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Usworth Board School (1900s) / Usworth Unemployed Centre (1930s)
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- Pupils 1/2
- Pupils 2/2
- Staff c.1922
- Usworth Unemployed Centre (1930s)
- Woodwork Classes 1
- Classes 2
- Pawsons Factory
Usworth Colliery Board School, Waterloo Road
1921
The Board School was located between St. Michael's Church and Usworth Primitive Methodist Church
i.e. 'Sch.' between 'Mission Church' and 'Meth. Ch.', in the centre of the above Map.
1898
Usworth Colliery Board School & Usworth Primitive Methodist Church
Located close to Pensher (Penshaw) View and the junction of Waterloo Road, Manor Road and Edith Avenue.
The future Usworth Colliery Mixed School (Infants, Juniors & Seniors) will be built on the open ground near Usworth Colliery Miners' Hall.
Usworth Colliery Board School, Waterloo Road
Usworth Colliery Board School (1901)
Row 3: No. 6, William Pape - No. 8, George Gibson.
[ Photo: Thanks to George's Grandson, David Gibson. ]
Usworth Colliery Board School (1903/04)
The tall lad in the centre of the back row is George Gibson.
[ Photo: Courtesy of Beamish Museum Resource Centre. ]
For more on local lad, George Gibson: See TOP MENU.
Usworth Colliery Board School, Waterloo Road
Usworth Colliery Board School
Class 6, Early 1900s.
Usworth Colliery Board School
(1907)
Usworth Colliery Board School, Waterloo Road
Usworth Colliery Board School Staff
( circa 1922 )
Royal Visit to Usworth Colliery Board School Building - 1934
Now Housing the Usworth Unemployed Centre
The Guard of Honour outside St. Michael and All Angels Church.
For more details of Prince Edward's 1934 Visit, see TOP MENU.
Martin Guy, Member of the Honour Guard and King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1914.
A self-educated man, Martin helped run the Social Centre at Usworth and was a prominent figure in the Local Community.
Martin was shot by a sniper in WW1 and badly wounded. His injuries left him semi-invalid for the rest of his life.
He can be seen in the Guard of Honour photograph, standing between two much taller men.
Martin Guy was one of the Founders of the Usworth Unemployed Centre.
[ The above Images were contributed by Ernie Guy, Member of Washington History Society, Grandson of Martin Guy. ]
Usworth Unemployment Centre, Woodwork Classes
Martin Guy's Records, March 1935
The Unemployed Centre was set up to give local Unemployed Men useful work.
Materials were provided to make Tables, Drawers, Bookcases, Stepladders, Clothes Horses, Crackets / Stools, Proggy Mats etc.
Members of the Woodworking Group would pay for the materials they used in small affordable instalments.
When the items were paid for, Group Members could take them away to keep, or to sell.
Usworth Unemployment Centre, Woodwork Classes
Martin Guy's Records, May 1935
The Unemployed Centre was set up to give local Unemployed Men useful work.
Materials were provided to make Tables, Drawers, Bookcases, Stepladders, Clothes Horses, Crackets / Stools, Proggy Mats etc.
Members of the Woodworking Group would pay for the materials they used in small affordable instalments.
When the items were paid for, Group Members could take them away to keep, or to sell.
Usworth Colliery Board School Building
Now part of Pawsons Dress Factory
Pawson's Dress Factory
Methodist Church & School Buildings on Waterloo Road - Past gates, right: Pensher View & Usworth Green Prefabs
Btm right: Edith Avenue - Right-horizon: Usworth Pit Heap
View from St. Michael's Church
The 'New' Pawson's Dress Factory
Waterloo Road