The contributions below have been recently collected from various local Facebook groups.
Eileen Collins Elliott My Mam and sister were going to go there that night she changed her mind at the last minute because my sister had been throwing up so they went in the cupboard under the stairs x
Marion Murray Forster My Mam lost a lot of her friends in there. Can’t imagine the fear they must of had living day to day. xx
Jill Crichton Thank you, my dad was 9 years old when his mum died in the bombing of the pop factory. She was from North Shields but had just returned from Australia where my dad was born. He was left with a sister just 18 months older. The family they left in Australia did not no what happened until I found them about 16yrs ago. I lost my dad 8 years ago but I know he would have been thrilled with the commemoration.
Louise Fimister my mam told me about the pop factory one of her uncles helped carry people out
Sara Denholm My dad, Fred Johnson . Been dead 25 yrs now, but I remember him saying they went to bottle factory, but it was full had to go to Albion road , on that night it was hit