When I was seven my father put me in the breeches buoy, put his jacket over me in case I was splashed, and they pulled me ashore. For the passenger seat there was just a beer crate with a cushion on. It was taken in 1962. The store cloed in 2008. Why? In 1860 Frith began supplying photos to retailers. See the You cleaned your teeth with salt. We would go three or four times a week, sometimes twice on Monday. I was allowed to walk under the bellies of the 'Gentle Giants' and help feed them. old photos of south shields. Once you collected your wood it was a simple task of fitting it together and once launched you just used a couple of pieces of timber for paddles. When you need a smoke and you are both a kid and skint, dog end collecting sure saved the day. A new book recalls the vibrant era of the 1950s when South Shields, like other towns, began looking forward after the dark days of war, Sign up for our free newsletter on Dave Morton's nostalgia and local history stories sent direct to your inbox. Coming home from school, I turned into our street to see a huge silver barage balloon wedged sideways in the street. It is on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. The arcade of Callers store, Newcastle upon Tyne. South Shields plays host to an annual free summer festival and each autumn the town is the seaside finish to the week as well as public gala shows at the Customs House. Located between the excellently refurbished Marine Park (fantastic children's Park and a boating lake with swans and ducks) and the brilliant beach (with skate Park , basket ball courts). We often had natural creamy ice-cream in the 1940s winters. Wed be delighted to hear from you. [101][102] They rose to the fourth tier National League Two. The butter boat used to go past our front room window. Revenue impacts the experiences featured on this page, Ask emmar00 about Ocean Beach Pleasure Park, Ask julie a about Ocean Beach Pleasure Park, Ask Davyt76 about Ocean Beach Pleasure Park, Ask Geordiefatther about Ocean Beach Pleasure Park, Ask PixieLouLou1 about Ocean Beach Pleasure Park. Nexus also plans to open two new stations at Harton and Cleadon, raising the number of metro stations within the town from four to six. One winters day the travellers were so cosy in the waiting room that they were unaware of the train having stopped, and then moved on! Timber yards, the prop yard and the river were the playgrounds of the children living there. Here are This photograph shows the festive window of Binns department store in Newcastle upon Tyne. I used to wonder why she had never married again. North Shields We covered the shelter with soil from the park and my dad put an armour plated door on it. 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s. 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s. Beware of the pointed finger - you could never tell if it was loaded! celebrations-events childhood house-home my-life pastimes-entertainment schooldays shops-shopping wartime working-life. Thirty-two commemorative stones were laid that day. Gustav, our milkman, was a minesweeper sailor from Konigsberg. It is the fourth largest settlement in Tyne and Wear; after Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland and Gateshead.[1]. The 'Institute' had a Reading Room library and a billiard room with two full-sized tables. When I was a young girl, I lived in Fourth Street, Down by the shipyards. The Kppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Cfb" (Marine West Coast Climate/Oceanic climate).[15]. Gas was 1d in a slot machine which was collected every three months and you also got a rebate back. Recently, the town were also represented by Harton & Westoe C.W. Historically in County Durham, the town has a population of 75,337, the third largest in Tyneside after Newcastle and Gateshead. Gradually throughout the late 20th century, the coal and shipbuilding industries were closed during the Thatcher political era, due to competitive pressures from more cost-effective sources of energy (including workers) and more efficient shipbuilding elsewhere in Eastern Europe (e.g. See 15 rare images of South Shields from the 1920s to the 1990s which will feature as part of a screening at The Customs House in January, Muhammad Ali visit in 1977: one of the fascinating images from the bill going on show at The Customs House in South Shields, Places and faces 1954 - Marsden Rock: one of the fascinating images from the bill going on show at The Customs House in South Shields, South Shields Road Safety (c.1950) - one of the fascinating images from the bill going on show at The Customs House in South Shields, The Passing of a Tyne ferry - one of the fascinating images from the bill going on show at The Customs House in South Shields, The Passing of a Tyne ferry 1972 - one of the fascinating images from the bill going on show at The Customs House in South Shields, Catherine