a long time ago

[lingking]

for those that are getting on a wee bit

back in the late 70s maybe early 80s there was a chap sold tackle from home in whitley bay

i seem to recall he had one room of a flat full of tackle--didnt do bait tho

anyone remember?????

[davidhayley1945]

think it was the guy next to the allesta at the bottom of the esplanade,cant remember his name sure this has been on before. davy.

[g-force]

When I was in my teens around that time, there was a guy used to sell second hand stuff from his house somewhere around Monkseaton / West Monkseaton way I think - never knew his real name but I think he was known as Fatty Buster.

Gary

[lingking]

When I was in my teens around that time, there was a guy used to sell second hand stuff from his house somewhere around Monkseaton / West Monkseaton way I think - never knew his real name but I think he was known as Fatty Buster.

Gary

yip think thats the one,i recall he was a trifle plump trying to remember now where he would have advertised though

[snatcher]

Cannot recall him but do recall getting fishing bait from the vending machine outside Temples in Whitley Bay. Late 60s/early 70s ??? Was so handy.

John

[dale19]

yes the guy lived in an upstairs flat got one or two bits of gear got a boat reel and rod of him thats some time ago .

[lingking]

yes the guy lived in an upstairs flat got one or two bits of gear got a boat reel and rod of him thats some time ago .

it certainly is dale

[dale19]

it certainly is dale

the lad used to have a room full of good used gear you could buy or swop or he would offer you a canny price for good used gear.
at that time I used to get most of my gear and bait from temples sadly now gone they used to be open from 6 am on a weekend also got my first 12ft beach caster from there temples, later got a cracking ABU beach caster of the same lad.
I used to get the bus to newcastle meet my m8 at the train station then down to whitley bay on the train walk to temples pick up the bait then walk down to the beach.

[Kev1n]

I cannot remember anyone in Monkseaton selling gear from their home. There was a shop half way down the the Esplanade for a while. Called Whitley Bait and Tackle, it sold bait and a mixture of second hand tackle. A rotund bloke used to run it and was full of tall stories about all the fish that he'd caught the night before.