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Mike Lynch photo. Geordie Armstrong became a famous No7 for Arsenal & died coaching the young players. I was in Geordies year at school |
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Mike Lynch's leaving class of 15 yr olds in 1958. Those prefabs are long gone & bungalows stand on that land now. |
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Remember Hebburn Infirmary? I was never away as a kid but the accident part was round to the right |
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Ellison Hall one of Hebburn's oldest buildings if not the oldest. |
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What a shame seeing a building like this empty. Today it is being turned into 'Flat's' to buy. |
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A 1986 Leslies Dry Dock photo for all you ex-Leslies lads |
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Another shot of Leslies for all the ex-Leslies lads. It now seems just derelict property |
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Ron French photo of Hebburn's 'Highland Pipe Band' .3rd rgt is Alex Redpath who worked at 'Craig's' decorators in Hebburn |
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Another nostalgic photo for any Hawthorn Leslie lads. Taken in 1979 |
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1940's Barnard Crescent family wedding party from Mike Lynch. |
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Just to show fashions of the day, here is Mike Lynch's parents wedding photo outside 10 Bede Buildings on Wagonway Rd. Hard times compared to today! |
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Everyone must have seen the NEM Crane. (North East Marine, Wallsend). This one was taken in 1991 |
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Someone requested a 'Simpson's Hostel Photo' so this one is from Mike Ellison's Hebburn Website. A housing estate stands here now. |
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Ellison Hall & St John's just a few years after WW2. Look how black the sandstone was until it was cleaned up. Ron French again. |
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This is a better aerial photo of Palmers showing a bit more clearly other bits of the town. |
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