Old Images of Swalwell

Enjoy looking back at history through old photos of Swalwell, an historic industrial village on the western edge of Gateshead, close to Winlaton, Blaydon, Whickham, Axwell Park and the MetroCentre.
Includes the dramatic omnibus crash at Clavering Bridge, and the chaos of Napier Road mid-works.
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[@maddogdaz1]

Thanks for posting. Must drag my old ones out of the silt fields and shit ponds before the metro centre was built.

[@localhistoryvideos]

Remember all the birds that lived on the dump ponds next to IKEA where Aldi and the new Barker and Stonehouse is now? Seems incredible now that little area was turning into a mini nature reserve in such an unloved spot.

[@Dw91-k8n]

Live in the pavillion right next to that stone bridge