Bus Station

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 in to the early 1990s, before being deemed uneconomical as more and more people used the Metro System. Consequently the old style station was demolished and the area given over to a supermarket chain, which incorporates a new streamlined terminal.

Jarrow Bus Station: 1954

Below is what the Bus Station looks like to day, well almost to day, this shot was taken back in 2009. The main shopping precint is a few minutes walk to the right of this picture. If I remember rightly it was a lovely spring day, with the sun shining in all its glory. Its a far cry from October 5th 1936, when the marchers set out on their march to London, leaving behind their loved ones in the hope their actions would secure a better future for them all.

In the background of both pictures can be seen the steeple of Christ Church and to the foreground of the church the hospital that replaced the original built by Sir Charles Palmer of Palmer Shipbuilding and one time Mayor of Jarrow.

Bus Station Station Street: Present Day 2010