Joyce Marti at North Shields Central Library has kindly provided this photo of Cleveland Villa, featured in the Shields Evening News of 13/12/38 at the time of its adoption as the ARP headquarters.
Joyce reports that…
It is not known when the Cleveland Villa was demolished, but the Adult Training Centre was built around 1970.
Other snippets from newspapers:
11.3.1949: Cleveland Villa Children’s Nursery – opening ceremony.
28.4.1967: Cleveland Villa, formerly the headquarters of the Society for Mentally Handicapped Children was vacated 3 months ago.