Cookson - one of the fascinating images from the bill going on show at The Customs House in South Shields, Palmers Hebburn: one of the fascinating images from the bill going on show at The Customs House in South Shields, My River Tyne, 1986: one of the fascinating images from the bill going on show at The Customs House in South Shields, A World of My Own, James Mitchell 1969 - one of the fascinating images from the bill going on show at The Customs House in South Shields, Opening of the St. Aloysius Infant School, Hebburn - a fascinating image from the bill going on show at The Customs House in South Shields, South Shields road safety, circa 1950: one of the fascinating images from the bill going on show at The Customs House in South Shields, Palmers Hebburn, 1949: one of the fascinating images from the bill going on show at The Customs House in South Shields, Popworld launch 'search' for Newcastle United fan with offer of free bar tab after flag tribute, Popworld Newcastle took to Facebook in a bid to track down a NUFC fan who was at the Manchester City game, Iceland announce closures of UK stores from today - full list, A UK staple since 1970, several of the frozen food stores will be shutting up shop for good over the next few weeks, 'It feels great!' It shows the gift display in a ladies fashion shop on Saville Row, Newcastle upon Tyne. This is a 35mm slide. Shipbuilding (along with coal mining), previously a monopoly of the Freemen of Newcastle, became another prominent industry in the town, with John Readhead & Sons Shipyard the largest. We ran races along the sands and played cricket and rounders. Save. A third time was not required most of the time as us kids used to put our full weight on the mangle rolling handle to get it to turn, often with your feet off the ground, bouncing like mad to get it to turn. 1968/69 SOUTH SHIELDS V GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY - NPL CUP. For two seasons 190203 and 190304 the town also had a semi-professional rugby league club, South Shields who played at Horsley Hill while the club competed on the second division of the Northern Union. Miss Purdy would take a few of us girls to her home, to show us how tea should be taken. It was a messy job but we got extra pocket money for it. We only had three tin hats, so we had to supply white paper serviettes that they put on their heads first. childhood house-home my-life pastimes-entertainment wartime. My first recollection of WW2 is standing at the door with my mam watching the searchlights. for our site. And, if youre honest, youll just drag up from the depths all the times youve hated or felt passionately about something and play it. We would eat the eggs no matter what state they were in. We're they prominent Jewelers? Sometimes, just for the hell of it, we would go looking for a chase. I was getting married that year, so I wasnt really bothered about the war! Can you imagine what our teachers had to put up with. It was taken in 1963. Everyone would be off their seats riding along with the cowboys or flying along with Rocket Man, screaming and shouting at the bad guys. She found four happy children covered in mud and also the walls and ceiling of the sty had been redecorated in mud. Thankfully, only three people were injured including the leading fireman. flexible offerings for business. Reflecting on a time of change for the Albert Edward Dock. My grandmother never drank, but always carried a miniature bottle of brandy in her shopping bag for medicinal purposes. While, the 1860s-built Criterion, on Ocean Road, closed in 2012 to become a Ladbrokes bookmaker, before reopening in 2018 after enjoying a major refurbishment recreating how it originally looked in. I couldnt wish it on my worst enemy or anybody in the world. We were young and indestructible. In 2001, the population of South Shields was 82,854. Copyright Frith Content Inc 1998-2023. The Callers department store name is spelt out in festive lights. Right lads, give it plenty of wind. NRA 23979 Maude and Ogden families of Sunderland: corresp and papers. We had crinolines made out of crepe paper and soldier's jackets made out of a piece of red mattress covering. Play in the arcades or the I remember being taken upstairs to the ward by "a woman" in a white coat, shouting as I went, "I hate you, I want my Mammy". For people new to Burradon, the Camels Hump was a large heap next to the ash path bordering the Welfare. [105] It is currently held by Emma Lewell-Buck who won the seat in a by-election held on 3 May 2013 which had been triggered by the retirement from politics of the previous incumbent David Miliband, who had served as Foreign Secretary in the government of Gordon Brown. Industries have come and gone, and the physical make-up of the town is much altered. Hills the hardware shop was an Aladdins cave. It was taken in 1965. It was taken in 1962. Barley was stewed in the brown earthenware dish and the liquid was deliciously pink in the morning. We would walk for miles around Forest Hall selling fish. I used to do shopping for other people, and Id get a 1d for going. 