Jarrow, Ellison Street c.1965
Photo ref: J5029
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Photo ref: J5029
Photo of Jarrow, Ellison Street c.1965

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Jarrow's seven-acre pedestrian shopping precinct opened for business in February 1961; it was all part of a grand scheme to rid the town of its cloth cap image and to drag it into the modern age. The town also embarked upon an ambitious housing programme, replacing older properties with new houses and blocks of flats.

Memories of Jarrow, Ellison Street c1965

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Jarrow, Ellison Street c.1965

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Anyone have any memories of the Devonport family? A little girl born 1937 called Mary Doreen?..........either Joyce or Devonport?
My grandmother-in-law was born in Ellison Street, - wish I could have a photograph of the street in 1894!