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A view from upriver towards Hebburn 89 years ago

Posted by Norman Dunn on 17/8/2026, 9:54 am

Thanks to the marvellous 'Britain from Above' website for the photo. As usual I have added some locations to help get 'your bearings' .

Re: A view from upriver towards Hebburn 89 years ago

Posted by AJG on 17/8/2026, 8:43 pm, in reply to "A view from upriver towards Hebburn 89 years ago"

I never get tired of looking at this picture. So much in it to see!
The house I grew up in hasn't been built yet - it was built in 1938.

Re: A view from upriver towards Hebburn 89 years ago

Posted by Malcolm on 17/8/2026, 10:15 pm, in reply to "Re: A view from upriver towards Hebburn 89 years ago"

And mine, yet to be built on the allotments near the cemetry wall, which would become Queeens Crescent in the early 1950's.

Re: A view from upriver towards Hebburn 89 years ago

Posted by Elizabeth Baker (Tindle) on 18/8/2026, 2:32 am, in reply to "A view from upriver towards Hebburn 89 years ago"

We lived at Riverside Cottages next to the TIC (Tyne Improvement Commission.The house was in a field with a stone wall separating it from the road and Simpson's Hostel ( which seemed to be full of old men!! - and retired seamen.

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