6 August 1996

Best Kept Street of 1984

It's been twelve years since the North Tyneside Borough declared Andrinton Road to be its "Best Kept Street." (It was rumored at the time that someone must have pulled some strings to have a road declared the "Best Kept Street," but no one ever substantiated the rumor that Mistress Hattersly had a tawdry affair with one of the judges.)

A dozen years is a long time in real estate: the trees are growing upside down and the only thing blossoming are the FOR SALE signs. There goes the 'hood.