Plessey Avenue Blyth

[Zapofet94]

I wondered if anyone had information about Plessey Avenue, in the early part of the 20th century?

Land was sold by Viscount Ridley in about 1911 and I think houses were built and habitable by around 1913, but any other details about plans/builders would be great. I have a few names - land was bought by William Swann, Earnest Mitchell and William Young.

In 1911 I can only find two houses listed on Plessey Avenue, but they don't have numbers. And only half of Hedley Avenue appears to have been built (East side of Plessey Avenue) by then, so I think Plessey Avenue and the Western half of Hedley Avenue must have been built around the same time?

Thanks  

[maddys52]

Hello Zapofet94 and welcome to RootsChat.

There is this advertisement in the Morpeth Herald , Saturday,  Oct. 2, 1909 for "making up" and sewering Plessey Avenue.

[Zapofet94]

Oh that's brilliant, thank you! I've looked in the Blyth News but not any further afield, so hadn't see that

[maddys52]

You're welcome Zapofet94. 
Still looking to see if I can find anything about the buildings on the avenue.

[TriciaK]

https://www.google.com/maps/@55.121776,-1.5079046,3a,75y,184.06h,89.95t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCfgSv0o2bYFgdfum8j-zQg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
We lived near there in the 30s to 50s.
My Mum had a friend whose mother had a shop on that corner, general stores etc. They had an air raid shelter which we shared as we didn't have one.
I think the mother's name was Wood. I liked to go there as she sold sweets (40s).

[Zapofet94]

https://www.google.com/maps/@55.121776,-1.5079046,3a,75y,184.06h,89.95t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCfgSv0o2bYFgdfum8j-zQg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
We lived near there in the 30s to 50s.
My Mum had a friend whose mother had a shop on that corner, general stores etc. They had an air raid shelter which we shared as we didn't have one.
I think the mother's name was Wood. I liked to go there as she sold sweets (40s).

Aw, lovely. Do you remember anything about the shop on the opposite corner? It used to be a shop and sub post office. I've heard that someone I'm trying to find out about used to run it, but she lived in another house on Plessey Avenue. Her family had the shop in about 1920, then the Turnbulls ran it and then apparently she took over?

[TriciaK]

I could have got it wrong and Mrs. Wood's shop was on the opposite corner. I was born in 1936.
I have a vague memory of 'Turnbull's paper shop'.   
As for when the houses were built someone with knowledge of building methods and styles should help.
From the google map photos they look quite modern to me, built to last as with The Avenues, near where we lived on Kingsway, opposite Blyth Spartans pitch.

[Kath Boon]

When the houses were first built, the area was known as Little Grimsby.  My grandmother said it was because a lot of the residents were seafaring people.  How true that is I am not sure.  My g.uncle and g.aunt used to live at No 7 (I think), the were called John and Lizzie Johnson