{"id":10314,"date":"2023-07-16T21:03:29","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T21:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/?page_id=10314"},"modified":"2023-07-16T21:03:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T21:03:29","slug":"3-railway-inn-waterfront","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/?page_id=10314","title":{"rendered":"03 &#8211; Railway\/Waterfront"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Railway was originally called the Brighton Beach and it was first mentioned as a pub in 1821 when George Marchbank was the licensee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It became The Railway in 1844 named after the Low Station which was just behind the pub.&nbsp; It was rebuilt about 1890.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pubs-Heritage-03-Railway-02-1983_Ken_Lubi_STH0004624.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10318\" style=\"border-width:4px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Railway, 1983 (Lubi, South Tyneside Libraries, STH0004624)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was a Tetley\u2019s pub this was never a popular brewery in South Shields compared to Scottish and Newcastle.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pubs-Heritage-03-Railway-03-1980s-Bardwell_STH0003568.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10319\" style=\"border-width:4px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Railway, 1980s (Bardwell, South Tyneside Libraries, STH0003568)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harry and Isobel Mallett were very popular mine hosts of the Railway between 1987 and 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pubs-Heritage-03-Railway-1989-Ron-Lawson-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10363\" style=\"border-width:4px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">1989 (Ron Lawson, Sunderland Antiquarian Society)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It closed about 1997 and then became The Waterfront in 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Railway is called The Mil Dam now.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sources:<br>Licensing Records<br>Terry Ford<br>Trade Directories<br><br>Photos:<br>Ron Lawson, Sunderland Antiquarian Society<br>South Tyneside Libraries<br>Terry Ford<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Railway was originally called the Brighton Beach and it was first mentioned as a pub in 1821 when George Marchbank was the licensee. It became The Railway in 1844 named after the Low Station which was just behind the pub.&nbsp; It was rebuilt about 1890. It was a Tetley\u2019s&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/?page_id=10314\" class=\"readmore\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;03 &#8211; Railway\/Waterfront&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":10238,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10314","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10314\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}