A time capsule of life in a Tyneside shipbuilding town in the early years of the last century has been discovered.
Many of the items in an album relate to Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd in Jarrow and its founder Sir Charles Mark Palmer, twice mayor of Jarrow and also its MP. The album was compiled by Andrew W Young, who lived at Croft Terrace in Jarrow and may have worked at the Palmers company.
Sir Charles extended his shipbuilding enterprise at Jarrow, with blast furnaces, steelworks, rolling-mills and engine works, and was involved in major developments in the town such as its hospital and new Town Hall. The album contains invites and memorabilia to events such as the town hall opening in 1904, warship launches and the unveiling of the statue to Sir Charles in 1903.
