Shopping
McGregor's Shops
Alex McGregor (1900-1974) of Swalwell had draper's shops in Swalwell, Whickham and Winlaton Mill. The Swalwell shop was next to the Highlander in Front Street and the Whickham one was in the block of shops below the park in Front Street. Alex McGregor lived in Swalwell and ran that shop, his wife ran the Winlaton Mill shop until the mid sixties when it closed. When Alex retired his son Alec took over the running of the Swalwell shop about 1966.
The Swalwell shop closed in the mid-seventies and the Whickham shop was the last to go being then run by Alec McGregor. By that time it had ceased selling draperies and concentrated on selling wool.
Alex senior was a strong Methodist and attended the church in Market Lane. He was a keen gardener while his wife was involved in the Women's Institute. Both attended Swalwell community centre.
Thanks to Stephen McLean, Alex's grandson for this information.
Marley Hill shops
The only shop
in Marley Hill,
near Church Street
and St. Cuthbert's Street
In spite of being a busy mining community Marley Hill had very few shops. At the end of the twentieth century there were no shops open in the village.
High Row (A)
High Row had at one time, a small shop run by a Mrs Ellison. There was no shop window, which suggests that the business was in her home. She sold sweets, pop, cooked meats, threads and needles.
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Post Office Row (B)
There was a shop here in 1860 run by a family called Bean. In 1882 it was taken over by Thomas Brabban, who in 1890 added the Post Office which gave the street its name. The Post Office was located nearer the southern end of the street at bottom right of the map. Thomas stayed there until 1922. The shop was then taken over by Hannah Hutchinson as a Post Office and General Dealers. Hannah retired in 1965. The shop closed in 1973.
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The Hut Shop (A)
This shop was opened at the west end of Church Street in 1925 by John Aimers. Later in the 20's it was owned by Bob Wintrip, as a General Dealers and Post Office, until 1951. The shop, which was a wooden structure, was then rebuilt in brick. Tommy Gibson had the shop and Post Office until 1974. Sometime in the 1980's the Post Office part was closed and residents of Marley Hill had to travel to the Post Office in Sunniside. The shop closed in 1994.
Street Traders (D)
Street TradersFrom about 1914 Marley Hill was served by traders coming round the doors. First there was Margaret Davy selling fish from her creel. In the 1930's John Davy continued the family tradition but selling from a van. Barty Phelphs from High Row sold fish for a short time. In 1948 Norman Curry from Burnopfield Co-op came round with fish.
A McCourt in the early part of the century sold items necessary for the pitmen such as carbide for their lamps and lamp oil. He also sold kitchen utensils. There was also a muffin man, a trader selling eggs and yeast and a woman with haberdashery in her pack.In the 1930's Harry Ismay came in with his horse and cart selling fruit and vegetables. Bobby Lowden began coming round in a van, with a counter, in 1950's selling fruit and vegetables.
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Sunniside Shops
The main street through the centre of Sunniside is known as Front Street
This is where all the shops are situated.
Dewhurst Terrace (A)
This terrace was named after Mr. Dewhurst who was the Headmaster at Marley Hill School from 1895-1913
Approaching from Gateshead it is on the right hand side of Front Street, nearest to Marley Hill.
Possibly the main shop was 'the store'. This was the Sunniside Branch of Burnopfield Co-op, which was opened at No.1& No2. Dewhurst Terrace in 1911.
There were grocery, butchery and drapery departments with leisure facilities upstairs.
In 1921 the new premises were opened adjoining the top end of Dewhurst Terrace.
The Co-op closed in 1987 and the shop was eventually taken over by the Spar before being completely destroyed by fire on 12th. March 1992.
It was rebuilt as a supermarket with shops attached and opened by Coronation Celebrity Ken (Reg. Holdsworth) Morley on 16th. September 1993.
It is now a mini-supermarket opening late.
Sunniside Co-op, 1911.
Sunniside Spar shop,
formerly the Co-op,
after the fire in 1992.
Crowder's Chemist shop,
2000.
Post Office, 2000.
| 2000 | Previous Owners | |
| No 1 Sunniside Chippy | Sunniside Co-op | |
| No 2 Rajdhoot Indian Takeaway | Sunniside Co-op | |
| No 3 Vacuum Repair Centre | Woodville Barbers | |
| Ladies Hairdressers | ||
| No 4 Orchard | Coffee Shop | |
| Amulree Coffee/Dress shop | ||
| Nearly New Shop | ||
| Co-op Butchers | ||
| No 9 Crowder Chemists | Off Licence & General Dealers | |
| Previous owners: Alma Kelly, Hopkins, Gelstones, Fishers, Lucas',Blackmores, Greys | ||
| No 12 Post Office - Paul Mein | Previous owner: Andy White 1960-1998. Opened as Post Office 1972 | |
| Tommy White, Newsagent/General Dealer 1952 - 1960 | ||
| William & Sydney Blackburn Drug Store 1929 | ||
| Harry Ord Drug Store 1921 | ||
| No 13 Chinese Take Away | Dunphy's Fish & Chips 1956-1983 | |
| James Shorten Fish & Chips | ||
| No 16 | Jack Mason Newsagent 1920s - 1952 | |
| No 18 Designer Curtains | Off Licence 1970 - 1993 | |
| Mrs. McAvoy Ladies Draper |
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Sun Street (B)
This is situated on the right hand side of Front Street
from the junction with Sunniside Road, which leads to Whickham.
Hebe Hairdressers and
upstairs, Belle Naturelle
Beauty Salon, 2000.
| 2000 | Previous Owners | |
| no 8 | George Wilkinson Dentist, rented room from Mrs.Bell 1930's | |
| No 10 Paul Johnson BDS Dentist since 1983 | ||
| No 12 Hebe Hairdressers | Bob Grieveson Barber | |
| No 12(Upstairs) Belle Naturelle, Beauty Salon | John Cadwallender let a room to Mr Dunn Barber |
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The main road leading into Sunniside from Lobley Hill.
A hut, which belonged to Robert Boyd the cobbler, was erected opposite the Butcher's shop. Mr Boyd started his business in Prospect Terrace. He retired in 1961 when his son, Ernie, took over the business until he retired in 1986. The hut remained until 1993.
Chapel Stores, Mini
Supermarket, 2000.
The Sidegate Gallery, 2000.
| 2000 | Previous owners | |
| No 1 Sidegate Art Gallery | Tommy, Butcher | |
| Michael Furness, Butcher 1974 | ||
| John Reed, Butcher 1950's-1960's | ||
| Ned Reed, Butcher opened 1913. On Saturday afternoon he would go out with his horse and cart and sell people their Sunday joints. | ||
| No2 Chapel Stores, Mini Supermarket | 1960 Mr. Smith Post Office | |
| Margaret & Bob Middleton, General Dealers until 1960 | ||
| Mr & Mrs Ralph Bell, General Dealers early 1920's - late 1930's |
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Alexander Terrace (D)
Situated on the left hand side of Front Street opposite Dewhurst Terrace.
Previously known as "Honeymoon Terrace" as most of the occupants were newly weds.
No.2 Owned by George Cook, a baker and confectioner. The bakery was in the yard behind the shop.
In 1928 Sarah Greenhill served in the shop and her husband, Walter, delivered bread and cakes in a horse drawn cart before using a Morris Oxford van.
Mrs. Greenhill was widowed in 1930 and she became Post-mistress until 1930 as well as running the bakery.
In 1932 Joe Hall ran the bakery and his son, Havelock, with his wife Louise took over. At Christmas, as a favour, they would cook turkeys for people who had small ovens.
This shop became Ramsey's Bakery in about the 1960's.
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Granby Terrace (E)
Situated on the left hand side of Front Street, just past Sunniside Road, leading to Whickham.
The Beauty Box.
This is the site of the
first ladies' hairdressers
in Sunniside, 1945.
