by Prudhoe History | Jun 4, 2024 | Section 3
Along South Road Photographs relating to this article, including those in this extract, may be found in Gallery 1.02 South Road was originally Prudhoe’s main street. It was a continuation of the steep hill which climbed from Ovingham Bridge and Prudhoe Station (the...
by Prudhoe History | Jun 4, 2024 | Section 3
Building up Small Businesses in Prudhoe Photographs relating to this article, including those in this extract, may be found in Gallery 5.01 and 2.04 Hannah Currey was born in 1909 at Prospect Place, Prudhoe. She started up her business as a young woman on South Road...
by Prudhoe History | Jun 4, 2024 | Section 3
Prudhoe’s Shopping Centre Photographs relating to this article, including those in this extract, may be found in Galleries 5.04, 5.01 Before the days of out-of-town shopping centres, Prudhoe’s Front Street was home to a diversity of small shops ranging from shoe...
by Prudhoe History | Jun 4, 2024 | Section 3
Prudhoe Memorial Hospital Photographs relating to this article, including those in this extract, may be found in Gallery 7.01 In 1943 an Executive Committee was formed with Rev R E Robson as Chairman. The objective was to raise £20,000 for Prudhoe’s own cottage...
by Prudhoe History | Jun 4, 2024 | Section 3
Site of Prudhoe’s Isolation Hospital Photographs relating to this article, including those in this extract, may be found in Gallery 5.04 This area of Prudhoe took its name from the Edge Well, one of the many wells in the area. Old maps show the site of the well...
by Prudhoe History | Jun 4, 2024 | Section 3
Street Lignting Comes to Prudhoe Photographs relating to this article, including those in this extract, may be found in Gallery 3.07 In April 1895 Councillors of Prudhoe Castle Township agreed that they should provide lighting to the village between Prudhoe Station...
