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Any ideas what a Cyc Agt is?

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Mummy Bear

Mummy Bear Report 15 Sep 2007 10:22

In the BT Phone books available on Ancestry there is a
Wilson, N.M, Cyc Agt, 170 Heaton Road, Newcastle.

Does anyone remember this area of Newcastle in the late 1970s/ early 1980s?

This is in connection with 'Patricia Armstrong - A Sad Little Tale'.

Many thanks
Rachel

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 15 Sep 2007 10:32

would only be a guess ,so maybe Cycle Agent

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Patricia

Patricia Report 15 Sep 2007 14:17

That's what we thought - perhaps he ran a bicycle shop.

Anyone got any other suggestions?

Patricia

Patricia Report 15 Sep 2007 14:56

Barry

LOL - no, he died in 1986 so he may be in spirit!!

Do you know the area? in the 1970/80s would that have been a parade of shops?

Thanks

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 15 Sep 2007 15:12

According to the Royal Mail website there are still a lot of shops on Heaton Road today.

Number 170 is the Punjab Foodstore.

Kath. x

Patricia

Patricia Report 15 Sep 2007 15:22

Barry and Kath

Thanks so very much - I'm a lily southerner and have never been to Newcastle so appreciate your input.

Thanks

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 15 Sep 2007 15:34

I remember "clackers". Two hard plastic balls joined by string with a small piece of plastic in the middle of the string to hold. You had to try to get the balls to "clack" together up and down without hurting yourself - which you invariably did!!

Again - apologies to Rachel for hijacking your thread.

Kath. x

Mummy Bear

Mummy Bear Report 15 Sep 2007 17:36

I keep forgetting to switch IDs - for the purposes of 'A Sad Little Tale' I am Patricia. For those of you following the search for Patricia's living relatives will know that Patricia died tragically in 1943.

I will, soon, hopefully visit Newcastle - and feel the Newcastle vibe.

I do remember clackers hard orange plastic balls on a cord just as Kath describes.

Rachel