Birtley District Cooperative Store

New Inn Corner / Spout Lane

NEW INN CORNER and SPOUT LANE
The New Inn Corner - viewed from Victoria Road.  Front Street up the bank.  Spout Lane to the right.

NEW INN CORNER and SPOUT LANE
The Co-op Store on the corner of Spout Lane & Victoria Road.

NEW INN CORNER and SPOUT LANE - 1950s
Along Spout Lane: the Co-op Stables & Shafto Terrace are on the left.
The Co-op Buildings, Holyoake Terrace and The Comrades Playing Field are on the right.

NEW INN CORNER and SPOUT LANE
( A later image. )
Docherty's Butchers, The Bird Inn and The New Inn, with the Co-op Building on Spout Lane.
Further up Spout Lane, The 'F' Pit Miners' Welfare Hall.

NEW INN CORNER and SPOUT LANE
Note the Co-op Shop Front.

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New Inn Corner / Spout Lane

SPOUT LANE TO NEW INN CORNER
Secondary entrance/exit to Alexandra Theatre, later The Regal Cinema - below the large lamp.
New Rows Houses across Victoria Road.  Photograph dated Early 1900s.
[ Courtesy of Beamish Museum Resource Centre ]

The CO-OP on SPOUT LANE
The alley in front of the woman in black leads to Alexandra Theatre, later The Regal Cinema.
Note the Drapery Department.  Straight ahead to New Rows Houses.

DRAPERY DEPARTMENT
Birtley District Co-op Delivery Cart

SPOUT LANE
Delivery Cart standing at New Washington Co-op.

THE CO-OP STABLES
The Co-op Stables were opposite the Drapery Department.
Above the wheel: Washington, Birtley District Co-op.  The Driver is Bob Marshall.

THE CO-OP STABLES
Washington 'F' Colliery Band marching past the Co-op Building en route to The 'F' Pit Miners' Welfare Hall.
The Co-op Stable Garth entrance is on the right.

WASHINGTON CO-OP  STAFF  -  1946
The Staff of New Washington Cooperative Store on Spout lane - pictured in the Co-op Stable Garth.
Branch Manager George Scott is sitting in the centre.

BIRTLEY DISTRICT CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING
Road Repairs to Spout Lane.
[ That's Holyoake Terrace on the left - where Howard Kendall lived as a schoolboy. ]

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New Inn Corner / Spout Lane

NEW INN CORNER  and  SPOUT LANE
Welcome to Concord's Co-op
Over Victoria Road.
21 Feb 2023
[ Photo: Courtesy of Washington History Society. ]

THE NEW TAVERN  &  CONCORD CO-OP  
This picture shows that the Main Road has been moved away from the Shops
and the entrance to Spout Lane has been pedestrianized
[ Photo: J.G. 19th Jan 2017 ]

CONCORD CO-OP  to  CHARLIE BUTT'S SHOP
View over the 'New' Victoria Road.
[ Photo: Ernie Guy - 24th May 2023 ]

Former  CO-OP BUILDINGS  on  SPOUT LANE
12 May 2021
[ Photo: Courtesy of Washington History Society. ]

Former  CO-OP BUILDINGS  on  SPOUT LANE
17 September 2021
[ Photo: Courtesy of Washington History Society. ]

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Brady Square

BRADY SQUARE CO-OP  on  OXCLOSE ROAD
Brady Square Bus Station / Terminus is off-picture, left.   Biddick School, centre.
The now demolished St. Peter's Street, top-left, is shown in both Photographs and the Map below.

BRADY SQUARE BUS STATION
The No. 80 Bus to Chester-le-Street via New Washington (Concord).
This Bus was almost always a Double Decker.

MAP OF LOCAL AREA
Oxclose Road is the large unnamed road at the bottom of the Map.

RECREATION GROUND / BUS STATION LAVATORIES
This is where I first read those immortal lines:
It's no good standing on the seat; the Crabs in here can jump 6 feet!
[ A Crab?  A Crab Louse, of course. ]

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Fatfield

FATFIELD CO-OP
The Fatfield Branch of the Birtley District Cooperative Society Ltd.

FATFIELD CO-OP  on  BONEMILL LANE
Fatfield Bridge over the River Wear.

FATFIELD CO-OP  on  BONEMILL LANE
Fatfield Cooperative Store front, facing the River Wear.

THE RIVER WEAR
North Biddick Club, Havelock Inn and The Co-op, on Bonemill Lane.
[ Photograph published by the Chester-le-Street Advertiser in June 2018. ]

BIDDICK CLUB  to  FATFIELD BRIDGE
Bonemill Lane and North Biddick Working Men's Club - forerunner of today's North Biddick Club.

THE INN BETWEEN
The (fairly short-lived) Inn Between, formerly Fatfield Cooperative Store.

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Blue House Lane

HAVANNAH TERRACE CO-OP
The Co-op (formerly, John Embleton's Shop) at the top of Blue House Lane
The gates to Blue House are just beyond the large tree on the left.
[ Courtesy: Beamish Museum Resource Centre ]

MAP  of  BLUE HOUSE LANE
Havannah Terrace was built where indicated and the (future) Co-op was built at the corner between it and Blue House.

Windy Nook & District Cooperative Store

Springwell

SPRINGWELL  CO-OP
The Perseverance Arms and Springwell Cooperative Society.
Note Springwell Colliery Chimney.

SPRINGWELL  CO-OP
The Perseverance Arms and Springwell Cooperative Society.  Is that a beer delivery at The Percy?

SPRINGWELL  CO-OP
Springwell Cooperative Society.  Bowes Crescent in the background.
Is the Motorist about to be booked for drink driving?

SPRINGWELL  CO-OP
Pass Bowes Crescent to reach the Bowes Railway Crossing and Springwell Colliery.

WINDY NOOK AND DISTRICT CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY  -  SPRINGWELL  BRANCH
Early 1900s

SPRINGWELL  CO-OP
Early 1940s
Looking beyond the 'hidden' Perseverance Arms towards The Guide Post Inn.
[ From Keith Cockerill's Collection  -  See What's Where / Collections / Art / Springwell Postcards.  Thanks Keith. ]

SPRINGWELL
Early Map showing Bowes Railway Crossing,  the long Bowes Crescent,  Perseverance Arms
and the site of Springwell Branch of the Windy Nook Co-operative Society.

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Miscellaneous Images

CO-OP DELIVERIES
Birtley Cooperative Society Travelling Shop (1936).  The horse was called Duke.
[ Location unknown ]

CO-OP DELIVERIES
Birtley Cooperative Society motorised shops travelled all around Washington and the surrounding area in the mid-1950s.
[ Location unknown ]