EAW033930 ENGLAND (1950). The Reyrolle Electrical Engineering Works (site of) and environs, Hebburn, 1950. This image has been produced from a damaged negative.
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| Title | [EAW033930] The Reyrolle Electrical Engineering Works (site of) and environs, Hebburn, 1950. This image has been produced from a damaged negative. |
| Reference | EAW033930 |
| Date | 19-October-1950 |
| Link | |
| Place name | HEBBURN |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 430442, 563852 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -1.5244369384078, 54.968283447046 |
| National Grid Reference | NZ304639 |
Pins
 Along this stretch of riverside was quite a few boat building slipways that Newcastle Shipbuilding used 1919 to 1921.
They chose a bad time to start a boat building yard directly after WW1 hence they went bust within 2 yrs |
 N Dunn |
Thursday 16th of November 2017 04:47:09 PM |
| This was a Wooden Bridge for the old rail line to cross the little road that the bin wagons used to get to the rubbish tips. Photo of the bridge on my www.oldtyneside.co.uk website |
N Dunn |
Thursday 16th of November 2017 04:42:35 PM |
| This was the Bone Yard in Walker. When the wind blew towards Hebburn the smell was terrible. They used to boil animal bones to make glue, make bone meal for agriculture. My aunty worked in the Office and used to get a sculler boat back and forth from where she lived at Tyne View with my Mcneil family. The sculler man was nick named Charlie Sculler. Photo on my www.oldtyneside.co.uk website. |
N Dunn |
Thursday 16th of November 2017 04:39:50 PM |
| Hebburn Cemetery |
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Thursday 16th of November 2017 04:35:41 PM |
| Buchanan St |
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Thursday 16th of November 2017 04:33:56 PM |
| St Rollox St. Named after the Tennant's Chemical Co HQ in the St Rollox area of Glasgow. |
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Thursday 16th of November 2017 04:32:58 PM |
| Shamrock St |
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Thursday 16th of November 2017 04:30:40 PM |
| Rose St |
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Thursday 16th of November 2017 04:29:33 PM |
| Thistle St |
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Thursday 16th of November 2017 04:28:52 PM |
| John St |
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Thursday 16th of November 2017 04:27:57 PM |
| Victoria Rd West |
N Dunn |
Thursday 16th of November 2017 04:26:03 PM |
| The address of this house was Newcastle Shipbuilding House . My cousin's mate Davy Smith lived there. In 1919 a company calling themselves set up Newcastle ship building company but unluckily they went bust in 1921. The Plater's sheds stood empty for years and were eventually taken over by the Reay Gear Works . See the pin identifying their premises at the bottom of Prince Consort Rd. |
N Dunn |
Thursday 16th of November 2017 04:25:05 PM |
| Hebburn Palmers Offices at the side of the Low Rd (Wagonway Rd) |
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Thursday 16th of November 2017 04:15:03 PM |
| Hebburn Urban District Offices on Argyle St/Albert St corner. photo on my website www.oldtyneside.co.uk |
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Thursday 16th of November 2017 04:13:42 PM |
| The low building was called 'The Clinic' on Argyle St |
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Thursday 16th of November 2017 04:11:59 PM |
| The Gem cinema on Albert St /William St corner. On the other corner was 'The Albert' which is still there in 2017 renamed 'Wardles' |
N Dunn |
Thursday 16th of November 2017 04:10:17 PM |
| The Caledonian Hotel on Tyne St and it is still in use 2017. Photos on my www.oldtyneside.co.uk |
N Dunn |
Thursday 16th of November 2017 04:07:33 PM |
| This is where Cuthbert St started. My gran lived at 2 above what was called 'The Relief Office' which is where I placed the Pin. Out of work men queued in the back lane to collect any money due to them. It was a bit like the Dole. On that day my gran being a shy timid lady stayed home rather than walk through dozens of men. She had no front door and the only way into her flat was up the rear stairs . |
N Dunn |
Thursday 16th of November 2017 04:05:55 PM |
| The 'County Hotel'. When Lord Louis Mountbatten was in Hebburn during WW2 as his Ship HMS Kelly was built at Leslies and also repaired there after being torpedoed he stayed at the County Hotel. |
N Dunn |
Thursday 16th of November 2017 03:58:28 PM |
| Frazers |
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Thursday 16th of November 2017 03:53:44 PM |
| Prince Consort Rd Nursery School |
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Thursday 16th of November 2017 03:52:48 PM |
| This was the Ellison House Hotel which was badly damaged by the fire next door at the Theatre Oct 7th 1950.
