Street Scene - Easington Colliery (easc0197)

Street Scene - Easington Colliery

Photograph of a street running away from the camera; the ends of terraces of houses can be seen on the left where other streets abut the original street; on the right it is possible to see that there are shops on the street, but the details of these cannot be seen; three cars are parked and one is driving towards the camera; part of the figure of an elderly woman can be seen at the right of the photograph, which has been identified as being in Easington Colliery

Date: 1970 - 1979

Bede Street Easington Colliery

Comment added by Anonymous on 05/01/2009 11:59:00

The shop on the corner was Walter Wilsons (now vacant), the shops behind included a haberdashers/ladies fashion (gone - converted to housing I think), a grocers/general store (now a hairdressers), a barbers (gone), a fish and chip shop (still open), a butchers (gone) and a selection of other buildings. The rows of houses to the left of the picture are the B streets - Byron, Browning, etc... I was a child when the photo was taken - and remember swinging on the railings by Walter Wilsons while my mum went in.

Comment added by J. Cook on 18/03/2009 10:38:00