epw025028 ENGLAND (1928). Cullercoats, Marden and Monkseaton, Whitley Bay, from the east, 1928

Tyne Loop railway to Newcastle now the Metro line

Avenue Branch line to Blyth

Lyndhurst (on left) and Yearsley (on right)

Gordon Square

Northumberland Village Homes aka the Naughty Girls School. Built in the 1880's as a home for destitute girls of good character to be trained in domestic service. This was the female equivalent of the Wellesley Training ship for boys. Built on land donated by the Duke of Northumberland and more purchased by public subscription. Several houses each with max. of 16 girls in each with a house mother and father to provide as "normal" a life style as possible. In addition to the houses there was also a school house, a laundry and a gardeners house.

Monkseaton Railway Station

St. Paul's Church

The Figure of Eight at the now defunct Spanish City Pleasure Park

Priory Theatre now demolished & the site of a children's play park

Rex Hotel

Whitley Road

Rockcliffe School

The Rex Hotel

The Gaumont Cinema

The Esplanade

The Cenotaph

The former Bandstand

Grass foreshore area known as the Links.

Spanish City fairground / entertainment ground. Features in the song Tunnel Of Love by Dire Straits written by Mark Knopfler who grew up in the North East.

Whitley Bay station (LNER) built by NER. Electric trains ran the citrcular route from here to Newcastle Central and the service is now part of the Metro. Many Newcastle University students lived in boarding houses in Whitley Bay during the 60s and 70s and commuted from here between 8 and 9 each morning.