Pot Pourri, Gift Shop, 2000.
| 2000 | Previous Owners | |
| Travellers Rest | ||
| No2 Beauty Box | 1945 First Ladies Hairdressers in Sunniside | |
| Lottie Dillon's Fish & Chip Shop | ||
| No 4 Janet Maughan, Antiques | Fruit Cabin | |
| Florence's Baby Wear | ||
| Wet Fish Shop | ||
| Carr's General Dealer | ||
| No 6 Pot Pourri, Gift Shop | ||
| Early 1900's Post Office run by Walter Fenton. On his death his wife,Mary, ran it as a Grocery and Drapers as well. | ||
| No17 House | Kehoe sisters Milleners Shop |
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Whickham Shops
Introduction
At the beginning of the twentieth century and up to the 1920s the shops were small and many were part of people's homes, for example:-
Mordue-General Dealer and Haberdasher
Kit Thompson-Confectioner and Newsagent
Dann-Confectioner
Edwin Elliott-General Dealer
Bailey-who baked and sold from his home
Even the Post Office in The Knowles was part of a house.
In the 1930s a terrace of purpose-built shops was erected on the south side of Front Street, just north of Whickham Chase Park. On the opposite side of Front Street houses were converted into shops. Next came General Stores such as Thompson's Red Stamp Stores, Moore's Stores, Law's Stores and the Hadrian Supply Company.
The 1970s saw the demolition of the north side of Front Street from Church Chare to the Spoor Chapel. This included houses, Sam Curry's electrical and TV shop, Rae and Dolly Curry's drapery with ladies outfitting and Henry Taylor's butchers' shop. In their place the shops of St. Mary's Green were built. Another group of shops was built in The Square to the west of the Spoor Chapel.
In the 1980s as shops became vacant they were taken over by Building Societies and Estate Agents. The 1990s saw the introduction of Financial Agencies. The last home/shop, Starks, closed in the early 90s having been established in 1921 in Whaggs Lane.
The main shopping area is still on Front Street from St. Mary's the Virgin Church to Whickham Community Church on Fellside Road. On the Grange Estate is a Post Office with Newsagents, Safeway Supermarket (formerly Presto) and another Newsagents. There are no shops on Fellside Park or Clavering Estates.
The building of the Metro Centre Shopping Mall in 1986 saw a decline in the number of small shops in the whole of the area.
Fellside Road looking
toward Front Street, 1900.
Fellside Road looking
toward Front Street, 1970's.
Fellside Road lies to the west of Whickham and joins Front Street. There has always been a group of shops around the junction.
| 2000 | Previous Owners | |
| David H Gents Hairdressers | Homeseekers Estate Agents | |
| Econofreeze | ||
| Edwin Elliott Grocer | ||
| Marjories Ladies Hairdresser | ||
| Orchid Dress Shop | ||
| Razzmatazz Hair Studio | ||
| Sun Wah Chinese Take-Away | Co-op Grocers | |
| Demolished | Mordues |
Fellside Road at the junction
with Front street, 2000.
The site of William Mordues
general dealer's and the Co-op.
Fellside Road lies to the west of Whickham and joins Front Street. There has always been a group of shops around the junction. The original shops were demolished in the 19?? to make way for the shops which exist today.
| 2000 | Previous Owners | |
| Keith Pattinson Estate Agents | Kitchen & Bathroom Design | |
| Co-op Drapery and Hardware |
Front street, West End, 2000.
This group of shops was built in the late 1950s after some cottages had been demolished.
| 2000 | Previous Owners | |
| Stewart Eye Care | Pat Symons Dress Shop | |
| Offices | Offices | |
| W ayne's Barbers | Barry's Bakery | |
| Walters and Todd Butchers | Wet Fish Shop | |
| Wallpaper & Paint Shop | ||
| barkin shark Fish and Chip Shop | Friars Plaice | |
| Sports Shop | ||
| Dave Younghusband | ||
| Ken Robbins Footwear |
Top of Whickham Bank, 2000.
This group of shops lies just to the west of Whickham Front Street School at the top of Whickham Bank.
| 2000 | Previous Owners | |
| C&H Glass | Davison Antiques | |
| Dodd's Chemist Shop | ||
| Whickham Ale Store Off Licence | ||
| Eggleston's General Dealers | ||
| Lavender Box Ladies hairdressers | Alan Campsell Hair Stylist | |
| Pellets Shoe Repairer | ||
| Empty | Swinton Insurance | |
| Wilson & Ritson Newsagent | ||
| George & May Bailey | ||
| Piccadilly Cake Shop |
Between Front Street
Primary School and the
Bridle Path pub 1975.
This was formerly a row of cottages.">
Between Front Street Primary School
and the Bridle path pub, 2000.
This group of shops was once a mixture of private houses and shops. Although probably they began life as cottages.
| 2000 | Previous Owners | |
| Village Sweet Shop | Bert's Gents Hairdressing | |
| Sun Cradle | Whickham Travel | |
| Blades Hairdressers | Dobson's Sweet Shop | |
| Off the Peg Cleaners | Off the Peg Dress Shop | |
| Muncaster's Cobblers | ||
| Moti Jheel Indian Take Away | Billy Wigham's Fish & Chip Shop | |
| John Davy's Fish & Chip Shop | ||
| Agar's Grocery Shop |
The site of The Square, 1920's,
looking towards Spoor Chapel.
Note the gas lamp.
The Square, 2000
The Square was built in 1960s. For a great number of years most of the land had been derelict, however some stone built houses had to be demolished to give a larger area for building.
| 2000 | Previous Owners | |
| JG's Hairdressers | Ladies Hairdressers | |
| Patterson Solicitors | Wilson & Ritson's Newsagents | |
| Jack Percy Cycles | ||
| Revolver Video | Scott's Pork Butcher | |
| Stanley Racing | Bookless Greengrocers | |
| Post Office | ||
| Post Office | Carricks Bakery | |
| United Newsagents | Hadrian Supply Company | |
| Jamdani Indian Restaurant | Hadrian Supply Company | |
| Wine Cellar | Berkeley Wines | |
| Blayneys Wine Merchants | ||
| Whickham Travel |
The Back Row, 2000.
Whickham Sale Rooms Superstore
was formerly the Miners' Welfare Hall.
The Back Row runs from the Spoor Chapel to Whickham Front Street Primary School and almost parallel to Front Street. At one time there was a row of shops which was demolished and the extension to the Gibside Hotel occupies the site. One of the shops was an office for a taxi firm with parking spaces. This taxi rank still exists today.
| 2000 | Previous Owners | |
| Gibside Hotel | Roberts Drug Store | |
| Home Craft Supplies | ||
| Pellets Shoe Repairer | ||
| Penrose Hairdressers | ||
| Whickham Sale Rooms | Miner's Welfare Hall | |
| Oxley's Fish & Chip Shop | Back Row Fish & Chip Shop |
Whickham Telephone Exchange,
1970, at the bottom left of the photo
is the Gents underground toilet.
Spoor Chapel
with Gibside Hotel at right.
Telephone Exchange, 2000
This part of Whickham extends from the Spoor Methodist Chapel to what is now St Mary's Green. In the earlier part of the century there were a great number of shops on both sides of Front Street. The shops on the south side were demolished to make way for the enlarged telephone exchange. On the south side there was also demolition of the stone built houses.
| 2000 | Previous Owners | |
| Elle Beauty Salon | Hill's Chemist Shop | |
| Thompson's Red Stamp Stores | ||
| McFarlane Partnership | Henry's Hairdressers | |
| Gibside Hotel | Fishburn's Post Office | |
| Lily Butler's Milliners | ||
| Hunter's Fruiterers | ||
| Co-op Fish Shop | ||
| Telephone Exchange | Co-op Chemist shop | |
| Turnbull Butcher with abattoir | ||
| Co-op Butcher with abattoir | ||
| Brown's Fruit Shop | ||
| McGregors Haberdashery | ||
| Pork Shop |
The site of Curry's shops
looking towards the Crown
Hotel now Ye Olde Lang Jack
J H Taylor's Butchers Shop,
just before demolition to
make way for St Mary's
Green shopping centre.
