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A shopping
history
Blyth has a rich shopping history. From grand department stores to it's famous old market. Take a look through our galleries and discover how we used to shop in Blyth.
Hedley Young's department store on Bridge Street.
 Marmaris kabab shop on Station Street. Demolished to make way for Morrison's new store. |  Bowes Street/Church Street crossroads with Ebor House (Argos) under construction. |  Martin's bank was on Waterloo Road and was in the same building as the Central cinema. |
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 These shops were situated on Ridley Street. |  The Coop on Marlow Street. |  Factory Fabrics on the corner of Station Street and Regent Street. |
 A view of Seghini's on Burt Street/Regent Street corner. |  These shops on Bridge Street were demolished to make way for the Keel Row shopping centre. |  Looking down Waterloo road pre WW2. The church spire in the picture was blown off in an air raid c1941. |
 This building was Bebside Coop and was situated right next to the level crossing. |  Regent Street, the building on the left became Taplows wine bar. |  The corner of Sussex Street and Plessey Road. Quayside cafe today. |
 A view down Market Street. The Central Cinema is on the right |  Oliver's newsagents on Bridge Street which became Oliver's wine bar. |  Presto supermarket which later became Safeways and finally Morrison's. It was demolished when Morrison's built their new store. |
 These shops on Regent Street were demolished to make way for Morrison's new store development. |  Looking down Burt Street from Regent Street. Segheni's is on the corner and the Gladstone Arms is further along the street. |  The corner of Chancery Lane and Marlow Street. |
 Looking down Regent Street with the Market Place on the left. |  Gibson's on the junction of Park Road and Wensleydale Terrace. |  Looking towards Regent Street along Bowes Street. |
 Entrance to the Coop on Waterloo Road. |  Gilbertson's bakery with the Regent Street branch of Walter Wilsons. |  Waterloo Road. The Methodist Church and Central cinema are shown on the left. |
 The market place corner from Waterloo Road. Note the temporary shops on the left which housed businesses during the Keel Row construction. |  Regent Street with the Blyth and Tyne of the left. |  The Central Methodist Church on the right. All of these buildings are about to be demolished to make way for the Keel Row shopping centre. |
 The junction of Waterloo Road with Regent street. The Central Methodist Church is the imposing building in the centre. |  Bowes Street. The school on the left was replaced by Ebor House which is where Argos was situated. |  Bridge Street with Percy Street on the right. These buildings were demolished to make way for Richard Stannard House. |
 Looking down Bridge Street with the old Post Office on the right and Hedley Young's (Poundstretcher) on the left |  Simpson Street/Regent Street junction. |  The bridge over Regent Street. |
 The bottom of Regent Street when it had a junction with Waterloo Road. |  Market day in the sixties. |  Waterloo Road showing the Central Cinema which stood in the market place. |
 The Coop on Waterloo Road with Northumbria House extension construction underway. |  The Coop on Waterloo Road which became Northumbria House when it was extended. |  The small shop off Front Street in Bebside. Past uses include a motorcycle parts store and a dentists workshop. |
 Station Street undergoing demolition. |  The Keel Row shopping centre under construction. |  Regent Street during the construction of the Keel Row shopping centre. Radio Rentals and a bank occupy the Commercial Hotel which later became Greggs. |
 Church Street with the Methodist church on Waterloo Road. |  Exo cafe on Regent Street. |  A view of Bowes Street with Chisholm's toy store on the right. |
 Carlo's Coffee Shop newt to Butchers general dealer in Briardale Avenue, Cowpen Estate. |
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