Hi, I live in South Shields and Barker Terrace is part of what is now Westoe Road. It is the block which runs from the corner of Erskine Road up to the Town Hall and the street name is still visible. You can see it on Google Maps, it's on the wall - (just above the opticians).
There's a nice photo of Barker Terrace here -
https://southtynesidehistory.co.uk/archive/photographs/architecture/shops/619146-westoe-road?q=barker%20terrace#prettyPhoto
I've seen an earlier photo from the turn of the century with all shops below and flats/houses above. Did your family own a shop on Barker Terrace? There was also a very large and well known Co op store, on the end closest to the Town Hall.
Bath Street ran directly between Mile End Road and Baring Street. Sadly, none of it has survived as far as I know. It is where Coston Drive is now and runs behind what is now the Morrisons supermarket car park. I think most of it was knocked down in the 60s and whatever was left probably went when the supermarket was built in the 1980s.
It would have been quite a busy, bustling street though with the old railway station and lots of shops, pubs and a theatre nearby.
There is a photo from the 80s which shows the corner of Baring Street and Coston Drive.
It's quite hard to make out but you can just see the street name for Coston Drive above the shop, with the older one for Bath Street above .
https://southtynesidehistory.co.uk/archive/photographs/streets/south-shields/619541-baring-street-bath-street-and-coston-drive?q=baring%20street
Hope that helps a bit!
Hello Lemon Barley, many, many thanks for locating Barker Terrace for me, I would have walked along Westoe Rd. and passed Barker Terrace before without knowing. I also had ancestors who lived on Percy St. and Claypath Lane (with the beautiful Britannia pub) and have taken photos of those streets from Westoe Rd.
Whenever I visit the north east (I'm from Newcastle but have lived in Australia for many years) I spend time in SS/Westoe and take photos of the streets/houses that ancestors lived in (if they still exist) or where they used to be. You get a nice feeling when you walk on the same footpaths as your ancestors did. With the family tree expanding there are always new streets to discover and photo (hence the question).
I was once told that if you are walking around a cemetery where ancestors are buried then photograph all the gravestones with family names on them. I have walked around all of Westoe & Harton cemeteries (some feat) and have over 100 photos, out of them over a dozen (at the moment) are of ancestors.
I have been through South Tyneside council old photos, would never have found the Westoe Rd./Barker Terrace one as it comes under Westoe Rd. I had seen the one for Baring St (Bath St) and that is why I thought it might have originally been part of Baring Rd. now I know. No family owned business on Barker Terrace, just an ancestor living in one of the flats.
Helped a bit? it has helped a lot, I appreciate it.
Paul
