Cannon Street Riots - Residents and or witnesses needed for interview!

Thank you so much for your help with this guys and girls, all of this is much appreciated and more than i had hoped for in terms of responses.
 
etmfc said:
I will ask my mam she worked in the area during the riots. She has said the riots started after a trial and people were unhappy with the verdict
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I think the trial you refer to was the one of Mr Said I mentioned above.

My Granny lived in Banks Street (off Cannon Street) and the whole area was a thriving community.
There were so many pubs in Cannon Street that it had its own darts league - I actually played for the Volunteer. I think the league was the "South Side League".
There was also a league of pubs "over the border" named the "North Side League".
 
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JonnyHistory said:
Thank you so much for your help with this guys and girls, all of this is much appreciated and more than i had hoped for in terms of responses.
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Message me and I will pass on your contact to Khadim Hussain and Araf Chohan - they should be able to help you with info from friends and family and their research.
 
Johnny Vincents Motorbike said:
they would be 100+ years of age now for the race riots.

a lot of german families and business got smashed and attacked in the 'newport' inc cannon st area during the wars.

bare in mind that Bolckow was a German - so were Winterschladdens - with the steelworks came plenty from the Germanic regions, many in supervisory and management positions - there was a German embassy in Middlesbrough and a regular trade route to Hamburg by ship .

there should be a gazette article on the 'race riots' as part of the Remember when series.
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'Die Saxe-Coburg-Gothas Und Der Käseschnitzel' - HOW ANTI GERMAN SENTIMENT POST WORLD WAR TWO BROUGHT US THE WINDSORS AND THE PARMO

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an interesting read on how the german cheese schnitzel was introduced to teesside under a false name.. now under the name 'parmo' it's taken as one of our own
 
newyddion said:
'Die Saxe-Coburg-Gothas Und Der Käseschnitzel' - HOW ANTI GERMAN SENTIMENT POST WORLD WAR TWO BROUGHT US THE WINDSORS AND THE PARMO

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an interesting read on how the german cheese schnitzel was introduced to teesside under a false name.. now under the name 'parmo' it's taken as one of our own
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Is this real? If so I am all over it!!
 
Billy Horner said:
I’m not sure about the parmo, but George V changed the name of the Royal Family to Windsor during the First World War, not post World War Two.
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yeah, the book would have explained all that.. it's more the rise and popularity of the modern day windsors (and the parmo) and them both being held as staple cultural markers nationally and locally despite their very clear german origins. nowt as english as the windsors and nows as teesside as the parmo.. BOTH GERMAN

i'm more than happy to see the windsors be seen as english just as long as the same rule applies for everyone else.. not so happy for a cheese schnizel to be seen as a revolutionary takeaway food born from teesside when it wasn't and we have done so many other great/recognisable things originating in from our area.
 
newyddion said:
yeah, the book would have explained all that.. it's more the rise and popularity of the modern day windsors (and the parmo) and them both being held as staple cultural markers nationally and locally despite their very clear german origins. nowt as english as the windsors and nows as teesside as the parmo.. BOTH GERMAN

i'm more than happy to see the windsors be seen as english just as long as the same rule applies for everyone else.. not so happy for a cheese schnizel to be seen as a revolutionary takeaway food born from teesside when it wasn't and we have done so many other great/recognisable things originating in from our area.
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Of course, the English language itself has its roots in German.
 
newyddion said:
'Die Saxe-Coburg-Gothas Und Der Käseschnitzel' - HOW ANTI GERMAN SENTIMENT POST WORLD WAR TWO BROUGHT US THE WINDSORS AND THE PARMO

EOzQpigWkAIkvM9

an interesting read on how the german cheese schnitzel was introduced to teesside under a false name.. now under the name 'parmo' it's taken as one of our own
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All it needed was Kate and the kids to be holding little plastic tubs of parmo 'salad' instead of bouquets and the cover design would have been perfect. 👍
 
Thank you
Norfolkred1 said:
There are people stating they were there, however the comments are 4 years old. Paul Menzies could be your man
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fmttmadmin said:
What is your project for Jonny?
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Thanks to you both for your help with this, I now have two people, of the same age and of different races to interview. They have materials they can share as well as their story, this is honestly more than I could have hoped for.

I really appreciate the assistance, I'll try and produce something worthwhile and I'd be happy to share it with anyone who's interested once it is completed.

Thanks,

JH
 
Really enjoyed the Cannon Street video there. My late Dad was brought up on Marsh Road and had some great stories about the area and its people. He was Teddy Boy at the time and was given a kicking by the Police during the riots. He said, 'he did nowt like' ;). Good luck with your project JH.
 
I used to walk past that German consultate en route to the Riverside: this thread has answered a question I always pondered about why on earth a quiet street in Middlesbrough needed a diplomatic outpost.
 
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