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Memories of Spout Lane
Postcard Pictures & Photographs (2/2)
- Municipal Terrace
- The Miners Rest & 'The Steps'
- The 'Middle Club'
- The Bottom of Spout Lane
- Map of Spout Lane
A Stroll Along
Spout Lane
New Inn Corner to Washington Village
LOOKING BACK ALONG
MUNICIPAL TERRACE & SPOUT LANE TERRACE
Follow the Horse & Cart back up Spout Lane to the Old Secondary School.
It's just visible above the Driver's head. We're going downhill.
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Heading Down Spout Lane Again
PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASS
Spout Lane blocked permanently at the bottom of Municipal Terrace.
Ignore that Barmston Sign! Direction arrow off-picture.
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Another Look Back
PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASS
Construction of the A1231 Sunderland Highway.
A Stroll Along
Spout Lane
New Inn Corner to Washington Village
THE MINERS REST
A couple of hundred yards further down Spout Lane, looking back towards the Underpass.
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The Miners Rest on Spout Lane. The Spout Lane Inn is just visible on the right.
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SPOUT LANE INN
Known locally as 'The Steps'.
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SPOUT LANE INN
Turn right to The 'Middle Club' and Washington Village.
A Stroll Along
Spout Lane
New Inn Corner to Washington Village
SPOUT LANE was initially named NEW ROAD
Note the woman wearing long dark clothing, she's passing the steps to 'The Steps'.
The large building was the Washington & District Working Men's Club, known locally as 'The Middle Club'.
When it closed down this building housed a private members club - 'The Teachers'.
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Formerly, NEW ROAD. Later, SPOUT LANE.
Sign on the LHS of the former Washington & District Working Men's Club.
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Spout Lane was once a busy thoroughfare from Houghton-le-Spring to New Washington.
Up the bank: 'The Middle Club', 'The Steps' and The Miners Rest.
The Underpass was built just beyond the lorry.
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SPOUT LANE
Top left: Washington & District Working Men's Club - aka 'The Middle Club' - later, 'The Teachers'.
A Stroll Along
Spout Lane
New Inn Corner to Washington Village
APPROACHING THE BOTTOM OF SPOUT LANE
Note the Cross Keys Inn and the road junction with Village Lane, Glebe Crescent and The Avenue.
The steeple of Holy Trinity Church is on the skyline.
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THE BOTTOM OF SPOUT LANE
The Double Decker from Brady Square has just entered Spout Lane.
It's bound for either Chester-le-Street (80) or Worswick Street (25 / 85) via New Washington Bus Station.
A Glimpse of Village Lane - Washington Village War Memorial - Cross Keys Inn
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VILLAGE LANE at the BOTTOM OF SPOUT LANE
Jump on this No. 39 SDO Bus (Sunderland District Omnibus), heading to Newcastle via Heworth, for a ride back up Spout Lane.
Spout Lane
OS Map: 1949-1968
HIGHLIGHTED ROADS
Roads joining Victoria Road: Manor Road and Front Street. The back street led to the Fire Station.
The centre road is where the cyclist joins Spout Lane at the end of Western Terrace.
The bottom roads are Village Lane, Glebe Crescent and The Avenue.