Photo will probably have been taken when Dyke House School was opened in 1945 having been built just before WW2. The road in the middle leading up to Dyke House School is Mapleton Road (then called Hart Street being changed in 1967 because of another Hart Street on the Headland) The school in the foreground is the original Brougham which is now an enterprise centre.

The road on the right is Milbank Road which at the time did not reach Powlett Road. The new factory in Powlett Road is Prices Tailors, the first factory opened on the trading estate in 1945.  The roundabout where Easington, Raby and Powlett Roads and Winterbottom Ave meet had not been constructed and would later be  in the top left.

Aerial view of Dyke House School. The gas works can be seen in the background. The white building is Price Tailors, the first factory on the trading estate.

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Taken around 1938-9, the image shows the construction of Dyke House School. In the background, St Oswald's Church tower is clearly visible as is the water tower in Middleton Road. THe school was built but as World War 2 began, it was used as a billet for troops.

This photo seems to have been taken on the Bull Field (where the Civic Centre now stands). It could be a race, or possibly a Cycling Proficiency test. The pupils are from Dyke House and Jesmond Road Schools. 

A mixed class of boys and girls at Dyke House in 1958. Janet Stonehouse is to the left of the teacher. 

Dyke House girls, 1961. Maureen Hamilton (later Ledington) is third from the left in the second row. Their teacher was Miss Beryl Reed (not shown). 

As an aside, Gillian was in the C class because the B class was full so the school put the first four on the register down a class!

A class of Dyke House Boys, circa 1948.

Dyke House Secondary Modern School Girls - Form 1B, 1949.

Dyke House Secondary Modern School, Form IB, July 1951.

Dyke House Secondary Modern School Girls - Form 3B, 1951.

Dyke House girls, 1961. Their teacher, Miss Beryl Reed, is in the back row on the right. Maureen Hamilton (later Ledington) is third from the left in the second row. 

Dyke House Girls 1962

The girls are standing beside their 1953 display.

This shows the main entrance to the school decorated for the 1943 Coronation.

Dyke House School photograph of form 3A in 1949.

Margaret Bevil is front row second from the right.

Dyke House School class 2b, 1955. Teacher Miss. Bolton.

Dyke House Secondary modern 1954/55.

As part of the curriculum, Dyke House girls were taught 'home' skills. Here are some girls hanging out washing in the coutyard area around 1954.

An undated photograph of Dyke House School ahead of ground improvements.

The photo shows boys at Dyke House School in costumes to perform HMS Pinafore. Gerald (Ged) Moore is on the far right and another of the boys is Hilton Stockwell. Very fetching they look too !

Miss Armstrong, a teacher at Dyke Hose School, standing beside a Bee Line coach in 1963, the 'bee' motif visible on her right.

Photo shows Gerald(Ged) Moore on the right and Derek Evans on the left in the Art Department of Dyke House School. Both boys went on to be local musicians.

In 1954, teachers in the town were learning about PT as it was then called. Here, boys from Dyke House School demonstrate their skill on the wall bars.