Speaking Geordie#20

T was going to be for Toon just so I could include this.

But no, T is for Translator. A Castle Garth cobbler. Worn boots and shoes were bought and cobbled, or translated, into wearable articles by those now nearly obsolete craftsmen, whose shops lined the Castle Garth Stairs in Newcastle, and divided the Black Gate shops with those of the old clothiers.

"But man, when the Garth aw espied,
Aw was nowther to had or to bin, man;
For translators and tailors aw cried,
But the devel a yane aw could find, man." - Song, The High Level Bridge.


These are all now sadly gone but can be seen here.