Posted by AJG on 24/3/2026, 5:25 pm, in reply to "Beginning of the working week Header 'down Shields'"
I know I have mentioned it before on this board, but the book "The Only Child" by James Kirkup is a fantastic memoir of his early life growing up in South Shields in the 1920s.
Don't know if it is still in print but it should be easy to track down a copy.
