EAW002140 ENGLAND (1946). Bedewell Engineering Works and the Steel Tube Works, Jarrow, from the north-east, 1946

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Title [EAW002140] Bedewell Engineering Works and the Steel Tube Works, Jarrow, from the north-east, 1946
Reference EAW002140
Date 1-August-1946
Link
Place name JARROW
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 432241, 564556
Longitude / Latitude -1.4962550694487, 54.974497103788
National Grid Reference NZ322646

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This pond was about 100ft deep and had been there from the days when the Monks mined coal from a seam called 'The Monkton Seam'. It was what was called a Bell Pit. A lot of rubble from the demolition of old Jarrow was dumped into it.

N Dunn
Friday 29th of June 2018 09:16:15 AM
This would have been an anchoring site for the Barrage Balloons from WW2.

N Dunn
Friday 29th of June 2018 09:10:56 AM
Six years after this photo was taken ie 1952, building work started on creating Windermere Cres, Grasmere Rd, Thirlmere Court , Coniston Ave. Photos on my website www.oldtyneside.co.uk

N Dunn
Friday 29th of June 2018 09:00:36 AM
This lake was called Sandy Bottom. Photos on my website www.oldtyneside.co.uk

N Dunn
Friday 29th of June 2018 08:56:43 AM
This was what we called the Island Lake. The 4 lakes were created in the 1860s -70s as private ponds for the Ellison family. The water that filled them came from the little burn that ran from Wardley area . Photos on my website www.oldtyneside.co.uk

N Dunn
Friday 29th of June 2018 08:54:53 AM
WW2 Camouflage Scheme

Sparky
Tuesday 29th of August 2017 07:27:56 PM
Mystery Feature

Sparky
Tuesday 29th of August 2017 07:27:21 PM

Sparky
Tuesday 29th of August 2017 07:26:11 PM
WW2 Communal Surface Blast Shelter

Sparky
Tuesday 29th of August 2017 07:25:45 PM
This was the pit shaft that the men in 'sinkers row' (Elmfield Tce) sunk. Today it will be capped off and a new housing estate has been built there.

N Dunn
Monday 6th of April 2015 11:47:16 AM
This bridge is still there today in 2015 and was known locally as 'spuggies bridge'. It spans the railway line to Sunderland.

N Dunn
Monday 6th of April 2015 11:44:08 AM
This row of houses is Elmfield Tce but it was nicknamed 'Sinkers Row' in those days because they were built to house the men who sunk a local coalmine shaft. The row of houses are still there today in 2015. Photos of it are on my www.oldtyneside.co.uk website

N Dunn
Monday 6th of April 2015 11:41:37 AM
Washington 'F' pit heap close to Bluehouse Lane. I have a photo of it on my www.gatesheadeast.co.uk website

N Dunn
Monday 6th of April 2015 11:33:52 AM
These buildings were the Baker Perkins premises.

N Dunn
Monday 6th of April 2015 11:31:16 AM
jones' brickworks pelaw

walkerbellevue
Monday 2nd of September 2013 05:48:32 PM

MB
Monday 26th of August 2013 12:16:23 AM
Rail connection to engineering works

MB
Monday 26th of August 2013 12:15:45 AM

MB
Monday 26th of August 2013 12:15:08 AM
The Pontop Line that the Bowes coal trucks used to take coal to the Staiths at Jarrow. When we were kids in the 50s we often hitched a free ride on the slow moving trucks & then we'd get off at Jarrow Park. I knew one lad who lost a leg & another who lost an arm doing this.

N Dunn
Friday 16th of August 2013 12:38:16 PM
The Crusher where the broken up slag was crushed to make gravel for road building

N Dunn
Friday 16th of August 2013 12:35:21 PM
St Bede's Well is at the bottom of this slope out of sight. On the photo you'll see the Slag Heap behind the well.

N Dunn
Friday 16th of August 2013 12:33:32 PM
Jarrow Tube Works

N Dunn
Wednesday 7th of August 2013 08:01:03 PM
Northbourne Rd

N Dunn
Wednesday 7th of August 2013 08:00:20 PM
This was a valley with a stream running from the lakes to the river Don in Jarrow. We called it 'The Dip' in the 50s & 60s. Because the slagheap was there it went underground via a culvert & it emerged in Pig Sty Avenue in Jarrow & then onto the Don.

N Dunn
Wednesday 7th of August 2013 07:59:40 PM
The Pump House on the east side of what we called 'The First Lake'. The lake was one of 4 man made lakes that the Ellison family had made as part of their garden. Ellison's were rich Land owners & reside at the large Hebburn Hall. In the 1890s they gave the house to be used as an Infirmary.

N Dunn
Wednesday 7th of August 2013 07:55:36 PM

N Dunn
Tuesday 6th of August 2013 08:35:23 PM
Follonsby Colliery near White Mare Pool

N Dunn
Tuesday 6th of August 2013 08:34:12 PM
Wardley Colliery

N Dunn
Tuesday 6th of August 2013 08:33:37 PM
The 'First Lake' which was one of 4 man made lakes that the Ellison family had made as part of their garden in the mid to late 1800s.

N Dunn
Tuesday 6th of August 2013 08:31:46 PM
Monkton Village

N Dunn
Tuesday 6th of August 2013 08:30:12 PM
Monkton Coke Works

N Dunn
Tuesday 6th of August 2013 08:29:50 PM
The Slag Heap on the border of Jarrow & Hebburn

N Dunn
Tuesday 6th of August 2013 08:29:25 PM