1906 Wood Street Methodist Church was opened.

1907 Dunston Excelsior Social Club was formed in a house in Athol Street; the present club building was opened in 1910. There was a Rifle Range in the club during the First World War and Dunston Lads became the English Rifle Champions. Dunston Railway Station was opened.

1908 The Co-op Flour Mill site was extended to include the Soap Works; key workers were brought from Manchester Soap Works.

1909 An addition to St Phillips Neri RC School was made in Dunston.

1910 Dunston Hill School was opened. Dunston Power Station opened and was called The Newcastle Electric Supply Company.

1911 Dunston Wesylan Chapel had its own Cricket Club.

1914 Dunston Hill Hospital was converted into an Orthopaedic Hospital.

1920 Dunston Chapels had a Ladies Hockey Team and a Football Team.

1922 Wood Street Chapel was extended.

1923 The opening of Dunston Social Club (its origins go back to 1983 and The Clavering Avenue Club).

1924 The Boys Brigade began in Wood Street Chapel.

1925 Wood Street Chapel held an "Electric Lighting Night" after cables were laid from The Dun Cow to Four Lane Ends.

1926 Dunston Station was closed to passenger traffic. Many people were out of work due to the General Strike and meals were served in the "Tin Mission".

1929 The first St. Nicholas's Church was opened in Dunston.

1930 A new Catholic school was built in the Teams for the senior pupils from St Phillips school. It was called St Joan of Arc. Commencement of the building of Dunston Power Station.

Dunston Park was developed, before that people took a short cut over waste ground.

1931 Dunston Power Station became the Central Electricity Supply Company.

1933 Dunston Power Station was replaced and was the first power station of frame and glass wall construction in England and possibly the world!

1934

A new bridge was constructed over the gut (River Teams) in Dunston.


1935 The Silver Jubilee of King George V. Celebration of 100 years of Methodism in Dunston.

1936 Men on the dole worked on building a bowling green in Dunston Park.

1937 Coronation of King George VI; schoolchildren given commemorative cups. New extensions to the Flour Mill at Dunston.

1939  Dunston Lecture Hall  was requisitioned for the Home Guard.

1940 Temporary closure of Dunston Council school and St. Philips Neri because of the evacuation of pupils. The remainder of teachers and pupils worked on a part time basis with their own Head Teachers at Dunston Hill School. Soldiers from Dunkirk billeted in Dunston School - on arrival they were offered a hot bath and their first good meal since leaving the French beaches! Troops from The BEF were billeted overnight in the concert room of the Excelsior Club and the Lecture Hall, Dunston.

1941 Catholic school reopened in January and the council school reopened on August 26th.

1947 Dunston Pit closed

1950 Methodists raised funds to repair and decorate the Lecture Hall after its use by the Home Guard.

1951 Dunston Tramway, the last surviving tramway on Tyneside, closed. The last tram ran at 11.22 pm on the 4th August.

1953 A pig was roasted in Dunston Park to celebrate the coronation - a washout due to heavy rain. Holmeside Hall Labour Social Club was opened in Dunston. Hexham Road Methodist Church celebrated its Golden Jubilee.

1954 Gateshead County Borough applied for permission to build a secondary school on Whickham Highway.

1956 Wood Street Chapel celebrated its Golden Jubilee.

1959 A proposal for swimming baths at the junction of Market Lane and Carrs Bank.

1961 The plan to build swimming baths in Dunston was approved.

1963 Wood Street and Hexham Road Methodist Churches united.

1964 Plans were approved for a Health Centre in Dunston.

1965 Dunston swimming baths opened. Dunston Station was closed to goods traffic. Consecration of the new St. Nicholas Church.

1966 Mount Hooley Estate, Dunston was completed.

1969 Dunston Social Club's new premises opened.

1972 Temporary closure of Ellison Road, Dunston, in connection with the construction of the Western Bypass.

1973 Beech tree on Dunston Bank given a preservation order; estimated age 300 years. New mini-roundabout at bottom of Carrs Bank.

1974 Centenary year for Dunston County Infant and Junior School.

Dunston Staiths, the largest wooden structure in Europe, became a listed building.


1976 Dunston Parish Church closed because of subsidence.

1979 The last ship was loaded at Dunston Staiths.

1980 Dunston Power Station ceased generating electricity. Wood Street Chapel was demolished.

1981 The Lecture Hall was hired by the BBC for the filming of "Play for Today".

1984 Work began on the Metro Centre. Dunston Railway Station reopened.

1985 Ravensworth Road and Dunston Hill Chapels together celebrated 150 years of Methodism in Dunston.

1990 Gateshead Garden Festival took place on Norwood Coke Works Site, which earlier (1874) was a flower garden.

2000 Millennium Festival in Dunston Park.