Palmers Estate Wallsend

[Hazel Wallis]

Are Palmers Buildings and Palmer Estate the same place. I lived at Palmer Street.

[Guthlac]

Yes, I believe they are.  The article goes on to mention the Riverside railway and Hadrian Road.  I am interested in this area because of family connections with Fourth Street.

[Coffeedrinker]

I lived in Palmers Buildings for the first ten and a half of my life, for our mothers it was a hard life but for us kids it was a great playground.  The terraced houses were self contained two bedroomed one living room and a scullery unit. Water was from a tap at the bottom of the yard and the toilet and coal house were down there too. I learned recently (from a different website) The first three streets were flats but there is no way the rest of the houses started life as Tyneside flats - I currently live in a pair of these converted to a house so I do know the difference. My mother is the lady with the apron at the bottom of the table

[Battlehill-Al]

Hi we lived in 13 Gertrude street 1958 thenmoved to 41 Hadrian road then battle hill

[carolmc]

Hi just browsing. Has anyone considered that Palmers had a massive factory/works in Jarrow and workers there were responsible for the beginings of the Jarrow March. Maybe just a coinsidence? regards carolmc