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Shafto Terrace - The Residents c.1920

LIST OF TENANTS - SHAFTO TERRACE c.1920

  1. J. Milburn - Rented a small field and kept cows
  2. J. Pickering - Pitman and 'Pigeon Man'
  3. A. Black - Garage Owner & Vehicle Contractor ... business at No.4?  (see Char-à-Bancs)
  4. C. Copeman - Pitman
  5. J. Reay - Pitman
  6. J. Leach - Pitman
  7. N. Buckham - Usworth Pit
  8. Dean's Fish Shop
  9. David Brookes - Pitman.  Wife: Annie.  Son: Thomas in Brandy Row School picture, 1924
10. W.E. Forster - Washington Pit
11. J. Atkinson - Overman.  Sons: Thomas (Deputy Engineer) & Jack (Bolton Wanderers AFC)
12. J. Mason - Pitman
13. J. Shevills - Winder Man
14. A. Patterson - Deputy
15. J. Briggs - Pitman
16. R. Hobson - Pitman who kept a horse from WWI
17. J. Hilton - Winder Man
18. A. Coulson - Pitman
19. Rob & Matt Marriner - Pitmen and Officials at Bank (the surface)
20. Waltons & Jacksons - R. Walton was a Shaftman
21. T. Todd - Deputy
22. P. Kelly - Pitman
23. J. Leach - Overman
24. W. Harrison - Pitman.  Son Wilson emigrated to The Gold Coast
25. W. Hill - Deputy
26. A. Reid - Pitman
27. W. McKay - Lamp Cabin
28. W. Johnson - Deputy
29. R. Todd - Pitman
30. Routledge or Yates
31. David Simpson - Pitman and ex-Royal Navy, 1914. Wife: Harriet
32. J. Humes - Pitman.  Also J. Hamilton - part-time compère at The Regal
33. C. Barrass
34. C. Ellison - Pitman
35. R. Barrass - Underground and Powder House (explosives)
36. C. Proctor - Pitman
37. L. Felton & Robsons - Pitmen
38. R. Pattison - worked on The Comrades playing fields

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Shafto Terrace Map

Map of Shafto Terrace

Map Locating Shafto Terrace

 

Shafto Terrace Still Exists!

Sunderland Echo Clipping

View from Washington Football Club Entrance

Shafto Char-à-Bancs

Alex Black's Trip to Blackpool

9 inch x 7 inch Advertisement Card
(Char-à-banc: originally a horse-drawn carriage 'with benches')