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I had to clean everyone's shoes and put them in the monk's bench in the hall, and they had to be absolutely parallel. Went there all the time in the 60s. We would have the likes of races on the hill. Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. Pevsner, The Buildings of England County Durham, 1953, 1983. The best player was Lottie Fleetwood, she would pound out the songs and we would all sing along. In 1943 and 1944 in Italy there was a war. The ice cream boy was clad from top to toe in white. 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s. The side currently play in the Northern Premier League's Premier Division after winning promotion to it in 2018, the seventh tier of English Football. Old historic images are the aim of the group, but more modern images are acceptable provided there is relevant historic detail attached to them. I lived on Goathland Ave. near Eccleshaw shops, most of my family still live in Benton. If youve never enjoyed a Minchellas ice cream, a stroll along its breathtaking cliffs, or tucked into a curry on the towns Ocean Road, take a trip down there. When the party was over, we were each given a little bag containing an apple and an orange. Nothing can break the human spirit as long as you can have a good laugh. The whole factory workforce managed mixed measures. 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. Everyone used to get excited about Good Friday coming along. This is a night view of Northumberland street, Newcastle upon Tyne. It shows a view of the decorated Christmas window of Bainbridges in Newcastle upon Tyne. We would put one plant pot on top of another with a lighted candle inside to keep warm. childhood house-home my-life pastimes-entertainment wartime. This is a 35mm slide. 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I dont know how my mother catered for our wedding reception! Our 'made-up' chant at sports events was "Western - the best 'un! During the war there used to be smoke screens lit on moonlit nights to hide the yards from bombers. The local authority (South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council) is also controlled by Labour. The time came for the third test and I resolved that if I didn't pass it I would pack in. "Bliddy mackerel" he roared, giving me a clip across the ear, "go back tomorrow and get some herring"! Pleanty to see and do in the Pleasure Park. There were other girls like me on the base, two or three pregnant at the same time as me. celebrations-events pastimes-entertainment schooldays. 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I was always in the top section of the class and passed my eleven plus when the time came. It wasn't just one day - it went on for most days of the week! [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. Washing up was a male domain on Christmas Day. The casino in La Strada (photo courtesy of Rob Quinn) 1963 advertisement for La Strada (courtesy of Rob Quinn) I spent a happy time there in the infants and senior school. Hills the hardware shop was an Aladdins cave. It is a great old fashioned fair. a larger than life lady who laughed a lot and knew lots of people, we would go to the Prince of Wales pub for 3 o clock, waiting for the Trimmers coming out and ask have you got any bait mister?, childhood house-home my-life pastimes-entertainment, A Whitley Bay resident remembers working as an apprentice tailor in the 1930s and 40s. The training was hard, with a 57 hour week, a half day off once a fortnight, all for 7. I've lived in the same house for over eighty years. photo of South Shields. We had lots and lots of boxes of matches - enough to set Wallsend on fire I should think. The school nurse told me I had ringworm and an area of my hair had to be cut away. Once a year the working mens club funded an outing for the members children and that was usually the first week of the school holidays, but for weeks leading up to that we used to be so excited. 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s, During the air raids, we used to use the culvert. When you need a smoke and you are both a kid and skint, dog end collecting sure saved the day. When there was a ship in distress a rocket was fired and the men had to stop what they were doing and rush to the brigade house. The town is a popular seaside resort with multiple landmarks and tourist attractions. English: View of a band playing at the Majestic Ballroom, South Shields, September 1961 (TWAM ref. I think it was the biggest travelling shop in the world at that time! Leg tan was a thick liquid and you had to keep it even or you had blotchy legs. Our Dad delivered milk, pushing a laden barrow round the local streets. We used to bathe. To go forward you would walk backwards on the drum and to go backwards you walked forward. When they came out of the water the legs of their costumes reached below their knees. childhood my-life pastimes-entertainment wartime. The first evidence of a settlement within what is now the town of South Shields dates from pre-historic times. It was taken in 1964. Millions of tons of goods and fuel arrived in Berlin during the airlift to keep the residents alive and functional. As with many other North East towns, much has changed in South Shields as the decades have passed. It's the little things that stick in one's mind! [58] The college provides a wide range of other flexible vocational and training courses.