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weekend header 'down Shields'

Posted by Norman Dunn on 1/3/2025, 12:02 pm

A familiar view in Shields taken over 50 yrs ago

Fowler-St-1970s-looking-north

Re: weekend header 'down Shields'

Posted by Joseph on 1/3/2025, 4:55 pm, in reply to "weekend header 'down Shields'"

Love these old photos Norman, I remember rediffusion radio,four or five stations and we still thought we were posh.🤣🤣🤣 happy days.

Memories

Posted by Geordieboy ns on 1/3/2025, 5:22 pm, in reply to "Re: weekend header 'down Shields'"

Joseph, I'm with you on that memory. We, local helliens, used to gather in our living room on a winters night, fire on lights out, listening to a spooky story on the rented radio. Happy days.

Re: weekend header 'down Shields'

Posted by Sheila on 1/3/2025, 5:53 pm, in reply to "Re: weekend header 'down Shields'"

I remember our first TV was rented from Rediffusion.

Re: weekend header 'down Shields'

Posted by Geordieboy ns on 1/3/2025, 5:34 pm, in reply to "weekend header 'down Shields'"

Thank you for the photo Norman.

Re: weekend header 'down Shields'(Joseph)

Posted by Stan Wears on 1/3/2025, 10:21 pm, in reply to "Re: weekend header 'down Shields'"

Redifusion? Radio Luxembourg 11pm Sunday night. 208 meters and 49.26 metres. Full of atmospherics! Mrs Dale's diary at 4pm everyday and God help me if I dared speak when granny listened !. I loved the Goon Show.... sorry,I could go on all night! However I relive my youth on this site!

Re: weekend header 'down Shields'

Posted by AJG on 1/3/2025, 6:44 pm, in reply to "weekend header 'down Shields'"

Great photo Norman! This is the way I remember South Shields looking when I was young!

Re: weekend header 'down Shields'

Posted by Jackie W on 1/3/2025, 8:43 pm, in reply to "weekend header 'down Shields'"

Strange how the memory works. I knew where that was straight away. If you’d asked me what shops were up that end I couldn’t have told you.

Re: weekend header 'down Shields'

Posted by Geordieboy ns on 2/3/2025, 8:30 pm, in reply to "Re: weekend header 'down Shields'"

Re Fowler Street.it never seemed to be a normal shopping street like King Street, the street itself was a gentil down hill slope from the New Town Hall to the inter section of King and Ocean Road I often wondered if that was the reason. King Street always was the main street for shopping.

Re: weekend header 'down Shields' for Geordieboy

Posted by Mac C on 3/3/2025, 10:18 am, in reply to "Re: weekend header 'down Shields'"

Probably its position leading from the historic market place and the old centre of Shields meant that shopping activity naturally extended along KIng St.

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