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| Postcard
showing "The Mission House" on Front Street, Monkseaton. Published by
Ruddock Ltd., Newcastle Upon Tyne. Exact posting date
unknown
but Edward VII stamp suggests 1901-1910. Who was the child
leaning on the fence? |
Photograph
taken from similar postion in February 2009. The building now
houses
Monkseaton Methodist Church. The cannons have gone and at
some
stage an extension was added to the entrance. The saplings
shown
on the postcard are now fully grown trees. |
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| Another
postcard of the mission building but here called the "Church Institute
and viewed from the West. Published in the Auty series.
Postmarked Liverpool, October 16th., 1908. According to the
sender, Monkseaton was "another suburb of North Shields." |
Photograph taken in September 2008 from similar viewpoint. |
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| Another
card in the Auty series, this time of "The Villas" in Monkseaton.
Not postmarked but annotated in pencil "August 23rd., 1905.
The area in the left foreground is now part of the gardens of
similar houses on the south side of the road. |
Photograph from similar viewpoint taken in September 2008. These houses turn out to be on the North side of what is now Marine Avenue. Not sure if they are still known as "The Villas". Now mostly hidden by trees. | |
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| Postcard of
Monkseaton Village postmarked Corbridge Sorting Office, October 26th.,
1916. The building on the left is the old brewery, the long
building in the distance is the old railway station, which was moved to
the current site in 1915. The next building is now the Lawns Rest
Home and the buildiings on the right are now shops. My thanks to
Charlie Steel for this information (see links web page). |
This
photograph, taken in February 2009, is from approximately the same
position as the card. Many of the buildings depicted in the card
are now gone. The Lawns Rest Home is unfortunately hidded behind
a later building. It is difficult to tell if the buildings on the right
are the same ones as in the postcard. |
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| A
postcard of Bygate Farm, Monkseaton, published in the Auty Series, by
G.H. N/C, date unknown but appears to be early 20th century. |
A photograph taken in April 2009, on what is now Bygate Road, Monkseaton which appears to be from the same location |