St Mary's Green, 2000.
Walker's Greengrocers and
Florists, 2000.
The shops in St. Mary's Green were opened in the early 1970s.
This was not without controversy as it meant the demolition of some fine stone built houses and in many people's opinion ruined the character of the "village" of Whickham.
Among the buildings demolished were Sam Curry's Electrical, Radio, TV and Cycle Shop. It was here that you could take an accumulator, for a radio, to be charged up. Next door was Rae and Dolly Curry's Ladies Dress Shop and Drapers. Set back a little was Atkinson's Butcher Shop with its own abattoir. This later became Henry Taylors.
| 2000 | Previous Owners | |
| Kwik Save Supermarket | ||
| Ramsey's Cake Shop | ||
| Charles Thompson - Butcher | Factory Meat Shop | |
| R.A. Dodds - Butcher | ||
| Oxfam Shop | Peter Dominic Wine Merchant | |
| Bookless Greengrocers | ||
| Co-op Supermarket | ||
| Home & Gardens Hardware | William's Organs | |
| Margo's Dress Shop | ||
| Baker's Oven | Carricks Bakery | |
| Ruffles Hair Design | ||
| Electrical Shop | Iceland Frozen Foods | |
| Whickham News | Cook's Corner Newsagent | |
| Library | ||
| Dry Clean 2000 | Sunlight Dry Cleaners | |
| Co-op Dry Cleaners | ||
| Whickham Cards & Gifts | The Card Shop | |
| Walkers Greengrocers | Salad Bowl Greengrocers | |
| Martin & Son Butchers | John Taylor Butcher | |
| Henry Taylor Butcher | ||
| Dixon & Spearman Chemist | ||
| Lloyd's Bank | William Low Grocery | |
| Laws Stores (Grocers) | ||
| Village Dental Practice | Laws Stores |
Front Street, Whickham (South East End) (H)
Front Street, Whickham 1970,
outside what is now
Ye Olde Lang Jack pub.
Front Street, Whickham
(south side) 2000
showing the former library
in the background.
The row of shops on the south side were built in the 1930's, by "Pop" Wilkinson. Those on the north side were formerly cottages which have over the years became a wide variety of businesses, from greengrocers to financial advisors.
| 2000 | Previous Owners | |
| Bairstow Eves Estate Agents | Travel Needs | |
| Wool Shop | ||
| A McGregors Haberdasher | ||
| Fernleigh Ladies' Hairdressers | ||
| Diva Ladies Hairdressers | Wool Shop | |
| A McGregor Haberdasher | ||
| Robinson Drapers | ||
| S.K. Handa Chemist | Leigh & Dunn Chemist | |
| H Dixon Chemist | ||
| Moores Stores (Grocers) | ||
| Reed Rains Estate Agents | Leigh & Dunn | |
| Moores Stores (Grocers) | ||
| Library | ||
| Travel Needs | Midland Bank | |
| Donaldson's Sweet Shop | ||
| Flower Design | G.R. Armstrong Confectioner & Tobacconist | |
| Derwent Valley Estate Agents | Ken's Gents Hairdresser | |
| Lloyds Bank | ||
| Leigh & Dunn Chemist | ||
| E Dunn Chemist | ||
| Culey's Bakers | ||
| Bigger Bite Sandwich Bar | Sam's Snacks | |
| Lloyds Bank | ||
| Mc Kechnie's Radio and TV | ||
| Cool Tan | Fezzywigs Health Foods | |
| Lloyds Bank |
Front Street, Whickham ( North East End) (H)
Shops between the
Church Green and
Rose and Crown pub
in the 1970's
Front Street (north side)
1970, with Moores's stores
below the Rose and Crown pub.
Front street looking
towards Church Green, 2000.
The row of shops on the south side were built in the 1930's, by "Pop" Wilkinson. Those on the north side were formerly cottages which have over the years became a wide variety of businesses, from greengrocers to financial advisors.
| 2000 | Previous Owners | |
| Ye Olde Lang Jack Public House | Wilson & Ritson Newsagents | |
| Rose & Crown Public House | ||
| Crown Public House | ||
| Moores Supermarket | ||
| Barclay's Bank | Crown Garage | |
| Barclays Bank | Armstrong Butcher | |
| Charlie Young Butcher | ||
| Ken's Hairdressing | Derwent Valley Cycles | |
| Walkers Greengrocers | ||
| Billy Boyd Greengrocers | ||
| Harry Hutchinson Greengrocers | ||
| Casa Carbone Italian Restaurant | ||
| Newcastle Bakery | ||
| Finance Company | Hugh Stephenson Hardware | |
| Maughans Hardware | ||
| Newcastle Building Society | Grainger & Percy Building Society | |
| Your Move Estate Agents | J.M. Clark Estate Agents | |
| Bindman Solicitors | Northern Rock Building Society | |
| Piccadilly Cake Shop |
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Picture Gallery - Shops' Advertisements
| Click on boxes to enlarge the adverts |  Whickham Butchers Charlie Young's |  Whickham Butchers William Armstrong's |
 Grainger & Percy Building Society |  Elite Fish & Chips |  Wilson & Ritson Newsagents |
 Bert T Armstrong Barber |  Sam Curry, TV,Radio and Cycle Shop |  Mrs Rainbow |
 R Hill Chemist |  W Henry Gents Hair Stylist |  Lily Butler, Milliner |
 Scott Butchers |  Laws Stores |  Swalwell Co-op |
 Dunston Travel |
Metro Centre Shopping
Metro Centre Countdown
The aim of Cameron Hall, the original developers, was to provide a shopping and leisure centre that combined North American innovation with European shopping tradition.
1980
The 120 acres of the River Tyne flood plain cover with waterlogged ash waste, from Dunston Power Station, was designated to be the site for a pioneering retail and leisure revolution. Its only advantage was its
location in the heart of Tyneside.
1981
The project to became financially viable with the choice of the area as one of the first Enterprise Zones in the United Kingdom.
1984
Gateshead M.B.C. hosted an exhibition to publicise the proposed scheme. Over 1000 visitors including the top retailers in the U.K., Marks & Spencer, Boots, B.H.S. and House of Fraser, came to the North East to view the exhibition and express their interest in the development. Gateshead M.B.C. together with the Department of the Environment agreed to pay £1.7 million towards the cost of vital access roads linking the centre to the A69 Western Bypass (now the A1). The Church Commissioners for England agreed to fund the project entirely.
1986
In April a small number of units started trading and on October 14th the first malls officially opened.
1989
On the 2nd December 1989, 370 private coach trips visited from all over the U.K.
1990
The retail park was developed
1995
Capital Shopping Centres plc purchased a 90% interest in the Centre.
1998
Asda moved to a purpose-built building near the Retail Park.
Metro Centre Facts
- Each year 13000 Norwegians travel to the Metro Centre.
- More than £10,000 is collected from the Metro Centre fountains then donated to charity each year.
- An unique attractions is shopping on a theme - where local entrepreneurs can compete with High Street chain stores.
- Leisure facilities play a large part and include an 11 screen Multiplex Cinema, a bowling alley, Metro Land Funfair, eating places and pubs.
- The Metro Centre has its own bus and railway stations making easy access.
- 6,000 people are employed in all capacities coping with up to 40,000 vehicles and visitor numbers, which can rise to 156,000 in just one day.
Link to the Metro Centre website:
Swalwell Shops
The Co-op
The village's main shopping services were provided by Swalwell and District Industrial and Provident Co-operative Society, (known locally as the Co-op or the store), but was supported by many small shops.
Co-op First Quarterly Report 1864
Co-op Drapers, Butchering and Grocery
The Co-op opened for business in March 1864 at premises in Long Rigg.
