Memorial

Mural Zeppelin raid 1915 Bus Station underpass

Jarrow

Memorial Name: Mural Zeppelin raid 1915 Bus Station underpass (J2.54)

NEWMP Ref No.: J2.54

Parish: Jarrow

Original Location:

Underpass to Jarrow Bus Station at the Viking Centre

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled November 2018 by Cllr. Coun Ken Stephenson, Mayor of South Tyneside, and Cathy Stephenson, the Mayoress.

Materials Used:

Painted on plastered walls.

Who Commissioned:

YMCA Central Jarrow Detached Youth Project

Memorial Description:

Mural stretching all along both sides of the underpass to the bus station.

Scenes include scrolls bearing the names of those killed when a Zeppelin bomb hit the Palmers’ Shipyard; a depiction of the buildings in flames; stylized boats; and a Zeppelin bomb.

Names:

16 full names.
See transcript.

Notes:

A panel reads:
Zeppelin Raid
Jarrow 15th June 1915
In Memorial of those that died
in Palmers Yard.

Designed and painted by members of the
YMCA Central Jarrow Detached Youth Project
Ashleigh Nixon Clarke
Grace McNulty
Keenan Hatch
Demi Lee Scott
Kayla Ford
Deni Leigh Haigh
Emily Miller
Lucy Miller

Supported by Artists
Faye Oliver and Anthony Downie

Thanks to
Heritage Lottery Fund
South Tyneside Council
YMCA North Tyneside
Big Local Central Jarrow
Community Arts Project North East