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Beginning of the working week Header 'down Shields'

Posted by Norman Dunn on 23/3/2026, 9:02 am
Edited by board administrator 23/3/2026, 10:37 am

A very familiar view looking down Ocean Rd in the Tramcars days which ended around 1946 when they were replaced by the blue double decker Trolley Buses.

Re: Beginning of the working week Header 'down Shields'

Posted by peter cook on 23/3/2026, 9:54 am, in reply to "Beginning of the working week Header 'down Shields'"

Norman, I have the same postcard photo and it was posted on the 5th November 1917 so photo must date a bit earlier than that.

Re: Beginning of the working week Header 'down Shields'

Posted by Norman Dunn on 23/3/2026, 10:30 am, in reply to "Re: Beginning of the working week Header 'down Shields'"

Thanks Peter. Much appreciated.
I will do a quick edit & re-date it asap.
Norman

Re: Beginning of the working week Header 'down Shields'

Posted by Maria Ratheram on 23/3/2026, 9:58 am, in reply to "Beginning of the working week Header 'down Shields'"

Thanks a clear photo .So much better than now we got the bus from Argyle street Hebburn to South Shields it stopped round the corner from Minchella ice cream parlour. Sandwiches with us then of we went a big family on mam's side we would meet up men in shirts and Ties sat in a group a full day spent .That is one of my happy memories cost us nothing but the bus fare.

Re: Beginning of the working week Header 'down Shields'

Posted by Mac Hardy on 23/3/2026, 10:06 am, in reply to "Re: Beginning of the working week Header 'down Shields'"

Large number of men on left hand side, wonder what was going on ?

Re: Beginning of the working week Header 'down Shields'

Posted by Stan Wears on 23/3/2026, 8:59 pm, in reply to "Re: Beginning of the working week Header 'down Shields'"

Can anyone remember the little shops behind the Sea Hotel? A rock shop and O Hagans fresh seafood like prawns etc....

Re: Beginning of the working week Header 'down Shields'

Posted by George on 24/3/2026, 10:09 am, in reply to "Re: Beginning of the working week Header 'down Shields'"

Look what they've done to our town, Ma.

Ocean Road South Shields

Ocean Rd for George

Posted by Mac C on 24/3/2026, 5:50 pm, in reply to "Re: Beginning of the working week Header 'down Shields'"

How awful and downmarket Ocean Rd looks now. I can hardly believe my eyes.

Re: Ocean Rd for Mac

Posted by George on 24/3/2026, 8:38 pm, in reply to "Ocean Rd for George"

I really hoped to be wrong Mac. Just look at those bay window mullions above the shops on the left. Amazing structures of extraordinary quality. There is nothing with which to compare these wonderful old buildings. Such a shame to think of what must have happened to them. So pleased to have these recorded photographs. Thanks Norman.

Re: Beginning of the working week Header 'down Shields'

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.

Re: Beginning of the working week Header 'down Shields'

Posted by Malcolm on 24/3/2026, 6:35 pm, in reply to "Re: Beginning of the working week Header 'down Shields'"

Available on flea-bay & Amazon, £20-£50

Re: Beginning of the working week Header 'down Shields'

Posted by AJG on 24/3/2026, 7:12 pm, in reply to "Re: Beginning of the working week Header 'down Shields'"

Ouch. My copy cost me £2.75 at Thorne's Bookshop in Newcastle years ago.

Re: Beginning of the working week Header 'down Shields'

Posted by Malcolm on 24/3/2026, 7:52 pm, in reply to "Re: Beginning of the working week Header 'down Shields'"

So, now worth £20-£50.... not a bad investment!!!

Re: Beginning of the working week Header 'down Shields'

Posted by AJG on 24/3/2026, 9:39 pm, in reply to "Re: Beginning of the working week Header 'down Shields'"

I should have bought a dozen copies!