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Robert Lyle
Played by Deka Walmsley
| Fact title | Fact data |
|---|---|
| Date of birth |
14 December 1867
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| Place of birth |
Tynemouth
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| Age at outbreak of WW1 |
46
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| Occupation |
Builder
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| Address |
Prudhoe Terrace, Tynemouth
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Builder and landlord Robert frequently works away from his home in Tynemouth, a situation beloved wife and temperance campaigner has come to accept.
Entrepreneurial and well-liked, he is an obvious choice when a contract comes up at Marshalls in North Shields. However when he tries to avert an accident at the factory, Robert is keen to keep his name out of the local paper, something that journalist son accepts as another example of his father’s trademark modesty.
"That sense of North East industrial life is brilliant"
Deka Walmsley on the familiar sounds of Tyneside in Season Three