In 1889 land was purchased in Market Lane and a butchers and drapers shop opened there in 1890, with greengrocery and grocers departments commencing in 1903 and 1907 respectively, (see map E). Then a shoe shop followed by a chilled meats department, butchers, hardware and a chemist shops, (these last two in Lyndhurst Terrace, see map H) and upstairs in the drapery department was a Co-op bank.
There was also a Co-op grocery shop in Clavering Road, which later became Laws Stores and is now NBA A Stores.
Finally, a branch of Swalwell Co-op opened in Whickham in 1921.
From the 1960's the Co-op faced competition from supermarkets and changing shopping habits because of widespread ownership of refrigerators people no longer did their shopping several times a week in the village, but were able to do one big shop for food in town or, increasingly, out of town. This led to the demise of not only the Co-op but also of many other small shops.
Unlike many local Co-op Societies, Swalwell Co op, was not part of the North Eastern Co-op, and it closed in the early seventies. The old Co-op premises on the south side of Market Lane are now occupied by Denholm Electrical, Pringle design, Paquart, the Cash Register Centre, the Sink the Ink tattoo studio, Foxhill's driving school, and Amco accountants and tax advisor.
Many other shops existed and were to be found in:-
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Barnes Shop
A street of terraced houses with a shop at the bottom corner called Barnes Supply Stores, a grocery and general dealer which later became Wilson's, a general dealer, then a bakery and it is now Ramsay's Bakery. There was a barbers shop next to Barnes in Crowley Road at one time, where the present Post Office now is.
Once had a butchers, Billy Browns, and at various times also had a barbers, fish and chip shop and now has a grocery convenience store NISA A Stores. The present fish and chip shop is called Carlo's Fish and Chips. Further west there is Parkdale Press Ltd and on Quality Row near Miller's Bridge is Sports Car Supplies for Triumph and MG spares. Along at the other end opposite the Community Centre is Henrys News Fruit and Wine store.
Ramsay's bakery was on the corner with Napier road, and is now Swalwell Barbers (Lawson and Wilson) and was formerly Colley's bakery. Crowley Road also had a cobblers in the 1950's called Ropner's, the premises later becoming a greengrocers (Jack's) in the 1970's.
At the extreme west end near Jubilee Terrace is the firm of Knox and Wilkin, corn merchants and pet food suppliers.
Agar's Shop
Further east a shop once existed near the school back gate called Atkinson's and known as the 'school shop'. Agar's general dealer's shop was at the corner of Crowley Road and Napier Road, this later became Friar's, then Hunters and is now Hussains Grocers.
Shield Bros. the builders once occupied premises opposite the back of the school now occupied by MMF Group, a firm specialising in flues and chimneys.
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Fletcher's the Printers
Here were the Co-op abattoir and Fletcher's the printers. These premises were destroyed in a recent fire although empty by then. Fletchers were also once in the old chapel in Station Road next to Bourgognes, or the Queens Head as it then was, before moving to the Team Valley. At present Star Plas double glazing and Holt's Insulation have premises in the street together with Swalwell Motorists garage, where MOT testing is done.
Swalwell Front Street
looking west 
Swalwell Front Street
from Station Road
looking east
Had several shops, on what was known as Spencers corner at the bottom of Hood Street, was Spencers haberdashery (now Pizza Luciano), then Hawkins hardware then T J Robinson, a butcher (now Ladbrokes betting shop), then R Armstrong, a barbers shop. Spencers shop was occupied at an earlier period by Robson Ryle.
On the next block came Alec McGregor's drapers (with branches at Whickham and Winlaton Mill) on the corner of Brewery Bank, the shop later became a funeral director's until quite recently.
Front Street looking east
from Station Road
towards Three Tuns.
Compare this picture with
the much later one above
Post Office in 1960's
with Highlander to left
and Lumley's Snack Bar to right
Then came the Post Office, once the Angel Inn, Swalwell's oldest surviving building and now the Angel Guest House and Angel Therapy and then Lumley's Café, much frequented by lorry drivers, who parked on the vacant land opposite the Queens Head pub on Station Road. Lumley's is now the Double Dragon, a Chinese take-away.
The vacant land west of Jubilee Terrace once had more shops but these had largely disappeared by the time of the Second World War (1939), and included Topsy Robson's shop which did survive until after the war.
Topsy Robson's shop
These were Logan's, a general dealers which was near to Fowles which was off Railway Street opposite the old Crowley pub.
The present day fish and chip shop, McGuire's, was once Dunford Smith and Moor an industrial chemist and later it became an electrical premises. Prior to all these uses it was the original Crowley pub.
Further east behind where the present War memorial is, there were other shops. Robinson's, a grocery, then came Hutchinson's greengrocers and Jimmy Foster who sold firewood, going around the doors with a horse and cart. At Christmas he sold wreaths, mistletoe and holly and he also kept pigs on the nearby allotments. (now B and Q). Browns the butchers moved next door to Robinson's from Spencer's corner where he had occupied Robinson' butcher's premises, later moving up to Clavering Road.
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On Hexham Road are Style Interiors (soft furnishings) and Nisha's Indian takeaway, next to Bourgones pub's Mamba bar, and McGuires fish and chips etc.
Opposite is the Jet filling station which has a car wash and shop. Just around the corner is Park Drive and Fred Kain roofing and building contractors and near to Blaydon Rugby Club's Crowtree Park ground and clubhouse.
Hawkins of Spencers corner built premises here, which housed a tool hire shop called Second Chance and now is Da Vinci's pizzas. Further up Hood Street the lane in Hood Street is a dental mechanic's called Dental Repairs.
Sammy Brewis's dairy was here, later moving to Napier Road.
Brewis's Dairy
Long Rigg (D)
On Long Rigg was Coxon's fish and chip shop (see Spencer's bank) and also Wendy's, a ladies hairdresser's was here for a time at Dial House, then a sandwich bar then a tanning studio - the Tanning Booth - and Pure Beauty all near to the Sun Inn.
Lyndhurst Terrace on Market Lane (H)
Swalwell's original Post Office was located here and was part of Rutherford's cycle repair shop photo on Market Lane near where the Co-op hardware was, then the Post Office moved to the Angel Inn, then back to the old Co-op hardware premises in Lyndhurst terrace and is now in Crowley Road. (but closed in 2006).
The old Post Office
in Lyndhurst Terrace
In Lyndhurst Terrace at present are the Swalwell Motorist's centre shop which also has the small garage across the road mentioned previously, Peter Pan Upholstery and the Newsmarket on the corner of Napier Road.
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Next to the Co-op (see above) which occupied the whole block from Napier Road to Spencer's Bank were, in the next block, a chemists shop, Blackburns, with large coloured glass bottles in the window which had to be broken up when the premises came down in about 1970. Then came Ken Waite's fruit shop, and at one time a grocers called Spoors. Also an electrical shop at one time, Gilmartins. Arthur Kimber's photo newsagents was on the corner next to the Seven Stars. Later Mrs Goodson also had a sweet shop on the block later on and there was also Ella Wright, a ladies hairdressers. Occupying the first floor above all these premises was the Cosy picture hall (1908 to 1957).
Robert Watson and Selby McGregor builders and undertakers were behind the Co-op.
Stephen Johnson's
newsagent's and tobacconist's
shop with the barber's next door
and Co-op at right
and the Sun Inn
and Three Tuns at left
On the other side of Market Lane were Stephen Johnston's newsagents (formerly P J Brown) and Armstrong's barbers shop.
Further east along Market Lane are the Bike Place and the Stepping Stones Day nursery in the former Methodist Church at the bottom of Colbeck Avenue and further east again is Croft Windows on Beverley Drive.
Further east along Market Lane at the top of the hill is Millers Lane with the new fire station at the top and further
down the lane are H G Block's auto parts and Herdman's, a haulage contractor where you can also buy soil, stone,gravel etc.
Napier road looking north downhill
Gregory's bakers originally sold their goods from their house and they also sold
boiled ham, broth and pease pudding.
Fletcher's the printers had a shop near the top of Napier Road. At the top of the Road .
