The Borough or Boro Theatre opened in 1909 decorated in red plush, ornate plasterwork with a white marble staircase. An earlier theatre, the Theatre Royal (known as the Corned Beef Tin) in Portugal Place had burnt down four years earlier. Davison and James designed the Boro. It was built by the owner Councillor Joseph Duffy, who was elected Mayor of Wallsend in November 1909. He died whilst in office in July 1910. The theatre was later converted to a cinema and was bought by the Gaumont chain in 1946. It closed in 1960 and re-opened as a bingo hall in 1962. The lower floor and foyer became an amusement arcade {1}. In 2006 and again in August 2009 the theatre was put forward for listing but was not added to the list due to the alterations to the exterior and because the interior was not thought to be of the outstanding quality or intactness necessary to compensate for the lack of interest to the exterior.
The Borough Theatre was designed and constructed in 1909 by J. Fleming Davidson & Charles Dearman James. Minor alterations took place in 1911 and 1935, including the addition of an operating box associated with its conversion to cinema use. A bioscope box was added by cinema architects Steinlet & Dixon in 1919. In 1946 the cinema was sold to the Gaumont chain and was renovated in 1949. The cinema closed in 1960 and reopened as a bingo hall in 1962. A suspended ceiling was added to the auditorium. By 1985 part of the first floor was converted into an amusement arcade. Separate music studios were built within the eastern end of the building and a small retail unit in the west end. The exterior had many of the ornamental details depicted in historic photographs removed at an unknown date.
The theatre is built of red brick with stone dressings. It fronts onto the street with a concave curve. The ground floor to the front and side is ashlar. Much of the front has been altered to form an amusement arcade with resultant loss of the ground-floor exterior. Pilasters rise above to roof level. The windows are original small-paned sashes and altered larger panes. There are numerous blocked openings. To the left of the main façade is a second floor arched and pilastered recess containing a window and balcony with wrought iron balustrade flanked by taller windows.
The interior of the theatre has been altered at the front ground floor and in the eastern section (music studios) with the loss of original features and the insertion of a partition. The auditorium retains original features including the stage, two curving balconies, boxes, proscenium and ceiling with much decorative plasterwork. The cantilevered upper balcony has benches. The auditorium ceiling incorporates an ornate original ‘sunburner’ gaslight. Gas lighting within theatres was introduced in the early 19th century and by the mid 19th century the gas plate became a common feature in the wings as it expanded the possibilities for lighting effects. Electric lighting was introduced into theatres from the 1880s, but it was unreliable and expensive and so gas lighting remained commonplace into the 20th century. The stage houses a gas plate lighting control for the sunburner and emergency gas lighting system. Between the boxes and the stage are niches with female figures standing in classical surrounds. Beneath the auditorium and stage are extensive cellars. Above the stage is a fly tower with wooden galleries and pulley mechanism intact. The main staircase is marble. Two rooms at the front of the upper floor have decorative coving and ceiling plasterwork and doors. The decorative scheme of the auditorium is of high quality. A photographic record was undertaken by Spence and Dower in 2010.

Former hotel, now many retail units. Badly altered. Interesting faience frontage. Shown on Ordnance Survey third edition.

Opened 9th November 1936 as a cinema. The Forest Hall and District Amateur Operatic Society performed here. Converted to a Bingo Hall in 1961. Damaged by air raids during the war. Unusual interior layout - seats run at right angles to the road with the screen being on right hand side of building as viewed from Forest Hall Road. This arrangement was adopted to save the housing behind when it was constructed.

Perfect example of a traditional seaside ice cream parlour. One of the very few remnants of Whitley Bay's heyday as a popular seaside resort. This landmark building is much loved by generations of locals and visitors. Edwardian seafront leisure facilities in brick with Diocletian windows. An atmosphere of time gone by. Internal lighting, floor coverings and counter survive. Shown on Ordnance Survey 4th edition.

Seventy-bedroom hotel on The Promenade. Once home to a popular folk club. A host of well known musicians played here in the early days of their careers, including Gerry Rafferty, Billy Connolly, Ralph McTell and Lindisfarne, who 'came home' for the club's 1970 Christmas party following the release of their first album, "Nicely Out of Tune". The hotel had quite small beginnings. In December 1906 the Waverley Hotel Company submitted a planning application for a temperance hotel. It was one of a chain, the others being located in Barrow, Whitehaven and Penrith. Over the next ten years, the Waverley Hotel swallowed up the neighbouring houses on the Promenade and vacant land on South Parade. A 1920s pamphlet described the Waverley as one of the largest and most up-to-date private residential hotels on the North East coast. It then had 150 bedrooms and a heated garage. Behind there was a private tennis court. In 1937 the hotel obtained a license to sell alcohol for the first time and about the same time changed its name to the Rex Hotel.

