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Shields Market Place

Posted by Norman Dunn on September 14, 2023, 9:13:25

A postcard from about 1900 in Shields Market place. Markets are still held there today but much smaller ones.

Re: Shields Market Place

Posted by Mac Hardy on September 14, 2023, 11:09:15, in reply to "Shields Market Place"

South Shields Market used to be great with a good range of products on sale, last time I visited I hardly recognised the place with very few stalls. King Street is the same, looks like a demolition site.

Re: Shields Market Place

Posted by Stan wears on September 14, 2023, 20:02:28, in reply to "Re: Shields Market Place"

What Interested me as well is St.Hildas Church. I still study church architecture and have never studied this one until now! It goes back to 647AD. What a history!It's worth reading it!

Re: Shields Market Place

Posted by Geordieboy ns on September 15, 2023, 3:57:31, in reply to "Re: Shields Market Place"

Thank you Norman. When I was still wearing unwashed shorts, once a week I used to go early 6ish to the gas works to buy a beat up pram load of coke. Used to run through the church yard to a Cafe in the market square for a cup of tea. Always visited the market on Saturdays but like King Street the planners have sanitized the character out of it. Nice photograph.

Re: Shields Market Place

Posted by Geordieboy ns on September 15, 2023, 4:25:03, in reply to "Re: Shields Market Place"

When St Hildas cemetery was hit by a WW11 bomb a lot of the bits and pieces ended up in the market square.

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