It re-opened for a while, and when it eventually closed its business went to the new Mill Tavern on Mill Lane.
Pics on my www.oldtyneside.co.uk website |
N Dunn |
Thursday 16th of November 2017 03:51:44 PM |
| This gap in the houses in Ann St is where a German bomb meant for the shipyard hit in WW2, |
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Thursday 16th of November 2017 03:47:50 PM |
| Hedley Schools which were owned by St Cuthbert's Church. It was opened in 1882 and is still in use today 2017. My grand daughter Erin goes there as she's in their Brownies. Its nice to see old buildings survive because most are gone |
N Dunn |
Thursday 16th of November 2017 03:45:20 PM |
| This large gap in Charles St and the small one across the road was caused when German bombs hit the street in WW2. |
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Thursday 16th of November 2017 03:42:42 PM |
| Hebburn Railway Station. |
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Thursday 16th of November 2017 03:40:46 PM |
| Hebburn Palmers Ship Repairers just off Wagonway Rd that us locals called 'The Low Road'
Pics on my website www.oldtyneside.co.uk |
N Dunn |
Thursday 16th of November 2017 03:39:39 PM |
| The Quay Board School sandwiched between Lyon St and William St |
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Thursday 16th of November 2017 03:37:19 PM |
| St Cuthberts Church sandwiched between Argyle St and Cuthbert St |
N Dunn |
Thursday 16th of November 2017 03:35:46 PM |
| Prince Consort Rd |
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Thursday 16th of November 2017 03:32:40 PM |
| Lloyds Bank |
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Thursday 16th of November 2017 03:31:46 PM |
| This was a Travelling Funfair on waste land |
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Thursday 16th of November 2017 03:27:36 PM |
| This was called 'Bottom Reyrolles' by Hebburn people. 'Top Reyrolles' was over the railway lines |
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Thursday 16th of November 2017 03:26:39 PM |
| This prefabricated building was part of St Aloysius Boys School. My last 3 yrs were in that building. I left school age 15 in summer 1959 |
N Dunn |
Thursday 16th of November 2017 03:24:47 PM |
| This was an Industrial reservoir next to the Bauxite . |
N Dunn |
Thursday 16th of November 2017 03:20:10 PM |
| This was Hebburn UDC rubbish tips when I was young in the 40s and 50s. |
N Dunn |
Sunday 2nd of October 2016 12:07:50 PM |
| Walker Ferry Landing with the Bone Yard to the right of it. Older Hebburn people remember the horrible smell from there . They boiled up animal bones for fertilizer etc. |
N Dunn |
Sunday 2nd of October 2016 12:05:11 PM |
| Wallsend Ferry Landing |
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Sunday 2nd of October 2016 12:02:29 PM |
| Hebburn Ferry Landing |
N Dunn |
Sunday 2nd of October 2016 12:01:18 PM |
| Martins Bank at the top of Prince Consort Rd where it meets Argyle St. Later it became Barclays Bank then later again it was converted to a Funeral Home. |
N Dunn |
Sunday 2nd of October 2016 11:56:38 AM |
| Tennant St |
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Sunday 2nd of October 2016 11:53:30 AM |
| Alfred St |
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Sunday 2nd of October 2016 11:52:26 AM |
| The 'Wailes Dove Bitumastic' Factory sandwiched between the Newcastle to South Shields electrified railway line & Hedgeley Road |
N Dunn |
Tuesday 17th of June 2014 09:57:16 AM |
| Hebburn Theatre Royal that opened in 1897 & at one time was managed by Arthur Jefferson who's son Stan was one half of the comedy duo 'Laurel & Hardy'. Laurel was his stage surname. The fire that destroyed the Theatre was on Oct 7th 1950 so this aerial photo was taken after the fire. |
