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Wednesday aerial view

Posted by Norman Dunn on 8/4/2026, 10:34 am

I decided to post another header photo on EARLIER than usual because yesterdays Header in Newcastle drew zero comments. Use it or lose it springs to mind.

Re: Wednesday aerial view

Posted by Bill Wallace on 8/4/2026, 12:16 pm, in reply to "Wednesday aerial view"

Look at all of that vacant land. Norman, do have a similar aerial view of what it looks like now?

Re: Wednesday aerial view

Posted by Carol in hampshire on 8/4/2026, 12:22 pm, in reply to "Re: Wednesday aerial view"

I remember one of my relatives saying that they used to go for a stroll around the reservoir, so it must have been a nice spot in the 30's

Re: Wednesday aerial view

Posted by Joseph on 8/4/2026, 12:37 pm, in reply to "Re: Wednesday aerial view"

Worked down that pit, loved

A modern view for Bill in America

Posted by Norman on 8/4/2026, 12:46 pm, in reply to "Re: Wednesday aerial view"
Edited by board administrator 8/4/2026, 12:52 pm

Here is a Britain from Above aerial view showing some of that area in my old aerial view.
Ive added a couple of locations to help figure it out.
The Lakes are long gone with houses built directly on the lake bottom. I say that because one man said in a book many years ago that the lak.es were flooded sandstone quarries & they were NOT

Re: A modern view for Bill in America

Posted by Mac Hardy on 8/4/2026, 12:55 pm, in reply to "A modern view for Bill in America"

Where the Reservoir was is where we later lived,named St. Joseph’s Court.

Re: Wednesday aerial view

Posted by AJG on 8/4/2026, 7:08 pm, in reply to "Wednesday aerial view"

Great photograph. Amazing to see so much open land in Hebburn.

By this photograph, it looks like the Quarry that I used to explore as a youngster was the one for Jones' Brickyard, as it is close to where St. Joseph's School would eventually be built. The Wardley Quarry looks too far away (though I do have vague memories of this one too).

Re: Wednesday aerial view

Posted by Colin Thompson on 8/4/2026, 10:38 pm, in reply to "Re: Wednesday aerial view"

There is now a small housing estate exactly on top of the quarry marked B on the photo - - not a place I would like to live in - - what was it filled with?? Possibly still methane rising!!

Re: Wednesday aerial view

Posted by Norman on 9/4/2026, 8:23 am, in reply to "Re: Wednesday aerial view"
Edited by board administrator 9/4/2026, 9:21 am

'B' was a clay quarry Colin, so no gas comes from there.
The Persimmon housing estate is on 'A' where the Colliery was.
Hebburn had 3 pits and housing estates have been built ontop of all 3. No danger from methane leaking from capped pit shafts.

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