EAW009371 ENGLAND (1947). Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd Neptune Shipbuilding Yard and environs, Walker, 1947
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| Title | [EAW009371] Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd Neptune Shipbuilding Yard and environs, Walker, 1947 |
| Reference | EAW009371 |
| Date | 18-August-1947 |
| Link | |
| Place name | WALKER |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 429887, 564931 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -1.5329942857528, 54.978013967992 |
| National Grid Reference | NZ299649 |
Pins
 This was Walker Bone Yard & people in towns such as Hebburn often got the horrible smell of dead animals drifting over. Animal parts/bones were made into things like glue & bone meal for gardening |
N Dunn |
Saturday 19th of April 2014 05:15:52 PM |
| Walker Ferry Landing |
N Dunn |
Saturday 19th of April 2014 05:13:00 PM |
| Hebburn Ferry Landing. The Ferry ran to Wallsend & also upriver to Walker |
N Dunn |
Saturday 19th of April 2014 05:12:20 PM |
| The famous Swan Hunter's Ship Building Yard at Wallsend |
N Dunn |
Saturday 19th of April 2014 05:10:57 PM |
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Saturday 19th of April 2014 05:10:07 PM | |
| This row of Slipways were constructed for the Newcastle Shipbuilding Co who started in 1919 & unfortunately went bankrupt in 1921. |
N Dunn |
Saturday 19th of April 2014 05:08:56 PM |
| Hawthorn Leslies a famous shipyard in Hebburn. Lord Louis Moutbatten's warship HMS Kelly was built here. The Kelly story was in the film 'In Which We Serve'. |
N Dunn |
Saturday 19th of April 2014 05:07:25 PM |
| The Ballast Hill that was made by boats unloading their sand/gravel ballast & then filling up with coal from the staiths a bit further up river. |
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Saturday 19th of April 2014 05:05:25 PM |
| This is the bottom of Prince Consort Road formerly James St. |
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Saturday 19th of April 2014 05:03:41 PM |
| Tyne View Tec which used to belong to Tennant's Chemical Works. Where I've put the information Pin is the Tennis Court that the Tennant's people used. They had indoor toilets & bathrooms unlike other people in those cdays. |
N Dunn |
Saturday 19th of April 2014 05:02:42 PM |
