We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Since Suddenly the bull gave a great bellow and jumped out of the wagon, straight into the crowd of people. This is a 35mm slide. You always tried to duck down so as not to be seen, for some strange reason. Explore. We had to bath in a zinc bath in front of the coal fire or a bath in the poss-tub on a washday. flexible offerings for business. It was taken in 1962. I've always liked a wander by fields and hedgerow, having roamed around Billy Mill district in my childhood. I purchased what I believe is a needle holder, leather, with gold writing. The Port has a freight rail connection. This photograph shows the window of the Broadloom Mills shop in Newcastle upon Tyne, Grey Street. This is the window of Waring and Gillow, Newcastle upon Tyne. We didnt play games, we couldnt because the beach was absolutely packed with people, you had to see it to believe it; this was before the war about 1938/39. It was taken in 1964. This is a colourful display in Bainbridges department store, Newcastle upon Tyne. A number of notable people have been associated with South Shields. South Shields has always had a sizeable Arab community dating back to the 1890s. These are best viewed from the Lawe Top, which also houses two replicas of cannon captured from the Russians during the Crimean War (the originals having been melted during World War II).[12]. A Christmas display in Callers department store, Newcastle upon Tyne. We ran races along the sands and played cricket and rounders. Recently, the town were also represented by Harton & Westoe C.W. Ive played a lot of evil, ball-breaking women. This is a photograph of the illuminated windows of Allens department sore in South Shields. [28], In 2008, a critically acclaimed exhibition about the South Shields Yemeni community was held entitled The Last of the Dictionary Men Stories from South Shields Yemeni Sailors, was held at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead. It was taken in 1963. Im still friendly with some of them now. [5] At the outbreak of the war in 1642, the North, West and Ireland supported the King; the South East and Presbyterian Scotland supported Parliament. South Shields is the home of two rugby union clubs, South Shields RFC and Westoe RFC. "All right Minnie, sorry Minnie". This is a 35mm slide. How Jean managed to escape being hit by the oven door I just don't know. The Bangladeshi community is the third largest in the North East of England. This school closed July 2008. All rights reserved. Angus hit the headlines again during the D Day invasion, supplying seals for the 25 miles of fuel pipeline under the channel. Even after we told my Mum and Dad what we intended doing, they seemed to think this is a joke, they will never do it. Sure enough there were a couple of beady red eyes staring at us. My summer holidays were spent on the Fish Quay sands, childhood house-home my-life pastimes-entertainment schooldays working-life. Now I could be wrong, but the nurse would shove that needle in with all her might and half the time you thought she was using a spear. It shows the festive lights of Fenwicks department store in Newcastle upon Tyne. We woke up to the smell of egg, bacon, sausage and black pudding frying. The Jungle was certainly a rough and tumble sort of place. The date was 3 September 1939. It was a huge machine and a special room had to be prepared. 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. When the bluebells are up the air is scented and wonderful. Something went wrong, please try again later. South Shields boasts extensive beaches, sand dunes and coves, as well as dramatic Magnesian Limestone cliffs with grassy areas above known as The Leas, which cover three miles of the coastline and are a National Trust protected area. Copyright Frith Content Inc 1998-2023. health local-history my-life transport working-life, north-shields northumberland other south-tyneside wallsend. 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. We, of course, thought we had a great time and had won the battle. This photograph shows the display for Fenwicks, for all your Christmas presents. in Fenwicks department store in Newcastle upon Tyne. "Sell those first and then let us know when your money's gone.". Whenever I asked the time it would always say "One o'clock". We would walk for miles around Forest Hall selling fish. [44][45] This very unusual lighthouse resembling a 1940s sci-fi movie space craft was built by Newcastle-upon-Tyne Trinity House in 1882 (ownership was passed to the Tyne Improvement Commission the following year). As a treat, on Sunday afternoons, my parents took my brother and myself on a tram trip to Throckley. There was a Heath Robinson affair rigged up for summoning us up to the next floor, where a light flashed for each doctor when his surgery was empty! You would occasionally hear an announcement Weve got a little boy with red hair, 5 years old and hes lost his mummy. : 1155014, A Christmas Party at the Masonic Lodge North Shields, All About Tea Cans and Spotted Bait