A Hundred Years ago...or thereabouts

[Coquet]

(9th June 1921 Blyth News)

BUILT AT AMBLE

Launch of a Ferry Steamer for Jarrow Corporation.

The first steel ship built at Amble was launched there on Tuesday afternoon in the presence of a large gathering.
The vessel was the Jarrow, a twin-screw ferry steamer built to the order of the Jarrow Corporation, and it will ply between Jarrow and Howden, and will carry 650 passengers.
The vessel's dimensions are: 92ft. length p.b., 28ft breadth moulded, 38ft breath over sponson, and 10ft, 1½in. depth moulded. It will be fitted with twin screw triple expansion surface condensing engines.
The builders are the Amble Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., successors to the Amble Ferro Concrete Company, and have four other vessels in course of construction.
The site on which the new yard stands was the site of a shipyard of some 70 years ago when several wooden vessels were built.

[Coquet]

Actually named the A.B. Gowan:

http://www.naviecapitani.it/Navi%20e...B.%20Gowan.htm

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http://www.naviecapitani.it/Navi%20e...%20Gowan/2.jpg

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21,884 Meals at Amble
The work of feeding the children who are affected by the coal stoppage is being sustained every day in Winter’s Hall, Amble. There have been 10,968 free breakfasts served to the children and 10,916 dinners, making a total of 21,884. Also to necessitous mothers 511 breakfasts and 480 dinners have been served.


(Shields Daily News 16 June 1921)

[Al88c]

I'm thinking that by then there was the Central Hall, Coquet Hall, Parish Hall in Dovecote Street, Drill Hall and the Hall later School Canteen in Gibson Street, possibly Ballantine's Building in Church Street - but I've never come across a Winter's Hall before - where do we think that was?

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Originally Posted by Al88c

I'm thinking that by then there was the Central Hall, Coquet Hall, Parish Hall in Dovecote Street, Drill Hall and the Hall later School Canteen in Gibson Street, possibly Ballantine's Building in Church Street - but I've never come across a Winter's Hall before - where do we think that was?

Not sure - William Winter had a stationer/newsagent/general dealer on Queen Street during 19c. - wonder it it was named after him? What was the function/origin of the large green hut near north street/gut braid?? remember that?

[Al88c]

Kelly's Directory of 1910 lists William Winter as a Printer and Auctioneer, Queen Street and in the 1934 edition at 57 Queen Street as Amble Printers. It could be him if he had an auction room - could that be the hall?