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“when the streets are segregated, with males & females not being allowed to roam the streets at the same hours”
???!!!
I don’t know what you are talking about! I have lived in Gateshead for a total of 13 years of my life, and havre never come across segregated streets. (Maybe Monroe, New Square or Stamford Hill).
When em0616 says that “the atmosphere to walk on the streets can be unpleasant”, I imagine s/he means the non-jewish locals, called “geordies” who can be extremely unpleasant. The shop hours are segregated, simply because Ghd being a very small community of 350/400 families has only small shops and it is a practical solution.
Otherwise, Ghd is a very pleasant heimishe friendly place, with an old-time traditional yiddishe outlook.