Hankies, An account of two incidents occurring early in World War II, An Old Cottage memories of a happy childhood, Another Kind of War Through a Childs Eyes, Burradon Memories Part 4: Village Memories and Characters, Burradon Memories Part 6: Georgie A Flight of Fancy, Burradon Memories Part 7: The Picture Palace, Call of the East Working Life 1950-2000, Childhood in Willington Quay and East Howdon, Childhood memories of North Shields shops 1920s-1930s, Childhood Memories Of Shopping in North Shields, Christmas at 14 Backworth Street, Percy Main, Christmas on National Service Egypt 1954, Danny Green Blue Five RnB Group early 1960s, Days at Tynemouth Beach and Saltwell Park, Fresh Air and Nature as the Century Closes, Games and Entertainment in Forest Hall (1980s), Games In the Three Cornered Field Dares, Good Friday Marching with Cullercoats Methodist Church, Good Friday Marching with Stephenson Street Congregational Church, Good Friday Marching with the Cubs and Boys Brigade, Growing up in North Shields in the 1920s and 30s, Growing up in Tynemouth and Marden (from 1954), Home Life Health in the 1920s and 30s, Home Life in Willington Quay and East Howdon. As with many other North East towns, much has changed in South Shields as the decades have passed. Mother used to hard boil eggs in onion skins, which made them a nice shade of brown. [50] The installation of this powerful light (which is visible during the day as well as by night), rendered the High and Low Lights of North Shields redundant, and they were therefore decommissioned at the same time. 1909. Gowan (that was the ferry's name). Now we have the flyover, but imagine the line of cars if it hadn't been built. I then let down the hem of my evening skirt, which had been pinned up clear of the bicycle chain with safety pins. South Shields (English: /ilz/) is a coastal town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. The snowman my granddad built for me lasted for weeks. [47] This was in turn replaced by a radio link to an automatic fog detector when the latter lighthouse was automated in 1967. We had crinolines made out of crepe paper and soldier's jackets made out of a piece of red mattress covering. childhood holidays pastimes-entertainment. We would put one plant pot on top of another with a lighted candle inside to keep warm. Historically, it was known in Roman times as Arbeia, and as Caer Urfa by Early Middle Ages. buildings celebrations-events childhood local-history music. Our sergeant was determined to make us into first class soldiers. It was sheer heaven! The boys always seemed to be rolling about on the ground wrestling or playing football. This sewer pipe was just like shopping at Marks and Spencers nothing but the best and all free. The box did not move and my foot came to a halt in its tracks. This is a childrens Christmas display at Binns department store, Newcastle upon Tyne. London Gazette, Issue 28099, Page 327, 14 January 1908. St Mary's C of E Primary School was a Christian voluntary aided school educating children aged 311 located in South Shields. You had to clean with cold water. This is a 35mm slide. In 2005 the Customs House commissioned author Peter Mortimer to write a play on the subject of the 1930 Yemeni Riot. I used to read in the cupboard under the stairs where my mother had a lot of True Romance magazines. You always loved their chips because they were cooked in proper dripping. One year my father decided to bring a caravan over to the North East and the first port of call was up near St Marys Island. Amberley Publishing. The boys jumped on top of the shelter banging about, while all the girls went inside the shelter and screamed. [63][64], A less commonly used colloquial term is Sandancer. This is a 35mm slide. The damage, seen in daylight, was sheer devastation. celebrations-events house-home my-life pastimes-entertainment transport wartime working-life. This is a festive window of the Broadloom Mill shop in Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. It seems just like the other day, When the river Tyne was all a go, About a score of steam tugs, Would be pulling ships to and fro, Policing became a varied exercise as the population grew, I wish I had a pound for every time you called out to a boat your time is up! We would eat the eggs no matter what state they were in. There was an almighty crash and out went a windowpane. When it was too dark to play we sat and told ghost stories. Gateshead v South Shields Northern Counties Lge 1961/2. The 1950s proved to be a period of great change in South Shields, when residents were beginning to put their lives back together after the Second World War. 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s. Guns were going and I said, Mum, look at all the shrapnel. She said, Never mind the shrapnel!. They fired the gun in Northumberland Square to welcome in the new year, celebrations-events childhood pastimes-entertainment working-life. Featuring The old woman who lived in a shoe. this is a festive display for children at Callers department store in Newcastle upon Tyne.