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Victoria Road East

Posted by peter cook on 3/9/2025, 7:18 am

Undated post card photo showing Victoria Road East, Hebburn looking east from Cambridge Avenue towards the Clock Hotel. Note Palmer's cranes directly above the bus. Photographer was R. Johnston & Sons, Gateshead.

Re: Victoria Road East

Posted by Colin Thompson on 3/9/2025, 11:16 am, in reply to "Victoria Road East"

That road looks in better condition than it is now !

Re: Victoria Road East

Posted by Peter on 3/9/2025, 5:32 pm, in reply to "Victoria Road East"

Great photo. I wonder if its from the 1920s or 1930s, as I think my late father told me that he watched those cranes getting demolished with his father in the 1930s.

Re: Victoria Road East

Posted by Norman on 3/9/2025, 5:54 pm, in reply to "Re: Victoria Road East"

I would guess that photo was taken late 1930s early 1940s.

Re: Victoria Road East

Posted by peter cook on 3/9/2025, 7:10 pm, in reply to "Re: Victoria Road East"

Palmer's closed in 1933 and the cranes were demolished in 1938.

Re: Victoria Road East

Posted by Margaret McD on 3/9/2025, 10:36 pm, in reply to "Re: Victoria Road East"

When was Cambridge Ave built?

Re: Victoria Road East

Posted by peter cook on 4/9/2025, 7:29 am, in reply to "Re: Victoria Road East"

They started building in 1950 and continued adding into the 1960's.