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With Whitley Bay, Spanish City c.1955
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Caption for Whitley Bay, Spanish City C1955: Spanish City was built in ferro-concrete between 1908 and 1910 as a theatre and amusement arcade for Whitley Pleasure Gardens Ltd. The dome is thought to be one of the earliest ferro-concrete domes in Britain.
An extract from Northumberland Tyne and Wear Photographic Memories.
Memories of Whitley Bay, Spanish City c1955
This is an iconic picture for me in two ways. First it shows the Spanish City somewhere near its heyday (spring/summer of 1955), bringing back memories of the great band of Harry Atkinson (the Ted Heath of the Bay), who played there. I went to Longbenton C of E primary school with his (...Read full memory)
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