Front Street - South Hetton (sout0207)

Photograph of a street running away from the camera downhill; in the distance fields can be seen; on the left of the picture the buildings are indistinct; on the right the facades of terraced houses and that of a public house can be seen; the street has been identified as Front Street, South Hetton; a small girl can be seen in front of the public house

Front Street - South Hetton

Photograph of a street running away from the camera downhill; in the distance fields can be seen; on the left of the picture the buildings are indistinct; on the right the facades of terraced houses and that of a public house can be seen; the street has been identified as Front Street, South Hetton; a small girl can be seen in front of the public house

Date: 1900 - 1909

The pub may be the Hope and Anchor ?

Comment added by Frank Delacoe on 18/03/2009 09:43:00

The pub is in fact The Railway Inn, (see Sout0026) although the pub sign is different. It ceased to be a pub long before the 1940s. The Hope & Anchor was further down the street.

Comment added by J. Marshall on 27/03/2009 10:06:00

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