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Old photo

Posted by Ian Turnbull on 6/11/2026, 9:34 am

I bought this old photo from Shields market this morning.Hebburn colliery pencilled on back..possibly Beaumont st area? Norman

Re: Old photo

Posted by Ian Turnbull on 6/11/2026, 9:54 am, in reply to "Old photo "

Cleaned up a bit

Re: Old photo

Posted by norman on 6/11/2026, 10:04 am, in reply to "Re: Old photo "

Hi Ian,
I struggled to figure where the photo was taken from.
Could that be a view of St Oswalds Church Window from High Lane row area.
See my pic below.

Re: Old photo

Posted by Ian Turnbull on 6/11/2026, 10:18 am, in reply to "Re: Old photo "

That's what I thought Norman - St Oswalds area from Jarrow

Re: Old photo

Posted by Malcolm on 6/11/2026, 11:04 am, in reply to "Re: Old photo "

So what is that structure (building) between the two tall chimneys? Very distinctive, I would have thought.

Re: Old photo rethink

Posted by Norman on 6/11/2026, 5:00 pm, in reply to "Re: Old photo "

I now think it's a view taken from the Jarrow Central School area over the rail lines that carried coal trucks going to the staiths.We are looking into St Oswalds Rd with St Oswalds church in view. The tall structures could be where the 'B' pit was.

Re: Old photo rethink

Posted by Malcolm on 6/11/2026, 5:55 pm, in reply to "Re: Old photo rethink"

So we need an old map of the area, and if that IS St Oswalds (certainly looks like it) then a line draw from the church, off-set say 20 degrees? Taking account of the double block of houses, and the railway line, should pin-point where the photo was taken from.

Re: Old photo rethink

Posted by Malcolm on 6/11/2026, 9:18 pm, in reply to "Re: Old photo rethink"

Nice map, Norman. So it looks, assuming the big arched window in the church is to the right on the map, the two blocks of houses look correct, with allotments on the right of the picture (ties in with the map) together with the railway line, then the photo was taken just off the right hand side of the map.
So what was there?

for Malcolm

Posted by Norman on 7/11/2026, 8:20 am, in reply to "Re: Old photo rethink"

Here is another map showing the streets that were on the right of the Map. The Grange School & Central school are there between Beech St & Birch St

Re: For Norman

Posted by Malcolm on 7/11/2026, 8:46 am, in reply to "for Malcolm"

That looks about right then, Norman. Placing the photographer between Beech & Birch Streets, looking left on the map, you'd have the railway line at the bottom of the photo (as it is) and St Oswalds Road, with it's two blocks of houses on the left of the road (as per the photo).
The allotments to the right of St Oswalds Road are missing on the later map, and marked "Site for Works", which is not inconsistent, given the development of the area.

Just a personal note: Beech Street was the home of my Grandad. He was a Forman on the Pontop Line. He retired, and in 1935 was hit by a shunter, and died from his injuries.

Re: For Norman

Posted by Norman on 7/11/2026, 10:08 am, in reply to "Re: For Norman"

Thanks Malcolm.
Terrible to hear about your poor Grandad though.

Re: Old photo rethink

Posted by Ian Turnbull on 8/11/2026, 10:20 am, in reply to "Re: Old photo rethink"

Hasn't changed much lol

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