st lawrence church

denis · Post by **denis** » Sun Jul 04, 2010 9:28 pm

Could anyone tell me if the above church is still there?
i used to go there when i was 13 yrs old and i was in the CHOIR untill i was 16yrs this was in 1947

Jarrow Pete · Post by **Jarrow Pete** » Sun Jul 04, 2010 9:55 pm

denis wrote:Could anyone tell me if the above church is still there?
i used to go there when i was 13 yrs old and i was in the CHOIR untill i was 16yrs this was in 1947

There is still a St Lawrence Church in Centenary Avenue, its on the right hand side coming from Prince Edward Road just after the council yard.

denis · Post by **denis** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:15 pm

PETE could you tell me what religion it is ? as i looked it up on the net and it said it was catholic? when i was there it was C/E

Mr Smith · Post by **Mr Smith** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:28 pm

denis wrote:PETE could you tell me what religion it is ? as i looked it up on the net and it said it was catholic? when i was there it was C/E

I don't know where you looked, I checked and it said Church of England on a few sites.

St Lawrence the Martyr, 84 Centenary Avenue, South Shields, Church of England.
It only took less than a minute to google it.

sless · Post by **sless** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 10:44 pm

its a newish churchtho
not the one that was there in 1947

Mr Smith · Post by **Mr Smith** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 11:40 pm

The Catholic Church at Horsley Hill is fairly new, but St Lawrence The Martyr
C of E in Centenary Avenue goes back to before 1947 (or so I believe) but I think
it would have been fairly new at that time.

heaintheavy · Post by **heaintheavy** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 12:31 am

The New St. Lawrence church was built around 1980. It replaced the ramshackle giant tin hut that preceded it.

We Harton Junior Boys used to have a helluva time climbing over the fence when we tried to retrieve our footballs we accidentally kicked over the very large and intimidating fence between our school and the churches vast overgrown waste land. This was in the mid to late sixties.

Mr Smith · Post by **Mr Smith** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:52 am

I left Shields in 1965 so most things which happened after that were
missed by me.

denis · Post by **denis** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:17 pm

Any member have a picture of this church .please?

StottieCake · Post by **StottieCake** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 11:15 pm

I found it on Google Maps satellite street view when I put "131 Centenary Avenue, South Shields" in the search then scrolled round.

denis · Post by **denis** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 8:59 pm

Thank you STOTTIE for that info .but i would like a photo of the old church?

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