On the east side was Nellie Fletchers a stationers.
Going down the hill from Crowley Road were Hutchinson's greengrocer's, next door to Hunters, then came Morris's, a general dealer, sometimes known as Edna's after Edna Bell who worked there, and now BUP auto parts.
Williamson's was a grocer's at the corner of Napier Road and Crowley Road. This
was then taken by Olive Hardy and her daughter then it became Gwen's, a ladies
hairdresser and is now Lynda's, still a ladies hairdresser.
There was once a haberdashery at this corner.
Craig Veitch's shop with Anne's
and the newsagents further down
On the other side of Napier road, at the bottom, was Lily Angus later Vevers, now a
newsagents (Newsmarket). Then came George Shields the cobblers, and this was later
Ann's family and ladies wear shop while next door was Craig Veitch, wallpaper, paints
hardware and timber, now Swalwell Taxis. In this block prior to Ann's shop a dentist
called Bowerbank once had a surgery. At the bottom, in the old Presbyterian Church is
Comma Print.
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At the bottom in the back lane was Ralfie's shop, actually Ralph Atkinson's, in an upstairs flat which only opened in the evening and sold everything from candles to chewing gum and washing powder to pop, cigarettes, razor blades, soap, etc. etc. If you ran out of anything Ralfies was the place to go and there would often be a queue on the outside stairs.
Mrs Hepple sweets and general dealer, another 'house' shop, later moving to Fletchers old shop in Napier Road.
Two long established fish and chip shops existed until about 1970 known as the 'top' and 'bottom' fish shops, the top one was Tinnions on Spencers Bank and the bottom one was Annie's (Coxon's) next to the Sun Inn on Long Rigg.
Also on Spencer's Bank were Faldon's fruit shop, a dairy and, at the top an abattoir belonging to Browns the butchers.
Several shops existed here before the War. Shields, a hardware and paraffin dealers was later occupied by Fowlis, who had a similar shop originally on Front Street. Miners from the nearby collieries used this shop to replenish the paraffin in their lamps.
Margaret Dabblers sweet shop was at the bottom of the bank next to the Elephant Inn. These properties were all demolished when the foot of Whickham Bank was widened in the late 1960's.
Further up across the road is Gateshead MBC depot occupying the old railway station approach and further up again is the Whickham Industrial Estate with Michaels Tile Centre, Café Mega, breakfasts and lunches, Factory Direct kitchens, conservatories and bathrooms, the Team Valley Brush Co, Ramsay's Bakers bakery, UK Tyres and Gateshead MBC Local Environmental Services depot. Finally just off Whickham Bank is Thirlwell's Coaches in the former Axwell Colliery buildings.
Just over the Derwent is E & M Motors and MOT motor engineers although strictly speaking this is in Blaydon, being across the river and has a Blaydon phone number.
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At various times both before and after the Second World War there were several carts or vans which made the rounds of Swalwell.
Angus Smith the 'stick man,' who sold firewood and who also kept pigs.
Walls ice cream van.
Boyle, a fishmonger with a van.
Billy Brown the butcher with a horse and cart.
The Co-op milkman (horse drawn), and Tommy Watson who sold greengroceries for the Co-op from a horse and cart.
Easton's the coal merchant, of Long Rigg with his lorry.
Gledhill's mineral waters from Gosforth with a lorry.
Gillie (Gilbert) Gray, a greengrocer who came around with a horse and cart and worked from a hut in his back yard at the top of Axwell Terrace, number 95. He was the father of the man shown in the picture of the Henry Pit under Swalwell Collieries.The stables, operated by Billy Wilkin, were in a field over the Hikey Bridge bordered by the railway embankment and the River Derwent.
Hepple was a rag and bone man in the seventies and 80's with a horse and cart.
Eddy Nixon with his horse and cart sold milk.
Oxley's farm at the bottom of Millers Lane sold produce from the farm and hired out horses and carts for removals or haulage.
Nancy Snaith who sold milk.
Ringtons tea were regular callers with their horse and cart and later with a van.
George Ruddick the 'egg man' from Whickham carrying a large wicker basket.
The only survivor being Ringtons.
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Swalwell only ever had two banks the Coop bank which was upstairs in the Coop building and Lloyds on Front Street at Spencer's corner next to Billy Brown's the butchers.
Few people used banks before the war or for some time after. In the fifties teachers at Swalwell School were still being paid cash collected from the bank by a member of staff!
The buildings on the north side of Market Lane were demolished in the seventies, but the others, including those in Lyndhurst Terrace, are occupied by a wide variety of businesses as shown above.
Swalwell Shops Gallery
Co-op female employees circa 1914
Co-op male employees
circa 1914
Co-op boot and shoe repairing,
greengrocery, hardware and
chilled meat departments,
circa 1914
Co-op Jubilee Celebrations
Programme 1914
Another view of Stephen
Johnston's newsagents,
looking east up Market
Lane, with Armstrong's
barbers shop next door
and the Co-op next to that
Stephen Johnston's shop
windows
Stephen Johnston's shop
interior 1
Stephen Johnston's shop
interior 2
Prices
Click here for a list of prices for various foodstuffs etc. recorded by a local resident.
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Shopping Prices 1900 - 2000
The prices pre - 1971 have been converted from £.s.d. to the current decimal system.
| 1900 | 1914 | 1947 | 1966 | 2000 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ½lb butter | 3p | 5½p | 4p | 9p | 78p |
| ½lb margarine | 3p | 1½p | 2p | 4p | 25p |
| ½lb cheese | 2p | 2p | 2p | 9p | 57p |
| ½lb bacon | 1½p | 2¼p | 3½p | 7¾p | 95p |
| ¼lb tea | 1½p | 1¾p | 3½p | 4p | 37p |
| ½lb coffee | 3½p | 41p | £3.25 | ||
| 2lb sugar | 1½p | 2p | 3p | 8p | 45p |
| ½ dozen eggs | 3p | 4p | 9p | 76p | |
| 2lb potatoes | 1p | 1p | 77p | ||
| 2lb loaf | 1p | 1p | 2p | 7p | 52p |
| 1 pint milk | ½p | 1p | 2p | 34p | |
| 3lb flour | 2p | 10p | 69p | ||
| large tin baked beans | 3p | 31p | |||
| tin pineapple chunks | 8p | 75p | |||
| tin Heinz tomato soup | 7p | 41p | |||
| 1lb jar marmalade | 9p | 89p |
Some local prices recorded by Nora Makepeace
Prices are not available for all items for every date
| Date | 11/12/73 | 11/12/74 | 11/12/75 | 18/12/76 | |
| Bacon Grill (tin) | 19p | 24p | 27p | ||
| Beer (pint) McEwan's Scotch | 12p | 16p | 20p | ||
| Beer (pint) Newcastle Exhibition | 13p | 18p | 23p | ||
| Beer (pint) Newcastle Brown Ale | 15p | 19p | 23p | ||
| Bread (1lb white loaf) | 10p | 12p | 16p | ||
| Bus fare (Swalwell to Newcastle) | 9p | 13p | 16p | ||
| Butter (Lurpak half pound) | 11p | 13p | 16p | ||
| Carnation milk (big tin) | 9p | 1p | |||
| Cheddar cheese (1 lb) | 52p | ||||
| Cigarettes (20 Embassy Regal) | 23p | 29p | |||
| Coffee (8oz jar instant) | 54p | 58p | 74p | £1.25 | |
| Cooking oil (bottle Mazda) | 40p | 65p | |||
| Corned beef (12oz tin) | 35p | 49p | |||
| Eggs (half dozen) | 22p | 24p | 22p | 23p | |
| Flour (3lb) | 16p | 19p | 21p | ||
| Haircut | 45p | 65p | 75p | ||
| Heinz tomato ketchup (12oz bottle) | 11p | ||||
| Heinz tomato ketchup (20oz bottle) | 18p | 20p | 36p | ||
| Hoff & kidney (for pie) | 25p | ||||
| Lard (quarter lb) | 5p | 11p | |||
| Margarine (1lb Blue Band) | 19p | 31p | 29p | 33p | |
| Marmalade (1lb jar Chivers) | 14p | 14p | 20p | ||
| Matches (Puck big box) | 3p | 4p | |||
| Milk (pint, delivered) | 5½p | 5p | 6½p | 10p | |
| Mince (1 lb) | 40p | ||||
| Paraffin oil (2 gallon) | 22p | 53p | 65p | ||
| Petrol (5 star Shell per gallon) | 22p | 53p | 65p | ||
| Potatoes( bag) | 1.30 | 2.60 | |||
| Salmon (8 oz tin) | 50p | 49p | 66p | 96p | |
| Sausages (Dunelm pork 1 lb) | 33p | 36p | 43p | ||
| Soap (Boots pack of 3 bars) | 14p | ||||
| Soup (Heinz tin) | 8p | 9p | 15p | ||
| Stamps (1st class) | 3½p | 4½p | 8½p | ||
| Stamps (2nd class) | 3p | 3½p | 6½p | ||
| Sugar (2lb granulated) | 8p | 20p | 22p | ||
| Sugar (2lb caster) | 14p | 30p | |||
| Sugar (1lb icing sugar) | 10p | ||||
| Tea (half lb Rington's) | 20p | 22p | |||
| Tea (quarter lb Typhoo) | 7p | 8p | |||
| Tea (quarter lb PG Tips) | 9½p | 16p | |||
| Toilet roll (Andrex) | 13p | 19p | 22p | 25p | |
| Train fare (Newcastle to South Shields) | 19p | 29p | |||
| Washing powder (Ariel large packet) | 23p | 32p | |||
Dunston Shops
Stan MacRae's Memories of Shopping at the beginning of the century
The great difference between shopping before the War and now is the disappearance of the small specialist shops, often dealing in only one commodity compared with the multiple retailers and department stores of the present time. Along with this goes the disappearance of the old-time personal service of the small shopkeeper. Many shops greeted you at the door with attentive shop assistants and even chairs for the use of customers. You would be hard pressed to find a customer's chair anywhere in Asda or Tesco and even high class shops like Fenwicks, Bainbridges or House of Frazer.
