1862. "All right Minnie, sorry Minnie". I was born in my grandparents' home. Cotton dresses, sandals and arctic weather. Register to find out more and create your first album! The store, which is now branded as John Lewis Newcastle, moved to its current site in 1974, but the company dates back to 1838. In a book that became to be known as 'The People of the Abyss' London described the time when he lived in the Whitechapel district sleeping in workhouses, so-called doss-houses and even on the streets. I remember once my sister got lost and my father went to find her she came back but he didnt so we went to find him and he was in front of the punch and Judy watching the show. 1901, Popular Edition 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. 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]. Historically, it was known in Roman times as Arbeia, and as Caer Urfa by Early Middle Ages. This is a 35mm slide. This school closed July 2008. This sewer pipe was just like shopping at Marks and Spencers nothing but the best and all free. This is a 35mm slide. "South Shields' Herd Groyne lighthouse is shipshape after facelift", "Town Hall Weathervane - South Tyneside Libraries", "South Tyneside council: building description", "Planetarium's future saved with move out of town! childhood house-home my-life transport working-life. She found four happy children covered in mud and also the walls and ceiling of the sty had been redecorated in mud. Parents were only allowed to look through a window and were not allowed onto the ward to see their bairns. The platform at the former South Shields Metro station is situated on a bridge directly above King Street the town's main shopping area. People who viewed this item also viewed. I can still remember to this day the smell of the tobacco released from a freshly opened tin. childhood schooldays shops-shopping working-life. 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s, During the air raids, we used to use the culvert. It was taken in 1963. The trouble was getting the money off the clients after Christmas. It is a Christmas display in Callers department store, Newcastle upon Tyne. Our aim is to encourage people, either living in or with a connection to North Tyneside, to share some of their life experience to create a personal context for the momentous times theyve lived through. As with other resorts tourism is a large part of the town's economy: to attract tourists the town has an extensive network of cycle paths and walking trails; a promenade; parks-and-gardens; fairground rides; amusement arcades, crazy golf, laser tag, a miniature steam railway; boating lake; a ten-pin bowling centre and an amphitheatre.[35][36]. These colliers would run from the river Tyne down to Battersea power station. This is a 35mm slide. 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. We used to bathe. Any child who had freckles could get in free. As soon as the toilets moved inside and everyone got automatic washers, there was nothing to go outside for anymore. The undertaker went as pale as the corpse and a fierce argument began. A very careful calculation went into this trip. [54], A prominent landmark is South Shields Town Hall, built 19051910, a sumptuous building "the most convincing expression in the county of Edwardian prosperity". We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Water & Amusement Parks, Theme Parks. Taken from original Ordnance Survey maps sheets and digitally stitched together to form a single layer, these maps offer a true reflection of how the land used to be. The new look was the replacement of high neck tunics with collar and tie. Your first job was to go to the wash house outside in the back yard and check if the metal pot that held water was full or not. Passengers were pushed onto the trains, dripping wet. Since 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. During election campaigning we targeted people according to their political affiliation. I had a weeks holiday from school, then went straight into the yards. He had coke for eyes, a row of coal for a mouth and a carrot for a nose. In summertime everyone hung their washing in the street, but it was a risky business. We would cry, plead and beg for the money to go, asking neighbours if they needed messages, hoping for a tip and looking all over for empty pop bottles as they had a twopenny deposit on them. 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). At the turn of the 19th century the celebrated Jewish resort area started in the Sullivan and Ulster County Catskills. since 1860. I remember growing up in Burradon, a little village, in a beautiful old colliery cottage which I loved. One of the most historic parts of the town is the quaint and beautiful Westoe village, which consists of a quiet street of first grade and second grade Georgian and Victorian houses, many of which had been built by business leaders from the coal and shipping industries in the town. I used to do shopping for other people, and Id get a 1d for going. celebrations-events childhood community-life schooldays. Tate, Mate, Misere, Carlin, Palm and Paste Egg Day. In January 2011, the Guardian reported the unemployment rate at 6.5%, and at 7.5% in October 2011.