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The new name for Andrew Leslies shipyard site.

Posted by Norman on 23/8/2026, 9:57 am

A WW2 ship called HMS Kelly was named after a high ranking Royal Navy Officer from southern England with no links whatsoever to Hebburn.
But because Mountbatten commanded HMS Kelly the new housing development on Leslies Shipyard land is named 'Kelly's Wharf'.
Andrew Leslie created thousands of jobs for nearly 100 years in Hebburn so why was it not called 'Leslies Wharf'.
I'd love to talk to the person who decided naming it 'Kelly's Wharf'.

Re: The new name for Andrew Leslies shipyard site.

Posted by Joseph on 23/8/2026, 8:53 pm, in reply to "The new name for Andrew Leslies shipyard site."

Just guessing; but probably something to do with Andrew Leslie being a staunch conservative and the labour luvvies not been able to stomach such a thing,

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