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King Street

Posted by peter cook on 19/9/2025, 7:50 am

An old undated photo of King Street.

Re: King Street

Posted by Margaret McD on 19/9/2025, 12:21 pm, in reply to "King Street"

Another fantastic photo Peter. Do you know what the big building was? A departmental store? A theatre?

Re: King Street

Posted by peter cook on 19/9/2025, 2:12 pm, in reply to "Re: King Street"

I think it was just a big store, from a not to good memory i seem to think the cinema's and theatre's were on the other side of King Street.

Re: King Street

Posted by Carol in hampshire on 19/9/2025, 2:23 pm, in reply to "King Street"

Was it not Bainbridges department store??

Re: King Street

Posted by tom barker on 19/9/2025, 3:06 pm, in reply to "King Street"

nice photo peter

Re: King Street

Posted by Margaret McD on 19/9/2025, 4:10 pm, in reply to "Re: King Street"

Binns was there for many years but don't know when it opened or even whether it was on that spot.

Re: King Street Margaret McD

Posted by peter cook on 19/9/2025, 4:38 pm, in reply to "Re: King Street"

Binns bought Fowler and Brock (which was further down King Street on the right of the photo) in 1927 they then converted and renamed it Binns.

Re: King Street Margaret McD

Posted by Carol in hampshire Margaret on 19/9/2025, 4:59 pm, in reply to "Re: King Street Margaret McD"

Your right Margaret, its many years since my last visit

Re: King Street Margaret McD

Posted by Margaret McD on 19/9/2025, 7:32 pm, in reply to "Re: King Street Margaret McD"

Thanks Peter. That I did not know.

Re: King Street Margaret McD

Posted by Bob Noble on 20/9/2025, 8:19 pm, in reply to "Re: King Street Margaret McD"

Somwere down that section of King Street on the right hand side there was a sweet shop Maynards.My mother's younger sister worked there in the years before the war2 My mother would often visit taking me with her, always a bag of mixed 'bullets'( sweets) to enjoy on the way back yem. This was in the mid 1930s
All the troubles going at that time diserpeared when you tucked into you'r bullets .My auntie Lucy said she was the manageress,.Never saw anyone else serving in the shop ,so, she could well have been .Cheers

Re: King Street Margaret McD

Posted by Margaret McD on 20/9/2025, 9:41 pm, in reply to "Re: King Street Margaret McD"

How would she travel from Hebburn to South Shields Bob? Bus? Train?

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