Dining Room and Four Cottages Pelaw Gateshead for CWS

Pelaw was a major factory complex of the Co-operative Wholesale Society, which grew up along the length of the Shields Road. This mile long stretch of red brick industry was home to factories making clothing and textiles, furniture, pharmaceuticals, household cleaning products, quilts, books and magazines and the world famous "Pelaw" shoe polish.

Reference           Building News 7 February 1902 Page 222 - contracts