EPW019887 ENGLAND (1927). St Andrew's Presbyterian Church and environs, Hebburn, 1927

In the 1940s I lived in Lyon St and we shared the backlane with William St . This property was Halliday The Builder's then,

In the 1940s I lived in Lyon St and we shared the backlane with William St . This property was Halliday The Builder's then,

I lived in Lyon St and as a little lad about 1950 I remember going in this shop with my mother. It was called Wards and it was a 'Draper's' 32 Carr St.

Ellison Tce, directly behind Ellison St

Forster St.

St Aloysius RC Church had a club here for the men of the Parish to use for leisure eg Billiards etc and it was nickname 'The Kip'

William St

Carr St. The rear of Carr St was very strange because it looked onto Lyon St. Normally houses on both sides of a street are classed as that street, but not here. I lived at 14 Lyon St and the back yards across the road were Carr St yards.

When I was young in the late 1940s onwards, Smith's Printers were on this Lyon St/Albert St corner.

The Jarrow & Hebburn Co-operative 'Store Hall' . The Pic was taken not long before demolition & is from my www.oldtyneside.co.uk website. That frontage is on Lyon St.

The Commercial Hotel on Lyon St/Ellison St corner. Photo is from my www.oldtyneside.co.uk website

Two reservoirs belonging to the 'C' Pit.

This corner had a Fish'n'chip shop on it. Today in 2013 it is an Indian Takeaway. This pic is from my www.oldtyneside.co.uk website

St Andrew's St which ran from Ann St to Ellison St where it continued to Hawthorn Leslies gates.

Church St

In the 40s & 50s possibly earlier this was Hewison's papershop on Ellison St/Lyon St corner. The photo from my website www.oldtyneside.co.uk shows the property. It certainly didn't have that horrible mock Tudor paintwork originally. I think it was just added in the 60s or 70s & looked totally out of place in an Industrial area..

The old Ballast Hill where for hundreds of years ships unloaded their sand ballast. Today ships travelling without cargo use water as ballast which is easy to pump in or out. In the old days sand was used so there were quite a few Ballast Hills along the Tyne riverside.

Bonnacord St adjacent to the old Ballast Hill. The photo shows the local Ice Cream Vendor at the base of the Ballast Hill with Bonnacord St in the background. Photo from my www.oldtyneside.co.uk website

These shops & flats are in Carr St which ran from Ellison St to Prince Consort Rd.

Hood St

Ann St

These houses are in Cuthbert St

Albert St that ran from Lyon St to Argyle St

Ellison St which ran from Argyle St downhill nearly to the River Tyne

Hawthorn Leslies Ship Yard

The Mortuary which was probably left over from when it belonged to the Pit. When the pit was all gone & Hawthorn Leslies used the land for steel stock, the Mortuary was still there & fascinated us local kids trying to see through the gate leading to it in the 1950s

The old Labour Exchange which in later years became the 'Progressive Club' (The Pro)

The old Post Office on Ellison St opposite Carr St

The remains of 'C' Pit

The TA Drill Hall on Ellison St

The 'Gem' Cinema

The 'Albert' Hotel

The Co-op Hall

St Andrews Presbyterian Church