Author: Peter Witham

Miners ‘Life 7

One of the first areas of Hetton to be developed was the Four Lane Ends. This area housed many miners who worked at the nearby Hetton Colliery (Lyons) on the Murton Lane. The New Inn can be seen on the extreme right of the photograph.

By 1910, when this photo was taken, the Market Street area of Hetton was a long established community with a full range of shops, pubs, chapels etc. serving the Downs area of the town. The photo taken from the Caroline Street end shows Walter Willsons shop on the right. Today this area of Hetton has little changed although a different range of shops still carry out the same duties as they did more than a century ago.