Geordstoree

There were more than 100 ships commissioned by the Royal Navy, but this in no way diminished his shipbuilding for other sources. Amongst his inventory were a number of ferries built for cross-Tyne duties. These particular ferries were built to work between Jarrow on the south side of the Tyne and Howdon on the north-side. [...]

The scene below shows further changes to Railway Street Station. gone are the old style buildings to be replaced by poorly built shelters. With more and more businesses sending goods by road the passenger and freight trains that operated out of the station slowly became redundant, reducing the need for manned stations with ticket offices. [...]

The Ben Lomond as it was known back in the 1930′s, was run as a residential hotel, it remained so until the 1970′s. The exterior of the building has never changed and is as grand a structure now as it was back in the 30′s. However, this did not go for the interior, sadly it [...]

Back in the 1920′s and 30′s there were over 20 public houses in Jarrow. The Albion pictured here was purpose built for the job in 1865. licensed for running the Albion Public House back in 1925, when this picture was taken, was in the safe hands of S. Pattinson, like all these type of buildings [...]

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 [...]