Jesmond 1950 - present day

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Throughout the 20th centry, popular shopping centres had developed in Acorn Road and on Jesmond Road near the Cradlewell. These had led to thriving centres of commerce. A few office based businesses had also established themselves in some of the larger houses, particularly accountants and other professionals. Several schools (including three along Tankerville Terrace alone) and medical centres also create a busy self contained suburb. The string of hotels along Osborne Road have slowly expanded their bars so that by 2002 the pub life in Osborne Road had become legendary among the party and clubbing drinkers of the City. There was great concern at the end of the 90's over a plan to run a stretch of the busy "Coast Road" under the Jesmond shopping area near the bridges over Jesmond Dene. Several trees were threatened along with some of the open space that remained between the road and the Dene. However, the result is greater separation between road and pedestrians and a quieter walk from those homes in Jesmond Vale to the shops and rest of Jesmond.     Another local web site by Tim Pickford-Jones gives some interesting history and information about the changing face of Jesmond and central Newcastle, and with many fine photographs.