A wonderful 'movie' trip down memory lane  from Patrick Brennan of Jarrow
This clip records an outing from the Lord Nelson public house Jarrow, to Heworth golf click to playcourse around 1955. It reveals that very few of the participants were serious golfers. Points to look our for include: the Hall Brothers coach in which they travelled; the old clubhouse buildings which originally stood at Jarrow Golf Course (Jarrow golf course was mostly in Hebburn it occupied what was then open ground between the Lakes and the Pontop line) and the pit heaps at Follonsby Colliery (opened 1911, closed 1974).
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"My grandfather, Wilfred Brennan, experimented with cine photography in the 1950s, taking movies of family, friends and workmates. Some of the footage he shot has survived to this day. The clips on this page have been heavily edited to reduce them to a manageable size; I am indebted to my cousin, Anthony Connolly, who transcribed the original cine films into digital format.
"I remember Heworth golf course well - I used to drive the tractor there when I was about seven years old - sitting on the green keeper's knee". Patrick Brennan
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Five stills from the above film. Click a thumb to view them.


"Heworth" is a fairly flat parkland course, with a course yardage of 6404 yds, 18 holes, par 71. The course was founded in 1911. It as had a few different club houses before the present club house and shop were built. At the time the above film was taken the course would have been only 9 holes.