Allendale (East Allen) - 1965
The former Allendale railway station finding a new use as a caravan park from the 1960s onwards.
The former Allendale railway station finding a new use as a caravan park from the 1960s onwards.
Allendale Railway Station. Also known as ‘Catton Road’ station it operated from 1869-1950.
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Catton (left). The house to the centre was nicknamed in the first years of the 20th century – for obvious reasons – as ‘the Signal Box’,
Railway Station at Catton. Opened in 1865 and ran passenger trains from 1869 – 1930. Finally closed in 1950.
German prisoners of war. Huts were built on land behind the Methodist chapel. They returned to Germany in 1947.
Trucks being loaded with coal at Allendale Station (also known as Catton Road station).
Catton village green. The Methodist Chapel, built in 1871, and Orchard House in the background.
A difficult delivery for the postmen through the winter snow, pictured at Red Well near Catton. Left to right: Lawrence Smith, George Taylor, Joe Sanderson
Thought to be either: W. Dinning of Highfield, Catton, or Norman Walton, Bank Manager.
Catton village centre. School building on far right Village water pump inside the enclosure.
Primitive Methodist chapel at Lanefoot, Catton. Built in 1882, it is still used today (2003). An earlier church, long since demolished, stood on a site at the opposite side of the road.