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This view is of St. Bede’s Roman Catholic School. In those days as church’s were built in there relevant parish’s schools were often attached to the church. This view of St. Bede’s School built in Monkton terrace/St. John’s terrace around 1870/1 was an addition to the original school which was built around 1868/7 and initially [...]

Palmer’s shipyard brought much needed work to Jarrow. With the transport system being most irregular it followed that his work force must live near by. The photograph below shows Palmer’s Street where some of his work force lived. Transport links into Jarrow during this time were very poor, realising this and the need for his [...]

This Victorian railway station building, taken from the corner of Railway Street, dates all the way back to 1872. They were rather cold and draughty places lit by gas lamps. The station on the Newcastle to South Shield line lasted for almost a century before it was demolished in the 1960′s. In the picture you [...]

Well, I finally managed to find some time to watch the Tony Robinson (Channel 4 T.V) report I recorded some weeks ago, only to hear him pull Dan Brown’s Lost Symbol apart. He sounded, Tony Robinson that is, very much like he was out of his depth. I hope, I am nobody’s fool, but honestly, [...]

I have found more information on Charles Palmer’s other two marriages. In 1862 George Palmer retired from the company. The company itself was doing well and everything in the garden, so to speak was rosy, that was until April 5th 1865 When Jane his first wife died leaving her husband and 3 sons to continue [...]

This view was taken in the early part of the 1950s. By this time the trolley/tram buses had been discontinued in favour of the more versatile kind. Travel between towns was now becoming very popular and the old trolley buses no-longer viable were replaced with the more up to date style buses. This station survived [...]

Grange Road mainly a shopping area with very few residential houses to the west. This photograph was taken on a wet miserable day. When this part of Grange Road, close to the junction of Market Square and Monkton Road was demolished in the 1960s. Some of the small traders found new premises in the town. [...]

This picture shows the fountain that was donated by Thomas Sheldon, the Mayor of Jarrow in 1876. It was located to the left of the parks main gate entrance. The park itself was given as a gift to the town of Jarrow, in the same year 1876, by Sir Walter and Lady James. The houses [...]

The posh end of Jarrow back in the 1800′s, consisted of big Victorian houses, extra large gardens etc. and was south of the now towns main shopping center. This area was streets like Kent Street and Borough Road. The latter was more like a side street but did have one particular building which was the [...]

When the A19, referred to today as the Tyne Tunnel Approach Road, opened back in 1965, York Avenue had been the only major roadway in carrying traffic to the Boldon’s and all points beyond. The tree lined dual carriageway was thought to be the first of its kind in the country. It was officially opened [...]