South Tyneside History
Title | Jarrow View |
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Reference Number | STH0019953 |
Photographer | Unknown |
Town or Village | Jarrow |
Date | 1 September 1966 |
Original Format | Black and White Photograph |
Period | 1960s |
Copyright | Shields Gazette |
Further Information | View from top floor of Jarrow's new flats. In the foreground is the recently constructed and landscaped Queen Street residential area, backed by the oil storage tanks at Shell Mex. Behind these, the mudflats of Jarrow Slake precede the South Shields skyline with the Westoe coal washer and tower, with the Town Hall clock tower. Extreme top left is a view of the sea in the gap made by the harbour mouth. |