The other difference is the disappearance of the street trader and the door-to-door salesmen, Ringtons being a notable exception with regular deliveries of tea, coffee etc. to your door even today. I remember the time when bread, vegetables, vinegar, lino dealers, haberdashery pedlars (usually Indians in colourful turbans), clothes prop men, umbrella repairers, knife sharpeners, pan and kettle menders (tinkers) and even dentists regularly visited the village of Dunston. My Grandmother told the tale of having her teeth pulled, without anaesthetic, in the kitchen by an itinerant dentist. Most of the milkmen have disappeared, not being able to compete with the price of milk at the big supermarkets.
Shopping in Ravensworth Road
Club Card from Stern's the chemists in Ravensworth Road.
Club Card - reverse side.
There were eight grocers in Ravensworth Road. Some have gone out of business but others, like Walter Willsons and the Gateshead Co-operative Society still exist, whilst others have been absorbed by the large supermarket chains. The small independent grocers however have all gone. I remember the system at the Co-op was butter, bacon, lard etc. were on one side of the shop and dry goods such as sugar, peas, lentils etc. were on the other side, which meant getting into the queue twice. There was no such thing as self-service. An assistant stood patiently whilst the customer decided what she wanted, and then weighed it out, put it on the counter and proceeded to the next purchase. Shopping was an art form in those days. The price was then calculated and money paid out of a big leather purse, not forgetting the dividend cheque of course. I can still remember my mother's and granny's cheque numbers - 829, 1945- my granny's being the lower as she had been a member for much longer. The dividend varied each quarter, depending on the profits made, anything between a shilling in the pound 5%, and 2/6 in the pound 12½ %. You could buy everything you needed on Ravensworth Road, from shoe repairs to a new wireless set, a new hat to a handmade corset. I had a good business collecting glass accumulators from neighbours and taking them to be charged at Rowells. I got a penny for each one. Another good scam was collecting bottles and getting the deposit, usually a penny, on returning them to the off-licence, of which there were many. Shops stayed open late in those days. I loved the smell and warmth of the gas lights lighting the shops, especially at Christmas time when the fruit shops had all their piled up on the pavement outside. Shopkeepers were characters - Fred Creed was a small man with a waxed moustache, straw boater on the back of his head, bustling about the shop exchanging gossip with the customers and jollying up the young shop assistant. Larner, the butcher, was a big man with a ruddy face, wearing a blue and white striped apron over a brilliant white coat, wielding a meat cleaver or saw and sharpening his knife on a steel rod. In contrast when you went into Miss Barnard's drapery shop you were met by a small bird-like lady dressed all in black, her hair drawn back in a bun, wearing gold rimmed spectacles perched on the end of her nose. She sold everything, from safety pins to hats, ribbons to elastic of various width and types. She even sold lace curtains. One of my favourite shops was McCoys, the pork butcher and I lingered there many a time savouring the smell of the roast pork, saveloys and other mouth- watering delicacies. I occasionally spent a penny on a saveloy dip, a large bread bun dipped in gravy with coloured sausage sticking out of it. I remember getting pig's trotters there, which I thought disgusting. Not far from McCoys was Culeys, the bakers. My Auntie worked there, so I sometimes got a broken cream cake or sly cake passed to me. Culeys had a bakery on Ravensworth Terrace, just where the library used to be in Brompton House. I often called there to see my Auntie Minnie, who was the pasty cook. Always I came away with something to eat.
