to the Somme aged 15, got sent home and went back when he reached 16." Byker and St Peters Working Men's Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, northern England circa 1973.

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Filename:	WORKING MENS CLUB 1970's BYKER & ST PETERS NEWCASTLE TYNE AND WEAR 007.jpg
Source:	Homer Sykes
Date:	1 Jan 1973
Location:	Newcastle Upon Tyne Tyne and Wear UK
Credit:	Homer Sykes
Copyright:	Homer Sykes
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Keywords:	Byker & St Peters Working Mens Club Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear Northern England Newcastle - England Working Class British Society UK Archival Archive Stock Social History man 1970-1979 Arts Culture and Entertainment Black and White One Person Senior Older Elderly Retired Man Pint Beer Pints Reading Newspaper First World War Veteran Sunday Best Clothes 1973 1970s