N Dunn |
Tuesday 17th of June 2014 09:55:13 AM |
| I lived here ( An upstairs flat,14 Lyon St) from 1944 to 1953 so when this aerial photo was taken I was 6yrs old. The photo must be after October 7th 1950 because that was when the Hebburn Theatre Royal burned down & I & my parents watched the fire from our front door only about 50 yds from the fire. |
N Dunn |
Tuesday 17th of June 2014 09:51:01 AM |
| Tennant's Chemical Co once occupied most of this land which by 1950 was empty & bare. |
N Dunn |
Tuesday 17th of June 2014 09:45:07 AM |
| This is where Hebburn 'C' Pit was but it was closed in the 1930s & still standing derelict when this photo was taken. No health & Safety then! |
N Dunn |
Tuesday 17th of June 2014 09:40:56 AM |
| St Aloysius Church. Attached to the church was the School for boys & girls but they were all kept separate. I went to that school from 1951 as a 7 yr old & we weren't allowed to mix with the girls who had their own classrooms. We couldn't even mix in the school yard & had to keep to our side of the white line.. |
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Tuesday 17th of June 2014 09:38:45 AM |
| Hebburn Police Station on Argyle St. Attached to it to the right is the Magistrate Courts. |
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Tuesday 17th of June 2014 09:34:07 AM |
| The Newtown Club on Tennant St corner with North Farm Rd |
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Tuesday 17th of June 2014 09:32:28 AM |
| Glen St in Hebburn Newtown area |
N Dunn |
Tuesday 17th of June 2014 09:31:40 AM |
| Hawthorn Leslie's Shipbuilding Yard |
N Dunn |
Tuesday 17th of June 2014 09:30:55 AM |
| White's Marine engineering factory on Prince Consort Rd |
N Dunn |
Tuesday 17th of June 2014 09:30:07 AM |
| St Andrews Presbyterian Church on Church St |
N Dunn |
Tuesday 17th of June 2014 09:29:07 AM |
| The Co-op Store Hall on Lyon St-Albert St corner |
N Dunn |
Tuesday 17th of June 2014 09:27:04 AM |
 Tyne View Terrace. It was once owned by Tennant's Chemical Co & homes for their managers/chemists. After the Company moved out of Hebburn the large property was rented out. My McNeill family rented one part of it from the 1930s to when it was demolished in the 50s. The pic is from my www.oldtyneside.co.uk website & shows my aunt Jane McNeill in Tyne View garden. |
N Dunn |
Tuesday 17th of June 2014 09:26:03 AM |
| This Gear wheel/gearbox manufacturing factory was originally Platers Sheds built for the Newcastle Shipbuilding Co who started in 1919. Unfortunately they went bust in 1921 & a Gateshead company eventually bought the sheds in the late 20s. That company was Reay Gear Works. Later it was bought by George Angus & years later sold to Richardson Westgarth who called it RW Transmissions. It closed down in the mid 1970s & today that land is a housing estate. |
N Dunn |
Tuesday 17th of June 2014 09:16:41 AM |
| The old Ballast Hill which was made by ships dumping their ballast over hundreds of years, then filling up with Tyne coal at our Staiths. |
N Dunn |
Tuesday 17th of June 2014 09:12:19 AM |
| Bonnacord St which was on the left hand side at the bottom of Ellison St between the Ballast Hill & Leslies Shipyard |
N Dunn |
Tuesday 17th of June 2014 09:09:49 AM |
| This area was known locally as 'The Bauxite'. Not a lot is recorded about this 'British Aluminium Co' apart from it produced Aluminium Hydroxide from the ore known as 'Bauxite'. A lot of waste known as red mud was a by-product of the process & it was dumped on the site producing hillocks/mounds of this red mud. It was fenced off to keep people off it. |
N Dunn |
Sunday 4th of May 2014 10:19:11 AM |