[34]. You know that lad, he wants to meet you, but I said, I dont know him!. When it was too dark to play we sat and told ghost stories. Elsie Wilkinson recalls her childhood in New York village during the 1920s and 30s. We explore how tensions in the town led to two race riots in 1919 and 1930. The Church of the Good Shepherd has been a haven for me - so full of wonderful memories of people and clergy. When we were threshing we had to tie the bottoms of our dungarees as the rats and mice were scurrying all over the place. It was digitised and first made available on the British Newspaper Archive in Nov 14, 2012 . Elsie Wilkinson recalls work and family life in New York village in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. "Mother, I've been put down into 2b." To buy nostalgia books from ncjMedia, call Reader Offers on (0191) 2016000, or call in to our Front Reception, Groat Market, Newcastle. I do know it has been a lifetime passion, I wish I still had a book called King of the Golden River. [24] Many Yemeni sailors married local women and became integrated with the wider community, resulting with a migrant population less distinct than in other mixed communities across the UK. The manager took pity on us and offered us a barn with clean straw by way of accommodation. Other Viking ships were uncovered in South Shields Denmark Centre and nearby Jarrow. It wasn't until the mid 1970s that I got a twin-tub washing machine! celebrations-events childhood house-home my-life pastimes-entertainment schooldays shops-shopping wartime working-life. My father wasn't impressed - he was busy with the roses in the front garden. No matter how clean your hair was, the dragon had magic fingers and eyes like a hawk, because she always found some stragglers. The 145-foot clock tower contains a Potts chiming clock and five bells, and is topped by a weathervane in the shape of a galleon. This is a festive window of the Broadloom Mill shop in Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. celebrations-events shops-shopping working-life. To go forward you would walk backwards on the drum and to go backwards you walked forward. 12.99. It is a great old fashioned fair. Thankfully, only three people were injured including the leading fireman. If I only had tuppence hapenny I would only be given two and a half cigarettes. This is a 35mm slide. See the celebrations-events my-life pastimes-entertainment working-life. The local authority (South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council) is also controlled by Labour. It dawned on me I was being trained to be a housewife. But, away from the 50s, of course, there is much to the towns rich story. 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. You could stand for ages watching all the containers whizzing from different parts of the shop, high up to the cash office. We had to carry our desks outside, even in winter. Salvation Army, free from sin, we all went to heaven in a corned beef tin. Families gave up their comfortable beds, consigning themselves to camp beds and put you ups in the back kitchen. South Shields, King Street c.1898, from Francis Frith Hometown Bay Street View Ocean Early 1900s Lawe road early 1900s South Tyneside Dundee City Adelaide Street City House Town Hall Road Childhood Landmarks House Of Fraser Summer Sale Summer sale at Fowler and Brock in king street 1900 Send a personal message with a photo to anyone, anywhere. [56], The Old Town Hall, a square building of 1768, provides the centrepiece of the Market Place and closes the vista along King Street. During the week is the Magic Convention 3 days of lectures and shows by the world's best magicians. Sweets were wrapped in a square of newspaper which was rolled into a funnel. [citation needed], The current town was founded in 1245 and developed as a fishing port. Sometimes it was foggy down here and you would see people all dressed up and it was just thick fog but they still went and sat on the beach. I've lived in the same house for over eighty years. This is a childrens Christmas display at Binns department store, Newcastle upon Tyne. You cleaned your teeth with salt. A crowded South Beach, from the book South Shields in the 1950s, by Eileen Burnett, on Amberley Publishing, Alma Caffery's grocery store, Harton Village, from the book South Shields in the 1950s, by Eileen Burnett, on Amberley Publishing. 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. The store cloed in 2008. Reflecting on a time of change for the Albert Edward Dock. As a young woman my mother was asked if she would be prepared to take an appointment as a Nanny to the local Spanish Consul in North Shields. We would walk for miles around Forest Hall selling fish. A man would come with a big barrel full of vinegar and sell it by pouring you a pint. celebrations-events childhood fashion shops-shopping. This is a 35mm slide. Our room had mirrors on the walls and I can remember us all dancing on the beds and being severely reprimanded. South Shields is also home of the oldest provincial newspaper in the UK, the Shields Gazette.