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| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| 1 | Mary Charlton | Fancy draper | Laws Stores | |
| 2 | Robt Aggio | shopkeeper | Geo Shanley | grocer |
| 4 | Stephenson & Mallams | grocers confectioners | ||
| 7 | Marg. Gillies | shopkeeper | ||
| 10 | Jos Coulthard | baker | ||
| 11 | Geo Bell | fried fish | ||
| 12 | Robt Hopper | hairdresser | ||
| 15 | Police Station | |||
| 17 | Norwood & Wilson | greengrocers | ||
| 18 | Albert Scott | butcher | ||
| 24 | Jos Eastland | hairdresser | ||
| 31 | Gateshead Industrial Co-op Soc Ltd | |||
| 38 | Mary Halliday | shopkeeper | ||
| 49 | John Wharrier | butcher & fruiterer | ||
| 56 | George Hall | draper | ||
| 59 | Geo Coates | butcher | ||
| 62 | Thos Johnston | shopkeeper | ||
| 66 | Henry Davidson | shopkeeper | ||
| 82 | Ralph Broadbent | fancy draper | ||
| 83 | Archibald Thompson | grocer | ||
| 85 | Lawrence Wigston | draper | ||
| 89 | Thos Surtees & Sons | boot dealers | ||
| 90 | Geo Charlton | fishmonger | ||
| 97 | Benj Chas Attwood | fruiterer | ||
| 101 | Septimus Bullock | confectioner | ||
| 102 | Mark Sherington | confectioner | ||
| 106 | Robt Carr | newsagent | ||
| 110 | Rebecca Binnie | confectioner | ||
| 116 | Wm Barrett | baker | ||
| 119 | Fred Creed | grocer | ||
| 121 | Progressive Co | fancy dealers | ||
| 125 | Eliz Surtees | boots | ||
| 128 | Arthur Charlton | outfitter | ||
| 129 | John McCoy | pork butcher | ||
| 132 | Jos Wm Bonner | newsagent | ||
| 133 | John Robinson | draper | ||
| 136 | Mary Menzies | hosier | Alex Usher | confectioner |
| 137 | James Goulburn | butcher | Ann Johnston | confectioner |
| 147 | W & E Bell | draper | ||
| 151 | Lily Winter | confectioner | ||
| 167 | Irene Robinson | confectioner | ||
| 186 | A&A Fletcher | stationers | ||
| 188 | Jane Baggott | confectioner | ||
| 192 | Geo Armour & Son | confectioner | ||
| 196 | Horn & Son | grocer | ||
| 204 | Wm Gray | beer retailer | ||
| 206 | Walter Willson Ltd | grocer | ||
| 208 | Emerson Shepherd | boot dealer | ||
| 210 | (Rachael Bernard | draper | ||
| (Rachael Larner | butcher | |||
| 212 | Matt Tait | confectioner | ||
| 214 | Wm Gale | pharmacist | ||
| 218 | Geo Noble | grocer | ||
| 222 | Norwood & Wilson | greengrocers | ||
| 224 | John Newman | grocer | ||
| 228 | Kate Taylor | general dealer | ||
| 232 | Gallons Ltd | grocer | ||
| 234 | Henry Jarron | newsagent | ||
| Thos Wilkinson | butcher | |||
| 238 | Susan Perkins | draper | ||
| Miss Isabella Alcraft | grocer | Clifford Brayson | fried fish | |
| Arthur T Brunswick | butcher | Jos Eastland | hairdresser | |
| Thos Coulson | hardware | Cassie Hackney | confectioner | |
| Lambton House | Robt Hall | fried fish | ||
| Coulthard & Co | grocer | |||
| Benj Dixon | grocer | |||
| Mary Gallon | millener | |||
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Ravensworth Road (AA)
| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| 1 | Mary Charlton | Fancy draper | Laws Stores | |
| 2 | Robt Aggio | shopkeeper | Geo Shanley | grocer |
| 4 | Stephenson & Mallams | grocers confectioners | ||
| 7 | Marg. Gillies | shopkeeper | ||
| 10 | Jos Coulthard | baker | ||
| 11 | Geo Bell | fried fish | ||
| 12 | Robt Hopper | hairdresser | ||
| 15 | Police Station | |||
| 17 | Norwood & Wilson | greengrocers | ||
| 18 | Albert Scott | butcher | ||
| 24 | Jos Eastland | hairdresser | ||
| 31 | Gateshead Industrial Co-op Soc Ltd | |||
| 38 | Mary Halliday | shopkeeper | ||
| 49 | John Wharrier | butcher & fruiterer | ||
| 56 | George Hall | draper | ||
| 59 | Geo Coates | butcher | ||
| 62 | Thos Johnston | shopkeeper | ||
| 66 | Henry Davidson | shopkeeper | ||
| 82 | Ralph Broadbent | fancy draper | ||
| 83 | Archibald Thompson | grocer | ||
| 85 | Lawrence Wigston | draper | ||
| 89 | Thos Surtees & Sons | boot dealers | ||
| 90 | Geo Charlton | fishmonger | ||
| 97 | Benj Chas Attwood | fruiterer | ||
| 101 | Septimus Bullock | confectioner | ||
| 102 | Mark Sherington | confectioner | ||
| 106 | Robt Carr | newsagent | ||
| 110 | Rebecca Binnie | confectioner | ||
| 116 | Wm Barrett | baker | ||
| 119 | Fred Creed | grocer | ||
| 121 | Progressive Co | fancy dealers | ||
| 125 | Eliz Surtees | boots | ||
| 128 | Arthur Charlton | outfitter | ||
| 129 | John McCoy | pork butcher | ||
| 132 | Jos Wm Bonner | newsagent | ||
| 133 | John Robinson | draper | ||
| 136 | Mary Menzies | hosier | Alex Usher | confectioner |
| 137 | James Goulburn | butcher | Ann Johnston | confectioner |
| 147 | W & E Bell | draper | ||
| 151 | Lily Winter | confectioner | ||
| 167 | Irene Robinson | confectioner | ||
| 186 | A&A Fletcher | stationers | ||
| 188 | Jane Baggott | confectioner | ||
| 192 | Geo Armour & Son | confectioner | ||
| 196 | Horn & Son | grocer | ||
| 204 | Wm Gray | beer retailer | ||
| 206 | Walter Willson Ltd | grocer | ||
| 208 | Emerson Shepherd | boot dealer | ||
| 210 | (Rachael Bernard | draper | ||
| (Rachael Larner | butcher | |||
| 212 | Matt Tait | confectioner | ||
| 214 | Wm Gale | pharmacist | ||
| 218 | Geo Noble | grocer | ||
| 222 | Norwood & Wilson | greengrocers | ||
| 224 | John Newman | grocer | ||
| 228 | Kate Taylor | general dealer | ||
| 232 | Gallons Ltd | grocer | ||
| 234 | Henry Jarron | newsagent | ||
| Thos Wilkinson | butcher | |||
| 238 | Susan Perkins | draper | ||
| Miss Isabella Alcraft | grocer | Clifford Brayson | fried fish | |
| Arthur T Brunswick | butcher | Jos Eastland | hairdresser | |
| Thos Coulson | hardware | Cassie Hackney | confectioner | |
| Lambton House | Robt Hall | fried fish | ||
| Coulthard & Co | grocer | |||
| Benj Dixon | grocer | |||
| Mary Gallon | millener | |||
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Photographs Showing Shops on Ravensworth Road
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Shopping in other Parts of Dunston
| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| George Burns | shopkeeper | John Close | shopkeeper | |
| Johanna Cook | shopkeeper | |||
| James Goulburn | butcher | Wm Griggs | hairdresser | |
| Chas Moffatt | hairdresser | Martha Noval | shopkeeper | |
| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| 1 | ||||
| Gertrude Bushell | shopkeeper | |||
| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| 10 | Jos Coulthard | Baker | ||
| 11 | John Baines | butcher | ||
| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| 11 | Thos Cheeseman | grocer | ||
| 41 | John R Bell | chemist | ||
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| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| 4 | Andrew Buchanan | confectioner | ||
| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| 9 | Miss Eliz Beveridge | grocer | Chas Fish | beer retailer |
| 12 | Wm Linsley | grocer | ||
| Henry Johnston | confectioner | |||
| Grace Dixon | friuterer | |||
| Thompson's Stores | ||||
| 18 | Eliz Tait | draper | ||
| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| 2 | Thos Havis | butcher | ||
| 7 | Angus Randell | draper | ||
| 37 | Alex Henry | confectioner | ||
| Mary Murton | shopkeeper | Sarah Oysten | shopkeeper | |
| 86 | Arnold Boothroyd | grocer | ||
| Thos Stokoe | butcher | |||
| 92 | Jos Eastland jnr | hairdresser | ||
| Henry Jarron | newsagent | |||
| Percy Sweet | shopkeeper | |||
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| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| Sam Buttery | beer retailer | |||
| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| Culey | baker | |||
| 19 | Henry Robinson | grocer | ||
| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| 22 | Richard Wigham | grocer | ||
| 29 | Richard Culey | cycle repairs | ||
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| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| James Gardener | beer retailer | |||
| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| Sarah Gardener | shopkeeper | |||
| 11 | Anne Donaghue | newsagent | ||
| Sarah Shaw | shopkeeper | |||
| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| Wm Kelly | shopkeeper | |||
| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| Geo Noble | grocer | |||
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| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| Walter Smith | grocer | |||
Kensington Terrace on Ellison Road (Q)
| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| 1 | Stephenson & Mallams | grocers/confectioners | ||
| 13 | J G Lee | fruiterer | ||
| 17 | Chas Young | butcher | ||
| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| Jos Stokoe | grocer | Hannah McCauley | shopkeeper | |
| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| 138 | Violet Bulmer | shopkeeper | ||
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The Crescent on Ellison Road (T)
| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| 10 | Ilfracombe Dairy | &;;;;;;;;nbsp; | ||
| 11 | Catterick Caterers | |||
| 12 | Arthur Hoggett | hairdresser | ||
| 13 | ; | Mary Cunningham | fruiterer | |
| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| Geo Charlton | fishmonger | |||
| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| 1 | Wm Gladstone | shopkeeper | ||
| 3 | Alf Kumble | hairdresser | ||
| 16 | Ernie Clasper | cycle repairer | ||
| 18 | Frank Graham | confectioner | ||
| 20 | Wm Gale | pharmacist | ||
| 24 | John Soulsby | newsagent | ||
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| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| 3 | Norman Kidd | butcher | ||
| 19 | Sarah Smith | draper | ||
| 55 | John & M Tindale | shopkeeper | ||
| 56 | Bart Ridley | shopkeeper | ||
| Geo Shanley | grocer | |||
| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| 20 | Robt Menzies | shopkeeper | ||
| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| Catherine Pickering | cocoa rooms | |||
| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| Thos Plews & Co | outfitters | |||
| Eliz Pollard | shopkeeper | |||
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| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| Susanne Robinson | shopkeeper | |||
| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| 1 | Robt Elliott | grocer | ||
| 1903/4 | 1930s | |||
| H H Foster | tobacco/stationer | |||
| 14 | Eliz Wharner | fruiterer | ||
| 22 | Jos Stout | butcher | ||
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Can you remember? Can you remember?
