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Images of Ashington
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Can
you recall some of the old shops and places which used to be in this photo ? If so drop me a line.... |
Ashington
High Street - Station Road"Junction of North Seaton Road (left), Station Road and Lintonville Terrace (right)" |
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and History On the left you can see what in the early 1900's used to be called "Cooks Corner" because of the department store owned by a Mr Russell Cook, an influential figure in the early days of Ashington's history. Along with George Arrowsmith's on the opposite corner of the junction at the head of Lintonville Terrace (far right), these two stores dominated the centre of Ashington during the early years of the last century. The blue building (second from the right) used to be the old Liptons Tea shop and is now Superdrug. |
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Today Cook's store is probably more fondly remembered as either Sheppards or Joplings even though both those owners have long since departed to be replaced by non-descript "cheap and easy" stores. Another notable building built around the turn of the century was the Miners Welfare Hall (knocked down years ago and is now the TSB bank). The old arcade holds many a fond memory for me when I was a bairn for it became an indoor market with various "exotic" stalls which sold everything from clothes and knick-knacks to the far more interesting one's which sold toys and pets. |
 "Wor" Jackie Milburn |
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| Ashington
Today...
Always
a busy road for traffic, the east side of Station Road was
pedestrianised in 1997 with varying degree's of success. Whilst
obviously making it much safer for pedestrians to shop and browse its
also had an undeniable effect on local businesses. Shopping over the
bridge is a much quieter affair where traders such as Donkins and
Clive's the Shoeshop are still going strong after many years. One of
Ashington's (and mine) most popular shops during the 1970's was Crisps
toyshop, sadly, this is now a second-hand furniture and brick-a-braq
store.
Since
the closure of Ashington Pit and the nearby Workshops which serviced it
the amount of top quality shops which used to be seen along the High
Street has slowly dwindled with most being replaced by Charity shops of
one kind or another. Although various "expansion" schemes and
plans to extend the shopping area down Lintonville (including building
an indoor mall on the Portland Park site a' la Blyth) have been muted by
the local council nothing has come of them.
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