Shipcote


Main War Memorial
14th May 1922



Durham Road (Fountain Avenue), Shipcote, Gateshead
Photographer:  Ruddock, E.
Date:  June 1925
Reference Number:  GL003043
see also Memorials


Shipcote Cinema, Durham Road, Gateshead, c1920
Photographer:  Unknown
Date:  C1920
Reference Number:  GL001526
Pre Springfield Hotel

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Durham Road, showing St. George's Church, Shipcote Cinema and Springfield Hotel
Photographer:  Unknown
Date:  C1950
Reference Number:  LS000027
Shipcote Picture Hall opened in 1911 and was the first picture hall in the south of the borough. For many years the Shipcote was famous for the quality of its orchestra which was advertised as the 'Famous Shipcote Orchestra'. During the First World Was there was usually a musical act in addition to the films. In the 1930s the Shipcote was extended to hold over 1200 people and showed its most successful film, Follow the Fleet in 1936. The Shipcote closed on 16 April 1960 with Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Manders, 1973).



Fountain Avenue, Durham Road (Shipcote), 1967
Photographer:  Davison, N
Date:  August 1967
Reference Number:  GL003027


Gateshead Secondary/Grammar School, Shipcote, 1949
Photographer:  Unknown
Date:  1949
Reference Number:  GL001414
Lots more Grammar School Pics



Interior of Shipley Art Gallery, Shipcote, Gateshead
Photographer:  Unknown
Date:  Date Unknown
Reference Number:  GL001363




Laying Foundation Stone, Construction of Shipcote Baths
Photographer:  Unknown
Date:  Date Unknown
Reference Number:  GL001362


Shipcote Cinema Staff, Durham Road, Gateshead
Photographer:  Unknown
Date:  C1914
Reference Number:  GL007822
Management and staff of the Shipcote Hall which was located on the corner of Durham Road and Dryden Road. The first owners were Reed, Brown and Co. For many years the Shipcote was famous for the quality of its orchestra which was advertised as the 'Famous Shipcote Orchestra'. During the First World Was there was usually a musical act in addition to the films.


 Shipcote Cinema, Durham Road, 1960
Photographer:  Unknown
Date:  April 1960
Reference Number:  GL001199
Item Description:  Shipcote Picture Hall opened in 1911 and was the first picture hall in the south of the borough. For many years the Shipcote was famous for the quality of its orchestra which was advertised as the 'Famous Shipcote Orchestra'. During the First World Was there was usually a musical act in addition to the films. In the 1930s the Shipcote was extended to hold over 1200 people and showed its most successful film, Follow the Fleet in 1936. The Shipcote closed on 16 April 1960 with Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Manders, 1973).


Shipcote Cinema, Durham Road, Gateshead
Photographer:  Unknown
Date:  April 1960
Reference Number:  GL007823


Shipcote Cinema, Durham Road, Gateshead
Photographer:  Unknown
Date:  Unknown
Reference Number:  GL007824


Mr R H Dryden's Shipcote Farm, Gateshead, 1935
Photographer:  Unknown
Date:  1935
Reference Number:  GL001325



Shipcote Farm, Gateshead
Photographer:  Unknown
Date:  Unknown
Reference Number:  GL007629


Shipcote House, Shipcote Lane, Gateshead
Photographer:  Dodds, Edwin
Date:  C 1880
Reference Number:  GL003363
Item Description:  Shipcote swimming baths was built on this site.




Shipcote Methodist Choir Outing to Durham 1913
Photographer:  Unknown
Date:  1913
Reference Number:  LS000112
  Note Durham Cathedral in the background.


Shipcote Picture Hall, Junction of Dryden Road & Durham Road, Gateshead
Photographer:  Unknown
Date:  C.1960
Reference Number:  GL003040


Shipcote Terrace (Looking West), Gateshead, 1984
Photographer:  Unknown
Date:  27/08/1984
Reference Number:  LS110407


Shipcote West Farm, Alexandra Road/Shipcote Lane, c.1918
Photographer:  Unknown
Date:  C.1918
Reference Number:  GL007630
Shipcote West Farm was located on the corner of Alexandra Road and Shipcote Lane, it was demolished in 1931.


Shipley Art Gallery, Shipcote, Gateshead
Photographer:  Unknown
Date:  Date Unknown
Reference Number:  GL001364




St Marks Methodist church, Durham Road and Shipcote Lane, Gateshead
Photographer:  Unknown
Date:  C. 1970
Reference Number:  GL011147
In 1885, a group of then prominent Wesleyan Methodists began plans to build a church and a school on the corner of New Durham Road and Shipcote Lane. The school opened on 14th March 1888 and the church opened on June 6th 1906.

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