Plaque 1939-45 Westside Club

Westside Club, 6 WestSside Avenue, Harton. NE34 6QU. NZ 37597 64324.

1939-45

Metal plaque on oak pattress.

Pro Patria
1939-45
(Names)

Plaque, shield shaped, 13 inches high x 9 inches wide (354mm x 226mm), set on an oak pattress with the same shape.

At the top are the Words “Pro Patria” in Old English lettering. The rest is in Roman capitals.

1. The club was started in 1934 by a group of local business and professional men who called a meeting at premises at 100 Dacre Street in the town, with the aim of forming a social club at Harton. Premises were secured in West Avenue at an annual rent of £40.

Photo: James Pasby

Shields Gazette
25/10/2011 reports presence of a plaque.

James Pasby;
Janis Blower (South Shields Gazette);
Terry Ford

See Lieutenant Noel Page’s Every Name a Story entry.

See Leading Aircraftsman Philip Zarraga’s Every Name A Story entry.

See 2nd Mate Thomas Milburn Scott’s Every Name A Story entry.

See Private Hector Archibald Rawlings’s Every Name a Story entry.