This is a 35mm slide. In South Shields, 6.7% of the population are from an ethnic minority (non white British), compared with 5.0% in the surrounding borough of South Tyneside. newcastle-upon-tyne south-tyneside whitley-bay. Comments made on this page may be used in follow-up sto See more 39,850 people like this 42,967 people follow this https://www.shieldsgazette.com/ +44 191 501 5800 gazette.news@northeast-press.co.uk [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. Millions of tons of goods and fuel arrived in Berlin during the airlift to keep the residents alive and functional. [20] In 1909, the first Arab Seamen's Boarding House opened in the Holborn riverside district of the town. It was taken in 1963. Any child who had freckles could get in free. [55] The architect was E. E. Fetch of London. Why? After the service, every child got an orange.. This is the decorated Christmas window of the Woods store in South Shields. The snug was nicknamed Turnbulls Waiting Room after the name of the local Funeral Director. It was taken in 1962. If the dock yard lads were running late they would give two whistles and the little Brigham & Cowan's launch would come over and take them back to the south side. it was taken in 1966. The wall separated the schoolyard from the old cemetery. They make wonderful, unique and personal gifts for almost any occasion. St Mary's C of E Primary School was a Christian voluntary aided school educating children aged 311 located in South Shields. The children rode the bicycle over 100 miles to the nearest port and addressing it to Miss Ella Gordon, Liverpool, shipped it off. GREETZ June bausfield van der zee email adress jrbausfield@hotmail.com. 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. The school was founded in 1867 to provide education for the children of the labouring and manufacturing and poorer classes, with regard to the principles of the established church of the same name which was affiliated with the school. South Shields benefits from significant public and private sector investment. You could stand for ages watching all the containers whizzing from different parts of the shop, high up to the cash office. Sweets were wrapped in a square of newspaper which was rolled into a funnel. The Westoe Colliery was opened. We were cycle troops, pedalling inland to secure a site. When we moved house we felt posh with running water from the scullery, electric light and a gas stove for cooking. This is a 35mm slide. The Tyne and Wear Metro light rail system was introduced in the 1980s and replaced British Rail services over the same route. Matt Hancock made revealing admissions as he spoke about his memoir to a team of top lawyers. Our mothers made a great fuss of us and we had baked herring for tea for a few days. You go for this and you go for that no matter who your dad was. A new book - South Shields In The 1950s - throws light on a crucial chapter in the town's history. St. Petersburg. Q: What are salliers? She would go out of her way to breathe over a tar boiler whenever the men were mending the road! A Whitley Bay resident recalls her time in the ATS during World War II. There was a wire to cut the cheese and a slicing machine for the bacon, The goods were delivered on Thursday or Friday, beautifully wrapped in parcels with brown paper and string. Thankfully, only three people were injured including the leading fireman. [100][101] In 2005 they had an Intermediate Cup run and got to Twickenham but were beaten by Morley R.F.C. Children and their parents wait to meet Father Christmas. of It shows the illuminated and festive window of the Electricity shop in King Street, South Shields. photo of South Shields. The whole structure is painted red and stands 49ft (15m) in height. 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This will bring up all of the stories that you can listen to. We'd paint a seam up the back of our legs too. 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. It has six miles of coastline and three miles of river frontage, dominated by the massive North and South Piers at the mouth of the Tyne. The problem was that it would snap at full stretch and give you a nasty smack. This is a 35mm slide. Sometimes, just for a bit extra fun, we would bet a marble on each race. those pioneering days we have evolved sophisticated and The population of South Shields according to the census was 108,647. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Young as we were, you knew that if a funeral parade was going to pass you, you kept still and silent until it had passed. 1911. At eighteen she was called up for the army where she served on ack-ack guns. We could make the banana slide really slippy with the greaseproof paper the bread came in then. Here are A great experience, a wonderful day and a very happy memory. 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. These new houses were going to have water inside and, unbelievably, a bathroom! 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We discovered life and eventually became adults. It was sheer heaven . We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. We had to carry our desks outside, even in winter. 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. I remember a gramophone that had to be wound up to play records. It was a period when people began looking forwards to the future, not back at the horrors of war. It serves as the headquarters of South Tyneside Council. Posts. Hills the hardware shop was an Aladdins cave. Population data from the 2011 United Kingdom Census return classifies South Shields as a medium-sized coastal town. We had crinolines made out of crepe paper and soldier's jackets made out of a piece of red mattress covering. I was a Ward Maid in a couple of local hospitals. Apparently, they had a bookman who got the best deal he could from each Captain, and this was shared with the gang. When Metro services were introduced, the railway line at the former High Shields LNER station at Laygate was re-routed eastwards to the then-new Chichester Metro and bus interchange. from Yorkshire. A woman of her time hardworking and independent. On my journey from London to North Shields, if I stopped every fifty miles, I would have difficulty conversing with the locals. It wasn't until the mid 1970s that I got a twin-tub washing machine! I used to read in the cupboard under the stairs where my mother had a lot of True Romance magazines. We enjoyed most I think dancing at the Covent Garden Opera House - they didnt do operas during World War Two so they turned it into a dance hall. It was sheer heaven! Yes I have a dark side, doesnt everyone? I got a chocolate biscuit when I went along to pay the bill at the end of the week. I went to Queen Victoria School. The Yemeni race riots were remarkable . 1968/69 SOUTH SHIELDS V GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY - NPL CUP. since 1860. 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The domed room that housed the planetarium is now a mosque. Giant leeks were put on show after much secret feeding and top dressing. I could not show my feelings in the same way he could not show his. celebrations-events house-home my-life pastimes-entertainment transport wartime working-life. This is a 35mm slide. They are a number of trade related landmarks: this includes the headquarters, warehouse and factory of the fashion company Barbour; the Customs House theatre and arts venue and the historic Mill Dam riverside. There were no fires and no lights because the gas had been cut off. Passengers were pushed onto the trains, dripping wet. [58] The college provides a wide range of other flexible vocational and training courses.[59]. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. There never seemed to be enough first footers to go round! No hospital exam was necessary then. Fennings Fever Cure was like drinking poison! In the early days they did not weigh the fish and you had to be able to judge the weight and quality before deciding a price. A Fruit and Veg display, taken somewhere in Newcastle upon Tyne. It shows a view of the decorated Christmas window of Bainbridges in Newcastle upon Tyne. The yard belonged to Catty Nelly and the cats and kittens were her kids so to speak. 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. For great art and culture delivered to your door, visit our shop. A Whitley Bay lady talks about her fathers experiences as a taxi driver during the 1920s and 30s. My grandmother never drank, but always carried a miniature bottle of brandy in her shopping bag for medicinal purposes. [43], There is a third lighthouse, just upstream of the pier, on the Herd Groyne at South Shields (which was constructed in 186167 to preserve Littlehaven Beach, then known as Herd Sands, which had begun to be washed away by the change of currents caused by the new piers).