A church, situated opposite the Byker Wall in Newcastle, celebrated its 40th anniversary.
Meeting in a corrugated-iron hall, Welbeck Road Evangelical Church started under Newcastle City Mission. Over 50 attended the Sunday School, many coming from the surrounding estates which were to be made famous by the BBC children’s television programme Byker Grove.
A permanent structure was built in the 1930s, although it did not become an independent church until 1979.
