Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

Palace Theater opened 1896 - now flats.

Entrance to the 'A' pit from Station Road. The kids from Waverley Avenue; Waverley Drive; Bolam Place and the Oval area that went to Barrington County Primary school would cross the Station Road, from outside the Pioneer Boot factory and walk through the pit area up to Shop Row where they would turn right and to the railway crossing at Bedlington North signal box and cross the lines onto the Barrington Road and turn left to head for the school.

Facing East, could the photographer have been standing on the pit heap?

Post card shared from Flickr by Ian Foster, Bedlington remembered Facebook group. The image is also in Evan Martin's book - Glimpses of Old Bedlingtonshire with this info :-

The postcard has 'Sleekburn' printed on the bottom left corner. Some buildings identified. Image, with some info, from one of Evan Martin's books on Bedlingtonshire.

St Cuthbert's is part of Bedlington's Heritage Trail.

Info on Watson's Wake :- Info posted by Doug Tindle - Facebook group Bygone Bedlington :-

Image and Info from one of Evan Martin's books on Bedlingtonshire.

Various photos from inside and outside of the church.

Info on the changes made over the years from Peter F Ryder's booklet - St Cuthbert's Church, Bedlington, An Archaeological Assessment - published in 2015.

Don't know what year the roof was removed and the whole building rendered in 'pebble-dash' . this photo is said to have been taken in 2009. Note the telephone pole in this photo. It looks like the one that is in the oldest photo pf the building, and according to @Keith Scantlebury it's still there.

c1970 photo of the completed 1955 extension - don't know if the chimney stacks were removed from the old building when the extension work was being carried out.

News paper cutting and comment posted on the Bygone Bedlington Facebook group :- John Krzyzanowski to Bygone Bedlington 28 April at 23:42 · The building of the extension to Bedlington station club in 1955

In between the building being used as the YMCA and it's current owner - Hms Mot & Service Centre - it was used by the Pioneer Boot Factory and Anderson Motors. The tallest guy, 5th from the right as you look at the photo, in the photo when it was the Pioneer Boot Factory is Fred Rocket who opened his own Shoe Repair business - Rockett''s - opposite the Wallaw cinema.

Then - 1891- and Now - 2018 (Google street view)