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s, You went along to the dairy and bought your milk from the churn. This is a 35mm slide. These industries played a fundamental part in creating wealth both regionally and nationally. NRA 36017 Martin Luther Church, Newcastle upon Tyne link to online catalogue. I was lucky enough to land a job selling both the Chronicle and Gazette papers for a man called Johnny. [6] In 1644 Parliament's Scottish Covenanter allies, in a lengthy battle, seized the town and its Royalist fortification,[5] the fortification was close to the site of the original Roman fort. Carried out with complete disregard for his own personal safety. They handed over their wages every week and an allowance was given to each of them. Harking back to Christmas past now, with these photographs of Christmas shop fronts and high street scenes of Newcastle upon Tyne and South Shields in the 1960s. They kept their handsome horses upstairs and their carriages downstairs. Only one bomb hit us, but horribly it was plumb on the focsle. The children rode the bicycle over 100 miles to the nearest port and addressing it to Miss Ella Gordon, Liverpool, shipped it off. 12.99. This is a 35mm slide. If you were going somewhere special you'd put a bit of soot in, to make the teeth sparkle. [53] In 2015 it was stated that the fog bells on the two lighthouses were no longer operational. The former South Shields LNER station was also closed and the Victorian buildings survived as a secondary entrance to the Metro station until they were demolished in 1998. The staff were given the job of painting a big red 'V' onto each of the cream drinking mugs. We always smelt of camphorated oil, no matter what time of year it was. 1884-1932 The Shields Daily Gazette and Shipping Telegraph. A Whitley Bay resident recalls when she first moved into her home with her husband and baby in 1947. During the war, there was a shortage of paper and you sometimes had to take a large dish or dishes in place of paper. If you sold 200.00 of toys it meant you had a good pay, because you got a good commission. celebrations-events childhood shops-shopping. [26] Throughout April and early May 2008, the BALTIC Arts Centre in Gateshead chronicled the Yemeni community of South Shields, including interviews with the last remaining survivors of the first Yemeni generation. Old historic images are the aim of the group, but more modern images are acceptable provided there is relevant historic detail attached to them. Send a personal message with a photo to anyone, anywhere. Our room had mirrors on the walls and I can remember us all dancing on the beds and being severely reprimanded. celebrations-events pastimes-entertainment. I can still remember the doorbell tinkle as you opened the door. It was taken in 1966. It is often noted that Al-Azhar in South Shields is the first purpose-built mosque in the UK, however, this is the Shah Jahan Mosque in Woking. They played their games at the Harton & Westoe Miners Welfare near Whiteleas and spent the majority of their existence in the Wearside League before going out of existence in 2019. This is a colourful display in Bainbridges department store, Newcastle upon Tyne. During World War I, German Zeppelin airships bombed South Shields in 1916. I used to love to go out with the carts and then take the horses to their stables, childhood house-home my-life working-life. The Yemeni race riots were remarkable . Posts. I felt so smart in my uniform. Facebook automatically deletes posts with less than 10 characters in their accompanying . Send a personal message with a photo to anyone, anywhere. The memory entitled Childhood in Howdon and Willington Quay brings back some very happy memories - strange how seeing something like that tugs at the old heart strings. With turbans on our heads, what a laugh we had. Our neighbour next door kept rabbits and wed swap a chicken for a Flemish Giant for a bit of variety. I was released from Scaffold Hill isolation hospital, with the hope of never returning to what seemed more like a prison than a hospital. In went the brown paper parcel, eggs on top. Choose one to see a larger version. [58] The college provides a wide range of other flexible vocational and training courses.[59]. In 2008, the Bangladesh Welfare Association was opened in South Shields.[31]. Handrails were used to fasten washing lines from one side of the square to another; clean sheets would flap loudly in the breeze. It was taken in 1963. There used to be tons upon tons of sprats swimming up and down the river then. 1909. We all felt we had done something good. The bag was really heavy and on Sundays I needed two, which were even heavier!