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Memories of Washington Station Road
Postcard Pictures & Photographs (2/3)
- Looking Back 2
- Methodist Chapel
- Lowthian Terrace
- Post Office
- Mission Hall
- Looking Back 3
- Side Street to Wagonway
Looking Back to Glebe School
Washington Station Road
Washington Glebe School
Viewed from Glen Terrace (left) and Derwent Terrace (right).
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At the bottom of the bank: turn left into Nelson Street; turn right for the Carlton Cinema.
Turn right beyond Glebe School to enter Glebe Crescent.
The Carlton Cinema: known locally as The Glebe.
[ See following Map. ]
Map showing the location of the Carlton Cinema.
Continuing Our Stroll Along
Washington Station Road
Robinson Street & The Methodist Church
[ We're heading left - towards Washington Railway Station. ]
A Stroll Along
Washington Station Road
Lowthian Terrace Shops
Note the Telephone Box at the Post Office and the Chemical Works Chimneys.
Whitfield's Pork Butchers & Ken Pyle's Motorcycle / Cycle Shop
[ We're heading right - towards Washington Railway Station. ]
A Stroll Along
Washington Station Road
The Post Office on Lowthian Terrace
A Stroll Along
Washington Station Road
Saint Cuthbert's Mission Hall on Station Road (circa 1900).
Walter Willson's and The Celtic Club are on the left. Brady Square is behind the Mission Hall.
Note the man near The Mission: that's Bell's Butchers behind him. There's also a road leading to The Colliery Wagonway.
Orders Delivered Daily
A. Bell - Family Butcher
First recorded in 1883 as a Family Butcher with premises at Washington Staithes, Bell's relocated to Station Road in 1893.
Now T & I Bell (Caterers), it's Washington's oldest family-run business.
Looking Back to The Mission Hall
Washington Station Road
Saint Cuthbert's Mission Hall on Station Road.
The side-street (bottom-left) leads to Washington Wagonway and Brady Square Bus Station.
The lady in the distance has just passed (the future) Britton's Fish & Chip Shop.
Bessie Pyle near Britton's Fish & Chip Shop.
[ We're heading left - towards Washington Railway Station. ]
Washington Wagonway as seen from
Washington Station Road
The Wagonway connecting Washington Railway Station (to the left) with Washington Glebe and 'F'Pit Collieries.
Looking back past Anderson's Newsagents towards Saint Cuthbert's Mission Hall and The Celtic Club.
Steam Engine hauling empty coal wagons to either Glebe Colliery or 'F' Pit.
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