St George Road 1930's

[Swinman]

Hi,
I am looking for pictures and/or information about the St George Road area in South Shields. My mother was born in South Shields in 1925 and I think lived there until the mid to late 30's. I have a school photo taken with her classmates on a postcard, with her name one side and the address 177 St George Road, Cleandon Estate, South Shields on the other.
She looks about 10 years old and her class mates in the photo are all girls, so maybe an all girls school ?. Is her her old house likely to still exist today ? Which schools were in that area at the time. The family name was Brown and her father was a shoemaker/repairer.
Any information would be much appreciated.

Alan

[Mr Smith]

Never heard of a St George Road. We have a King George Road, Cleadon.
You'll find a couple of photos here: http://www.southtynesideimages.org.uk
just type King George Road in the search box top right hand side of page.

[Swinman]

Sorry it was King George Road Thanks for the link to the pictures, it looks like the road took a few hits during the air raids, so maybe her old house was among the unlucky ones.

[Swinman]

I meant King George Road, sorry Thanks for the link to the pictures, it looks like the street took a few hits during the air raids,so maybe their house was one of the unlucky ones.

[Jarrow Pete]

I meant King George Road, sorry Thanks for the link to the pictures, it looks like the street took a few hits during the air raids,so maybe their house was one of the unlucky ones.

The photos are of the demolition of the estate in the last couple of years, to the best of my knowledge no bombs fell on King George Road.

[Mr Smith]

There was a lot of bomb damage done to King George Road and the surrounding area during a raid 9th April 1941.
Plenty of photos of the bomb damage on the link above, photos taken by Amy Celia Flagg 10th April 1941.

[Jarrow Pete]

There was a lot of bomb damage done to King George Road and the surrounding area during a raid 9th April 1941.
Plenty of photos of the bomb damage on the link above, photos taken by Amy Celia Flagg 10th April 1941.

My apologies for not looking at the posted photos in full. Cannot remember seeing any pictures of bomb damage to the Cleadon end of King George Road before. I knew that houses around Cauldwell were bombed but not the others shown.

[Delilahcat]

There was an extensive bomb site on the corner of King George Rd and Moor Lane if I remember rightly. It eventually had houses built there.