Allendale Town - Circa 1930
Allendale School group, photographed in the front playground of the Board school backing onto Shilburn road.
Location: Shilburn
Allendale Town - Circa 1960
Forstersteads House. Previously the farmhouse of Fostersteads house, much of the land was sold for building up Shilburn. The house remained inhabited until county council pulled it down to make way for the new Fire Station in the c.1970s.
Allendale Town - June 1978
Shilburn Towers, Allendale. This had been Allendale’s workhouse before it closed in 1881.
Allendale Town - Date Unknown
The ‘Thacky’ – a heather thatched cottage on Shilburn Road – site of the present school car park.
Allendale Town - Date Unknown
Tommy Shield’s father – Thomas Carrick Shield – using a single horse mowing machine to get in the hay at Far House Farm, Shilburn. This field is now the playing field of Allendale Primary School.
Allendale Town - Date Unknown
Thomas Carrick Shield – Tommy Shield’s father – with bull at Far House Farm, Shilburn in Allendale Town.
Allendale Town - Circa 1905
‘Old Thacky’ up Shilburn – now the site of the old First School car park.
Allendale Town - Date Unknown
The thatched cottage at Forsterstead – nicknamed the ‘thackie’ it was pulled down in the 1950s and subsequently the site was redeveloped as Allendale Medical Centre.
Allendale Town - May 1973
The ruins of the old ‘thacky’ – the thatched cottage and oven on Shilburn, Allendale
Allendale Town - Date Unknown
Thomas Carrick Shield – Tommy Shield’s father – with bull at Far House Farm, Shilburn in Allendale Town.