Ganny Willis - The Pink House
- On Sunday evening she would open her front room and sell sweets and lemonade to the passers - by who made the regular Sunday evening stroll from the Village to the top of Carr's Bank. The sweets were displayed on a big round table. Ganny Willis always wore black with a cameo brooch at her neck.
Fernleigh Ladies Hairdressers
- The shop open about 1934 with a special offer of a permanent wave for 5/=. Marcel waves 1/=, hair cut 6d, shampoo and set 2/=. There's no Wave like a Eugene Wave - 10/6d and it took 3 hours for hot perming. There were 4 cubicles for privacy. A high chair for the little ones. Hair was dyed with red henna.
Lloyds Bank
- when it was on the other side of Front Street. It was open for only 4 mornings a week. There was a guard with a dog outside.
The Crown Garage
- with petrol pumps by the roadside. It is now Barclay's Bank.
The Piccadilly Cake Shop
- site of the late lamented Northern Rock Building Society. Lovely steak pies! Cakes ! Cream when no-one else could get it.
Eggleston's General Dealers
- black treacle out of a barrel, belly pork and a wooden counter.
Thompson's Red Stamp Stores
- next door to Spoor Chapel
The Co-op on Fellside Road
- Groceries where the Chinese Take-away is and Hardware and Drapers opposite.
Whickham Shops by Type
BOOT REPAIRERS
Edward Douglas 1906
Thomas Cunningham 1913
Edward Hilary 1913 - 1918
William McPherson 1921
John Robinson 1921
J Mole 1931
John G Muncaster 1931 - 46
Leslie Muncaster 1946 -1977
William Pellett 1934 - 1960s
Harry Edwards 1939
John Robson 1939
HAIRDRESSERS
Charles Rising 1906 - 1931
M Penrose 1931 - 1939
M Potter 1931 - 1939
Fernleigh 1939 -
Edward Watson 1939 -
Bert's (Striped Barbers' Pole)
Edna Arnold
Henry's
Curry's
Diva
JG's Ladies Hairdresser
Lavender Box
Blades
Ruffles
Dave's
Wayne's
Ken's
David H
NEWSAGENTS / STATIONERS
Andrew Whitfield 1939
Armstrong
United
Martin's
Kendal's became Cresswell
J & B
The Card Shop
WINE MERCHANTS/OFF LICENCE
Whickham Ale Store (Off Licence)
Blaney's became Berkeley Wines then Wine Cellar
Victoria Wine ?
SWEET SHOPS
Ganny Willis (The Pink House. Sundays only)
Donaldson's
Dobson's
Village Sweet Shop
MISCELLANEOUS
Whickham Travel Agents
Travel Needs
Flower Design
Sam's Snacks became Bigger Bite
Cool Tan
Stanley Racing (Betting Shop)
Video Shop
Davison's Antiques
C&H Glass
Econofreeze
BUTCHERS
George Turnbull 1906
Jonathan Atkinson 1906. In 1939 became R Atkinson then sold to :-
Henry Taylor, shop demolished in 1970s to make way for St. Mary's Green.
Moved to St. Mary's Green. Sold out to:-
John Taylor (no relation)Sold out to owner of Salad Bowl who put in a manager. Next
R Martin & Son 1995 - present day
A. Thompson 1913 - 1915
W. Smith 1931 - after 1939
Charley Young 1931 -
Arthur Glendinning 1939 - ( Pork Butcher )
G Armstrong
A Dodds 19 ( became Factory Meat Shop then renamed R Thompson )
Walters & Todd
FISHMONGERS/ FISH & CHIPS
John Davy 1931 (Became Billy Wigham. Then Moti Jheel Indian Take Away)
Lance Oxley (Back Row )
Barkin Shark
Co-op Wet Fish Shop
CHEMISTS
Whickham Cash Chemist 1913
E Dunn 1931 Later became Leigh & Dunn
Roberts (Drug Store) 1958
Spearman & Dixon 1974
Co-op Chemist 1950 - 1966
Robert Hill 1964 - 1981 Sold out to Harry Dixon
S Handa
GREENGROCERS
Thomas Gardiner 1906 - 1921
Albany Battensby 1913 - 1918
William Hunter 1931 - 1939 (became Co-op Fish Shop)
Harry Hutchinson 1931 -1939
Florrie Garrett
Billy Boyd
Appleby (Church Green now Bakehouse)
Browns
Salad Bowl 1970? Walkers of Whickham
Bookless (opened in The Square 1964, transferred to St Mary's Green 1975)
DRAPERS Thomas Bruce & Son 1906 - 1913
Elizabeth Ann Everard 1906 - 1913
Joseph Armstrong 1913 - 1915
M McGlen 1931 - 1934
M Curry 1939 - ( corsets )
Alex McGregor 1939 -
John Robinson 1939
DRESSSHOPS & MILLINERS
Lily Butler 1939
Dolly Curry
Pat Symons
Margo Robson
Off the Peg
Orchid
IRONMONGERS & DIY
Frank Maughan 1934
S Stephenson became :-
Home & Gardens (moved to St Mary's Green)
DIY Back Row
Smith's 19 - 1999 (became Magnum Fitness Centre)
CYCLE REPAIRERS
John Proud 1906
Wilfred Bourne 1921 - 1931
Sam Curry 1939 - 1970s (Moved to School Lane when property demolished for St Mary's Green)
Derwent Valley Cycles 1998 - 2000
GROCERS/SHOPKEEPERS/GENERAL DEALERS
Miss Isabelle Banks 1906
Albany Bell Battensby 1906 - 1918
Thomas Bruce 1906 - 1934
Mrs Maggie Donnelly 1906
Edwin Elliott 1906 - 1934 (West Street)
William Henzell 1906 - 1915
James Hope 1906 (1915 Misses M & B Hope ) - 1918
Mrs Isabelle Smith 1906
Mrs Elizabeth Stark 1906 - 1918 (Front Street )
Annie Stark 1913 - 19?? (Whaggs Lane )
William Mordue 1913 - after 1939 ( Fellside Road )
James Dand 1921 - 1934
Robert Eggleston 1921 - after 1939
Margaret Curry 1921 - 1934
Christopher Thompson 1921 - after 1939
Emanuel Agar 1934
William Dobson 1934
Margaret Irving 1934 - after 1939
William Brown 1939
Co-op 1921 - to present day. (Started as a branch of Swalwell Co-op)
Thompson's Red Stamp Stores 1931 -
Hadrian Supply Company 1939 -
Laws Stores 1939 -
Moores Stores 1939 -
Kwik Save 197
Presto ( became Saveways in 199)
BAKERS / CONFECTIONERS
Percy J Bailey 1931
R & J Culey 1931 - 1934
G Soulsby 1931
Robert Bantham 1939
David Donaldson 1939
Picadilly
Carricks Previously in The Square. Eventually became Bakers Oven
Newcastle Bakeries
Bakehouse Craft Bakery 1980 - now
Ramseys