Interview with Francis Newman - Dunston Staithes | Whickham,Tyne and Wear
Channel: Industrial History Trust
Date: 18/10/2013

Because of pressure from his family Francis Newman had to leave school when he was 15 and he  got a job at the  British Rail offices adjacent to Dunston Staithes close to where he lived.  It was not what he wanted but doing what you were told was the way it was and, at a time when money was tight, if your parents said you had to leave school and get a job to help support the family, that's what you did.  
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