EPW013979 ENGLAND (1925). The Reyrolle Works, Hebburn, 1925

Saint Aloysius RC Church

Newcastle to South Shields railway lines

St Aloysius Church Presbytery where the RC priests lived.

In the 1940s this was 'Martin's Bank' & later it was taken over by Barclay's. Today it still stands but it is now a Funeral Parlour.

Glen St Chapel

Buchanan St

St Rollox St

Shamrock St

Rose St

This is the start of Cuthbert St which was on the junction of Prince Consort Rd. My grandmother lived in an upstairs Flat on this corner (2 Cuthbert St) & downstairs was the 'Relief Office'. I think it was once a week when the unemployed men queued up along the back lane & into the rear yard of the Office. That was the day my Gran who was a reserved young woman then stayed at home because she hated having to go in & out of the house via the stairs leading into the yard & pass all those men.

This was a reservoir used in one of the industrial processes at either the Bauxite or Tennant's Chemical Works further down the bank. In the 1950s when I was a young boy, the Bauxite & the Chemical Works were gone & they'd left an industrial wasteland or eyesore. Us kids used to play around this reservoir & sometimes there was an old wooden raft to play on. The reservoir wasn't deep so you could stand on the raft & use a pole to push it.

Aloysius Church. Photo from my www.oldtyneside.co.uk website

Robert Frazer & sons Ltd. These were steel stockholders & started in Hebburn 1889

Whites Marine Engineering Company works on Prince Consort Rd.

Reyrolles was split into two by the Newcastle to South Shields railway lines. This part of the Company was known as 'Bottom Reyrolles'

This complex was know locally as 'The Bauxite'. Bauxite ore is where aluminium is extracted from.

The 'County Hotel' on Bell St corner

Police Station & Magistrate's Court on Argyle St. Photo from my www.oldtyneside.co.uk website

Glen St