Just some of our archive photos of life at Hartlepool's former Jesmond Road Primary School.placeholder image
Just some of our archive photos of life at Hartlepool's former Jesmond Road Primary School.

Remember the Jezzy Jailhouse? 21 nostalgic photos from Hartlepool's Jesmond Road Primary School

By Gavin Ledwith
Published 10th Oct 2023, 13:33 GMT
Updated 10th Nov 2025, 14:21 GMT

It was affectionately nicknamed the Jezzy Jailhouse as it was one of Hartlepool’s oldest standing schools.

Jesmond Road Primary School welcomed tens of thousands of pupils through its doors between 1902 and 2011 before it relocated to the opposite end of the same road and was renamed Jesmond Gardens Primary School.

Do you recognise anyone in these nostalgic photos from our digital archives?

Jesmond Road Primary School's Nativity cast in 2010.

5. Nativity play

Jesmond Road Primary School's Nativity cast in 2010. Photo: National World

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A Jesmond Road school football team picture from 1959.

6. Football photo

A Jesmond Road school football team picture from 1959. Photo: National World

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Pupils, in blue, at a swimming gala in 2011.

7. Swimming stars

Pupils, in blue, at a swimming gala in 2011. Photo: Chris Armstrong

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New starters at Jesmond Road in 2004.

8. First class

New starters at Jesmond Road in 2004. Photo: FLR

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