Old Photos of Shields Road, Byker



Apollo Cinema, Shields Road, Byker 1956.

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Shields Road, Byker c.1910.

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Shields Road, Byker 1908.

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Parrish's Store, Shields Rd/Brinkburn St, Byker. Undated.

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Shields Road/Raby Street, Byker c.1970.

Nat West bank and Dampneys to the right which was to become Tandy.

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Warkworth Street/Shields Road, Byker c.1980's.

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Northern Counties Meat Co, Shields Road, Byker c.1907.

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St. Mark's Church, Shields Road, Byker c.1910.

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Bus Inspectors Cabin, Shields Road, Byker 1974.

Or, as we called it, The TARDIS!

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Apollo Cinema, Shields Road, Byker 1967.

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Jacksons, Shields Road, Byker 1996.

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Shields Road, Byker 1974.

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Shields Road, Byker 1974.

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Shields Road, Byker 1996.

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Shields Road, Byker 1974.

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Inman's Stores Ltd, Shields Road, Byker c.1900

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Apollo Cinema, Shields Road, Byker 1933.

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Chemist, Shields Road, Byker. Opposite The Raby.

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Shields Road, Byker, 1982

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Hope and Anchor Inn. Now known as Jacksons.

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The Heaton Hotel, Shields Rd/Brinkburn St 1974.

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Shields Road, Byker c.1910

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Odeon Cinema, Shields Road, Byker 1957-1958.

The Odeon Cinema was where the petrol station now is at the top.

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The Ford Arms, Shields Road, Byker 1967.

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Shields Road/Heaton Road, Byker. Mid 1970's.

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Shields Road, Byker. Undated.

The old Apollo Cinema was then a garage before demolition to make way for the Morrisons supermarket.

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Lord Clyde Hotel, Shields Road, Byker 1996.

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The Grace Inn, Robinson St/Shields Rd 1996.

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Raby Hotel, Shields Rd/Raby St 1974.

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Shields Road, Byker c.1970.

Sawyers on far right used to sell the best Saveloy Dips in the world.

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Tap and Spile, Shields Rd/Toward St, Byker 1996.

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The Blue Bell, Shields Road, Byker, 1996.

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Shields Road, Byker c.1904

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O'Briens (Heaton Hotel), Brinkburn St/Shields Rd, Byker 1996.

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Lipton Grocers, 222 Shields Road, Byker c.1920.

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St. Silas Church Workshop, Shields Road, Byker 1975.

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The Grace Inn, Robinson St/Shields Rd, Byker 1996.

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Slideshow of Shields Road in the 1960s, 70's and 80's.






Historical interest:
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3 comments:

Unknown said...

Good old days born on byker bank six of us in one bed but does anyone know what the picture hall was called on byker bank knows as the flea pit I was born in 1951

Unknown said...

Imperial

Anonymous said...

What was carpet shop called on shields Rd? Home comforts