South Shields Sanddancers Forum

As a small child I was told by my grandmother that the term comes from the actions of people possibly in the victorian era? (bit lost with the era) dancing and drinking in the open air dance hall ontop of Marsden Rock and then dancing across the sands back to the shore in their ballgowns ect at low ...

Brilliant photo's Brian, really good to see them. The pedestrian bridge over the line, are you able to say, where abouts that would be ? Bridge was at top of Spohr terrace just before pit entrance . When I worked at Westoe after Whitburn closed used to cross bridge into Iolanthe Terrace and cross M...

I started there 1970ish and did enjoy Mobray Road, seemed like in those days the sun always shone because being on the school field or in the 1 acre field around the corner has never left me? I remember the potacabin class room aswell it was like a sweat box with all the glass, even after I left Mob...