[38]. This is a 35mm slide. Callers closed in the early 1980s. As Father was forgetful regards water in the radiator and petrol in the tank we were stranded a few times. Once up and ready off we would go with two borrowed shovels and a brush to start our front door cleaning. It is part of the metropolitan borough of South Tyneside which . This is a 35mm slide. 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Migration came from up the River Tyne, with other migrants from rural County Durham, Northumberland, Scotland and Ireland. Nothing can break the human spirit as long as you can have a good laugh. I had often used the old B.A. Shops with every type of wine, Welch's and Maynards for toffee, Boots the Chemist, and opposite, Williamson & Hogg who roasted coffee. The port in South Shields employed men of Yemen, Aden, Somalia, African, Indian and Malaysian nationalities. Miss Purdy would take a few of us girls to her home, to show us how tea should be taken. This is the decorated Christmas window of the Woods store in South Shields. The wall separated the schoolyard from the old cemetery. 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This story is covered in a documentary film, The King of South Shields. The Two Ronnies and me (Lex) met at infant school in Percy Main Primary School in 1941 and we now play golf together every week. It was taken in 1964. We had lovely glass toys and tin candle holders which dripped on the branches. Carried out with complete disregard for his own personal safety. A blast on the bugle heralded the arrival of the ragman. Drivers always considered the children who were out playing. #7 of 24 things to do in South Shields. It was taken in 1962. He would try a medication, new on the market, Penicillin MB693 tablets. Towards the end of the 19th century, with the British Navy needing seamen, Yemeni British sailors settled in the town, this resulted in the first roots of the Yemeni British community in the town. celebrations-events my-life transport working-life. This is a 35mm slide. They kept their handsome horses upstairs and their carriages downstairs. It was taken in 1965. South Shields County Borough Education Committee: minutes 1955-59 Gosforth UDC: new street expenses 1937-80, file on extension of the Coast Road 1972 . DONATE, Before the money moved in, Kings Cross was a place for born-and-bred locals, clubs and crime, See what really went on during that time in NYC's topless go-go bars, Chris Stein 's photographs of Debbie Harry and friends take us back to a great era of music. We had a Cinema Club, although I seem to remember that most of the films were Laurel and Hardy. The fisher wives always shouted, Fish alive, fish alive, which I could never understand as all their fish for sale was quite dead! The retired 'Tyne' life boat in 1904; A tribute to all crewmen who served on her, some mistakenly think this is a tribute to William Wouldhave, South Shields once had an open-air swimming pool. The children got all new clothes for Easter, I loved Good Friday because we did the marching. Read and share Wed go down wearing a swimsuit. celebrations-events childhood pastimes-entertainment schooldays. [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). 15 memories of South Shields to read. Every ship that went up or down the river came past our house. 3.99 + 1.75 Postage. The yard belonged to Catty Nelly and the cats and kittens were her kids so to speak. If I wanted dresses I went to Bell Bros. or D Hill Carter, they were both nice shops. celebrations-events health house-home my-life pastimes-entertainment shops-shopping transport working-life. Our family was poor as pee but all I remember is having fun. It was sheer heaven . Coming home from school, I turned into our street to see a huge silver barage balloon wedged sideways in the street. When I was 15 years old I went to the Maternity Hospital on the Green, Wallsend as a nurse cadet. Ocean Beach Pleasure Park. This is a 35mm slide. Ask Stuart L about Ocean Beach Pleasure Park. South Shields Town Hall was built. For people new to Burradon, the Camels Hump was a large heap next to the ash path bordering the Welfare. I can remember going to Redheads, on the High Street, to get the accumulator charged, which meant carrying a container of sulphuric acid around! The Flashbak Shop Is Open & Selling All Good Things. Several times the trams had run away on Borough Bank and ended up in the cafe at the bottom. The population of the South Tyneside Metropolitan borough had decreased from 152,785 in 2001, to 148,127 in 2011. If youd like to contribute a story then get in touch via our contactpage. My summer holidays were spent on the Fish Quay sands, childhood house-home my-life pastimes-entertainment schooldays working-life. After the service, every child got an orange.. celebrations-events childhood house-home my-life pastimes-entertainment shops-shopping. As I was the oldest girl at home after my sister married, I left school at 15 and had to stay at home to help our mother. Particularly, a bomb shelter in the market place of South Shields, where the deceased were commemorated