The Hostel Estate aka 'The Squatters'

( RAF Aerial Photograph dated 13 March 1956 )

The first 'Squatters' moved into the Huts on This Site in August 1946.
The large building north of the vertical road (far-left) is the original Usworth Working Men's Club - 'The Top Club'.
This road continues south passing the Style Inn (off-picture) and Usworth Gardeners' Club.

[ Thanks to Malcolm Young - Trainee Miner at Usworth Colliery Training Centre, 1956. ]

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Hostel Estate Hut Layout

This Plan was researched and drawn by David Matthew Simpson, author of  No Homes For Heroes.
It appears here with his kind permission.

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Location of Hostel Estate

' THE SQUATTERS '  -  Map c.1951

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Written by David Matthew Simpson
How The Hostel Estate became The Squatters.
If you'd like to read David's Book, click the Front Cover.