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Looking along Cowpen Road towards ASDA. The building at the end in the centre of the photo is Premier Meats, the Kitty Brewster. The shop on the right is still open today as a sandwich shop.
One of the buildings in the centre is The Percy Arms which is not to be confused with the Percy in Brierly Road.
If only Cowpen Road was a quiet as this today.
The Dun Cow which was situated at the bottom of Plessey Road on the Quayside. The site is now occupied by Blyth Enterprise Centre.
The Gwentland Hotel which became The Ridley Park Hotel on Wensleydale Terrace. The building was demolished around 2013.
The Queens Head Hotel in Kinds Street. This pub became part of The Coronation Club when it closed and survived until the Coronation itself closed. It's now used as a restaurant and take away.
The Fox and Hounds / Wagon way is also in the photo on the far right.
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A list of pubs and clubs in Blyth, if we've missed anything, drop us a message.
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42 - Newsham Hotel, Carr Street.
43 - The North Farm, Cowpen Road. Closed and demolished.
44 - The Northumberland Arms, Kings Street. Closed and demolished.
45 - The Oddfellows Arms, Bridge Street.
46 - The Top House, previously The Cowpen Colliery.
47 - The Pineapple Inn, Regent Street. Closed.
48 - Laurel and Hardys, Regent Street, previously The Porthole, Croft Arms and Joe Cavners. Closed.
49 - The Price Of Wales, Waterloo Road.
50 - The Railway Tavern, Regent Street previously The Pullman.
51 - The Queens Head, Kings Street. Closed.
52 - The Percy Arms, Brierly Road previously The Red House.
53 - The Ridley Arms, Bridge Street. Closed and demolished.
54 - The Ridley Park Hotel, previously The Gwentland Hotel Wensleydale Terrace. Closed and demolished.
55 - The Rose and Crown, Kitty Brewster Closed and demolished.
56 - Royal Engineers Club, Stanley Street.
57 - The Royal Tavern Hotel, Beaconsfield Street. Closed.
58 - The Seahorse, Plessey Road.
59 - The Seven Stars, North Blyth. Closed and demolished.
60 - The Ship, Albert Street. Closed and demolished.
61 - The Sidney Arms, Cowpen Road. Closed and demolished.
62 - The South Beach, South Beach Estate.
63 - The Spartan Hotel, 12th Avenue. Closed.
64 - The Steamboat, previously The Star and Garter, Bridge Street. Closed.
65 - The Sun Inn, Cowpen Quay. Closed and demolished.
66 - The Travellers Rest, Regent Street. Closed and demolished.
67 - The Turks Head, Newsham. Closed and demolished.
68 - United Services Club, Bowes Street.
The Newsham Hotel next door to Greeners general dealers. The Newsham Vic is to the right,
The Globe in Waterloo Road survived until around 1982 when it followed numerous other town centre pubs and was converted for retail use. In the early part of the last century, families lived in the rooms above. An early for of a HMO perhaps.
The Ridley Arms in Northumberland Street was a pretty grand old stone building. It closed when it's licence was transferred to the newly built Seahorse in Plessey Road. It was demolished soon after and replaced by housing.
The Sidney Arms on Cowpen Road was another old building with a lot of history. Rumoured to have been used as a place of worship at a time when Catholics were being persecuted.
The Gladstone Arms in Burt Street. As mentioned earlier was one of many pubs in the streets leading to the river. Most of the streets were demolished when the shipyard was extended to cover more of the river front.
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Another view of The Windmill Inn on Cowpen Road
The Station Hotel in Church Street as the name suggests was next to the railway station.
A list of pubs and clubs in Blyth, if we've missed anything drop us a message.
Part 3..
69 - Victoria Inn, Cowpen Quay. Closed and demolished.
70 - The Fox, previously The Wagon Way and Fox and Hounds, Kings Street. Closed and demolished.
71 - Waterloo Hotel, Havelock Street.
72 - Waterloo Social Club, Waterloo Road.
73 - The Westoe, Burt Street. Closed and demolished.
74 - The White Swan, Waterloo Road. Closed.
75 - The Willow Tree, Plessey Road. Closed.
76 - The Windmill Inn, Cowpen Road. Closed.
77 - The Lounge, Simpson Street.
78 - Taplows Wine Lodge, Regent Street. Closed and demolished.
79 - The Wallaw, Union Street. Former Wallaw cinema.
80 - The Commissioners Quay, Quay Road.
81 - The Post Office, Bridge Street.
82 - Olivers, Bridge Street.
83 - Bruno's, Waterloo Road. Closed.
84 - Royal Northumberland Yacht Club, South Harbour.
85 - The Rugby Club, Plessey Road.
86 - The Half Moon, Links Road. Closed and demolished.
87 - Deuces, previously Bruno's - Bridge Street.
If we missed anything please let us know.
The Seven Stars was in North Blyth and a familiar sight to anyone parked on the quayside.
The Fox and Hounds on Kings Street. Also known as The Wagon Way and The Fox in it's life time.
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