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Weekend Header on the Pier over 100 yrs ago

Posted by Norman Dunn on 28/3/2026, 9:34 am

A view lots of us will have experienced getting some fresh sea air walking along the Pier at South Shields. The two well dressed ladies are there to 'take in the sea air' because every household in those days had a smoky coal fire making the air very unhealthy.Doctors sometimes suggested sea air for some patients.