Welcome to old South Hylton

[@tonybreeze8516]

I grew up in Ford Crescent. My recollection is that the ferryman was called Charlie Derby. My dad grew up in a riverside house next to the corner of the golf course (the house is now non-existant) and tells of his one-eyed dad stumbling back drunkenly from the Golden Lion pub with his dog on his right knee to stop him falling into the river. I longed to leave home to see the outside world and now, in my last years, I sit in Nottingham and really miss the village.

[@andymac2369]

Brought up in south Hylton,left for pastures new 30+ years ago,loved the oval and the terrace R.I.P Charlie Derby and Wilf and Gerry from the Oaks.

[@tonybreeze8516]

You don't realise how much you miss your home village until you look back fifty years later ... Now living in Nottinghamshire ... Tony Breeze

[@robsmith9190]

I cannot remember how many times i,ve swam in the river at south hylton, great times..

[@lindawallace5048]

Great to see this video I was brought up in South Hylton

[@stephenbrand5779]

When did the ferry crossings stop? I used to live north of the river and played near the crossing point (in the sixties).

[@niallbreeze258]

Are we related Tony