Origins of Red Row

[janwhin]

I've been reading with interest all of the messages about the shops at Red Row and the Willows. I'm waiting to see my brother in law to tap into his cerebral gold mine about all that......he grew up at the Willows.

But, in the meantime, when did Red Row come into existence? I've been having a look at the maps (for Hadstone) on the Northumberland Communities site and it seems that in about 1860 there was a school and smithy there, at the top of Whitefield Bank, but that was all. On the 1897 map, the Willows and Swarland Terrace are up and the 1920 map is good. If you have a look at where the Buffs is you'll see a reference to a Club and Institute and then to a Red Triangle Club (was this to become the Primrose Hall?). The picture hall is there too. Great stuff

Just googled red triangle clubs and apparently they're the YMCA but I guess everybody knew that!