in a cobblestone of the British flag. childhood my-life pastimes-entertainment working-life. Ornamentation includes several references to the town's nautical heritage: Britannia and other sculpted figures in the pediment above the front entrance, a figure of Mercury atop a globe on the dome of the Council chamber, fountains and nymph lampholders in the forecourt alongside a statue of Queen Victoria. When they came out of the water the legs of their costumes reached below their knees. Once you jumped in that was it, you turned instant blue, fighting to breathe because the water was that cold. It was extremely strict. old photos of south shields. My dad believed in place betting each way so if a horse came in second or third you got a bit back, You could say Mrs Burns was a blessing in disguise. The problem was that it would snap at full stretch and give you a nasty smack. Nine pictures of South Shields in the 1950s and 1960s - former resident shares his memories One man's photographic reminder of the 1950s fairground scene went down a storm with Gazette. Posts. That was what we called wellingtons when we were kids. Sure enough there were a couple of beady red eyes staring at us. The cost for the corrugated structure was 260. On Saturday morning I used to clean six doorsteps in our street and put rubbing stone on the edges. It was taken in 1962. [55] The architect was E. E. Fetch of London. The Shields Ferry carries tens of thousands of commuters and pleasure trippers each year. You go for this and you go for that no matter who your dad was. Its the Yanks - theyve arrived.. However, the rapid growth in population brought on by the expansion of industry made sanitation a problem, as evident by Cholera outbreaks[8] and the building of the now-listed Cleadon Water Tower to combat the problem. Timber yards, the prop yard and the river were the playgrounds of the children living there. This is a 35mm slide. This photograph shows the festive window of Binns department store in Newcastle upon Tyne. Poland) and in South East Asia. Whether it be the presence of Romans in ancient times, the arrival of a vibrant Arab population, or the towns industrial past, South Shields has a diverse history. The five guinea investment in the mongoose proved to be finest investment the store ever made. Terms & Conditions of Use South Shields Town Hall is a Grade II listed building on Westoe Road in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England. Cousin George could sing all the verses of the Lambton Worm plus many other Geordie songs. It shows shoppers in the decoration department of Woolworths in Newcastle upon Tyne. Decorating the tree was a very happy, cosy sort of time, rounded off with a glass of sherry. one or two to get you started! Long trains arrived, which were the length of Whitley Bay station platform, to be met by boys with their bogies. There is a good choice of restaurants, cafes, public houses and nightlife as well as hotels, guest houses and caravan parks in and around the town. The officers served the turkey dinner to the men. Take a look at our selection of old historic maps based upon South Shields They now play in rugby's seventh Tier, the Durham & Northumberland 1st Division. North Shields Going into the Tyne Tunnel was an exciting experience for a child, especially going down the incredibly long escalators. No hospital exam was necessary then. childhood house-home my-life pastimes-entertainment schooldays shops-shopping working-life. As the saying goes, here today and gone tomorrow! According to the 2011 census, the town had a population of 75,337. Recently, the town were also represented by Harton & Westoe C.W. celebrations-events my-life pastimes-entertainment. This is a 35mm slide. Mat making was an example of people pulling together during hard times. During the war, there was a shortage of paper and you sometimes had to take a large dish or dishes in place of paper. Kitty Brightwell remembers her time in the WAAF. Shields lost one of the largest proportions of Merchant Navy sailors. monkseaton shiremoor west-monkseaton whitley-bay, A lot of boys and girls spend many happy nights in the Club doing all manner of activities, The coal trucks ran from Percy Main, Along and down to the Commissioners Quay, Bashing and crashing, jumping to and fro, It was a fun ride for more than just me, We loved to play in there but there was a hazard in the shape of Old Bill, The old steam engine sheds, Were just up the road at Percy Main, They were a good playground for us, But the engine lads called us more than a pain, Many a time we got a lift either one way or the other, The village had its share of wonderful characters, here are some recollections about a few of them. A bomb had hit a coal shed containing ten tons of coal, which duly vaporised, covering all who ventured out with coal dust. 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s. The boiler would need to be lighted early morning. Wed be delighted to hear from you. Went there all the time in the 60s. Kitty Brightwells memories of living in Jesmond Dene in the 1930s. 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