An impressive decorative structure, circa 1925. Complete with name, its inter-war white faience façade stretching around the corner site. Burtons is now part of a national chain known as the Arcadia Group.
In 1903, Montague Burton was only 18 years old when he borrowed £100 from a relative to open the Cross-Tailoring Company in Chesterfield. "Good clothes develop a man's self-respect," was one of Burton's insights. He was dedicated to providing high quality made-to-measure suits at a reasonable price, revolutionizing the industry with his promise of "A five guinea suit for 55 shillings." At the start of World War I, production changed from suits to uniforms which clothed nearly a quarter of the armed forces. By 1929 Burton had four hundred shops, factories, and mills when the company went public. Montague Burton was knighted in 1931 for his efforts in "furthering industrial relations and international peace." He was appointed Justice of the Peace, a post he held for many years. His ambition was not only to clothe the nation and to raise the bar on the quality of life for his employees, but also to co-operate and collaborate with those working for the advancement of culture and education worldwide.
The House of Burton played a major role in creating the United Nations Association. In 1934, the Princess Royal Mary visited the Burton factory in Leeds where she met throngs of cheering factory girls and complimented Sir Montague on his magnificent achievement in creating a pioneering welfare system for the workers. On the eve of World War II, The House of Burton again turned to the production of uniforms for the troops. After the war, Burton produced a suit for war veterans nicknamed "The Full Monty". In 1952 Sir Montague passed away. At the time of his death the company was the largest multiple tailor in the world.

Built between 1921 and 1930. Also known as the Gaumont Cinema and Empire Theatre. Later Sylvester's Nightclub.

Dilapidated concrete bunker with corrugated metal roof. This was the Operational Base of Kibblesworth Auxiliary Unit Patrol which was part of Area No. 3 (along with Hetton, Haswell, Wheatley Hill, Washington and Birtley). Area No. 3 was commanded by Captain A C J Burningham. The patrol was formed in 1941. The patrol targets were Kibblesworth Bombing Decoy site, the East Coast main railway line, the Consett to Sunderland railway and the Tanfield Railway, local roads and bridges. The patrol members were trained locally and at Middleton on the Wolds. An Operational Base is an underground structure intended for use by members of the British Resistance Organisation in the event of invasion. GHQ (General Headquarters) Auxiliary Units were specially trained secret units. Winston Churchill appointed Colonel Colin Gubbins to form the units in summer 1940. Auxilliers were recruited from the Home Guard. The men were trained on weekend courses at Coleshill House near Highworth, Wiltshire, in the arts of guerrilla warfare including assassination, unarmed combat, demolition and sabotage. They were trained in explosives - fire pots, time pencils, cordite, ordinary fuses. The unit was equipped with revolvers, rubber truncheons, sten guns, rifles, commando knives, blasting gelignite explosives, fire pots with time pencils, cordite wasp fuse cord, grenades and sticky bombs. Each Patrol was a self-contained cell, expected to be self-sufficient and operationally autonomous in the case of invasion, generally operating within a 15-mile radius. They were provided with a concealed underground Operational Base (OB), usually built by the Royal Engineers in a local woodland, with a camouflaged entrance and emergency escape tunnel; it is thought that 400 to 500 such Obs were constructed. All patrol members were issued with a cyanide capsule and were instructed to use it if wounded or captured to avoid compromising local residents.

In 1924 Watergate Colliery (HER 7000) was opened by Priestman Collieries Ltd, who built the Broom Lane Housing Scheme at Whickham to house the miners. The architects were Watson & Scott from 160 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle. A designated path led from the estate to the colliery (HER 9302). The estate comprised 146 houses. Many of the miners were from Chester Moor and Waldridge Fell where Priestman had collieries.

Priestman Collieries Ltd built a designated footpath from their Broom Lane housing estate (HER 9303) to Watergate Colliery (HER 7000) to ensure that the miners got to work on time. The cobbled path still survives as do the 'miners steps' built of colliery bricks stamped with the letters 'APC' and concrete. There is a second set of steps, recently uncovered by park volunteers, again built of bricks with sections of stone and concrete, but less well-preserved. There is also another path NZ 2122 6039 to NZ 2168 5983 also from Broom Lane.