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weirdly strange
looking at the picture my house isnt even built its weird to see how much it has changed over the years... i live next door to the church- where it looks like their is just land!
A memory of West Boldon contributed by Claire Louise Jones
Photograph circa 1890
I have an old photograph and I believe it is this street before some of the buildings were built and it was taken further down. However, the Church in the background is the same. John Oswald Clazey and his family are gathered at a place called Boldon House on the back of the photo. There is a picture of the family in the back yard and then a photo of them in the front by a brick wall of sorts. I am more than happy to provide a copy if there is any interest.
A memory of West Boldon contributed by sharon spry
Gainers Terrace
I was born at number 13 on 4/9/1950 and was happy there until my mam died, then me dad and I moved in with Sylvia and Fred in Woodbine Ave. I went back up home in 2006 and it had all gone, streets in my memory alone. I used to watch the ships being built from the bedroom window in number 13 and my dad Harry was a stager at Swan Hunters, then at Clelands in Willington Quay. He used to drink in the Ship Inn and I remember ginger beer in the snug. My brother Brian left on his fateful last journey on the eve of his 21st birthday two years before my mam took her own life in 1960, ...read more here
A memory of Wallsend contributed by pam shepherd
Cinemas
I was born in 1951, so belong to the generation of Saturday morning cinema goers in Wallsend who just couldn't wait for Saturdays. The choice was big in the late 1950's.
The Gaumont (corner of Park Road and High Street East).
The Royal (High Street East) and now the Lloyds TSB bank.
The Tyne (Station Road) pulled down to make way for The Forum.
The Queens (Station Road) behind Woolworth and opposite the Memorial Hall.
The Ritz (High Street West)
The favourite was The Ritz, an art deco cinema palace. I was an ABC Minor - the junior cinema goers club and still have the badge to prove it. Sixpence got you into the stalls and ...read more here
A memory of Wallsend contributed by Michael Innes
Extracts From Jarrow & Tyne And Wear books
On the right is the Town Hall, built in 1902 to the designs of the South Shields-based architect Fred Rennoldson. The area opposite the Town Hall was redeveloped in the late 1950s by the Arndale Property Trust in association with Shingler Risdon Associates. They built a two-storey shopping centre with two wide malls and covered arcades.
An extract from from"County Durham Photographic Memories".
This is C M Davidson’s sculpture of what are supposed to be a couple of Viking raiders, though they look more like characters from the Games Workshop catalogue. Max Wall would be proud of the legs. The sculpture forms the centrepiece for the shopping centre.
An extract from from"County Durham Photographic Memories".
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.
An extract from from"County Durham Photographic Memories".