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South Shields town hall area circa 1930
Posted by peter cook on 20/6/2026, 6:24 am
An old photo showing the South Shields town hall area circa 1930.
I was born and lived in Broughton Road which is the road to the right of the Town Hall. The area to the rear of the Town Hall was allotments. The church to the right is Westoe Road Baptist which I went to for many years. The church behind the allotments is St. Johns. There appears to be a horse and cart in Broughton Road, I can remember the CO-OP used them for deliveries. Happy memories.
You sparked more memories, thank you. When I started work for South Tyneside Council at 16 in the seventies you started in a Pool and got sent to various places for 6 weeks at a time until you ended up with a permanent position, mine was Hebburn Council Offices. The Planning department was my first and it was in a building in a road to the right of the Town Hall and then I spent 6 weeks in the Library on Ocean Road, I say in the Library it was in the attic filing the cards in those long wooden boxes. My view was the Town Hall clock! Boy oh boy was that boring. I had to put each one in sideways so a woman could check! She did it for 6 weeks and I didn’t get one wrong, I think she was hoping 😁 I only got to see the inside of the Town Hall once