[59]. A Christmas display titled The directors and Staff at Callers in Newcastle upon Tyne. My grandmother never drank, but always carried a miniature bottle of brandy in her shopping bag for medicinal purposes. The town has a local independent political party, the Progressive Party. house-home my-life pastimes-entertainment working-life. 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. Pleanty to see and do in the Pleasure Park. This is a festive window of the Broadloom Mill shop in Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. I do know it has been a lifetime passion, I wish I still had a book called King of the Golden River. My summer holidays were spent on the Fish Quay sands, childhood house-home my-life pastimes-entertainment schooldays working-life. I can still remember the doorbell tinkle as you opened the door. Play in the arcades or the We went to the funpark but it was closed. In South Shields In The 1950s, local author Eileen Burnett explores this significant period in the areas history and brings it to life with evocative images from the progressive years of the 1950s. childhood schooldays shops-shopping working-life. This is a night time view of Binns department store Christmas window in Newcastle upon Tyne. [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. He built a model Mississippi paddle steamer in his garage workshop. childhood local-history other royal-family transport wartime working-life. Owner, Sandford Goudie, opened a second La Strada in Sunderland in 1967. A colliery house, a large living room with a ladder staircase up to the sleeping area. Industries have come and gone, and the physical make-up of the town is much altered. If you took the lemonade bottle back you got a penny. During the sermon I would dream of what I would do when I was older and the places I would visit, London, Africa and America. This photograph shows the display for Fenwicks, for all your Christmas presents. in Fenwicks department store in Newcastle upon Tyne. childhood house-home my-life pastimes-entertainment schooldays shops-shopping working-life. A cold water tap in the backyard had to serve about four or five families. 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 hardships of World War II. See more ideas about old photos, local history, olds. This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. The floor and windows would all move in time to the music. The fisher wives always shouted, Fish alive, fish alive, which I could never understand as all their fish for sale was quite dead! It was such a novelty to see a car in those days it was put into a car showroom window while he went to the match. Another industry that was introduced, was that of salt-panning, later expanded upon in the 15th century, polluting the air and surrounding land. We covered the shelter with soil from the park and my dad put an armour plated door on it. It was taken in 1964. We were cycle troops, pedalling inland to secure a site. Long-term plans by Nexus to re-open the former Sunderland to South Shields line between Tyne Dock, Brockley Whins and East Boldon would create a direct rail service between South Shields and Sunderland[citation needed], without the need for passengers to change trains at Pelaw in Gateshead. It had a downstairs and an upstairs, just full of everything you would need to keep a house going. Why? 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. We were caught in some of the most difficult weather conditions ever experienced at that time of year - supposedly summer! Going to "the threepenny squash" picture house. Rabbits were a good source of food and we loved helping Dad winkle them out from the station yard buffers. The town slopes gently from Cleadon Hills down to the river. childhood house-home shops-shopping working-life. It wasn't until the mid 1970s that I got a twin-tub washing machine! If I only had tuppence hapenny I would only be given two and a half cigarettes. Plenty of rides and arcades for people of all ages. The snowman my granddad built for me lasted for weeks. Discover historic maps of the South Shields area in Tyne and Wear. [55] The architect was E. E. Fetch of London. flexible offerings for business. It was a period when people began looking forwards to the future, not back at the horrors of war. I'm thinking of you" - Pablo Iglesias Maurer, At the end of October 1959 in the basement of 39 Gerrard Street - an unexceptional and damp space that was once a sort of rest room for taxi drivers and an occasional tea bar - Ronnie Scott opened his first jazz club. The boys always seemed to be rolling about on the ground wrestling or playing football. 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