South Shields Sanddancers Forum

moose you can fins a bit about the seaplane here viewtopic.php?f=55&t=9085

hi moose, welcome to our website

i also remember the toy rat the firemen used to have on a bit string, on a friday night when the woman walked past the station they used to pull the string and watched as they all started to scream when the rat wizzed past their feet

i can never figure out why this story has never been made into a blockbuster film

still a strugle to place it, because there should be a pub in view and also the old school that is now the crown bingo

I know I'm three years too late but did no-one ever figure this out? Hudson Street crossed the track at Tyne Dock Station by a level crossing, later on (I don't know why) they diverted Hudson Street, dug a cutting and went under the track instead, hence the old stone arch and retaining walls that a...

little bit on here but unable to find some of curlys photos
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1532&p=24290&hilit=station#p24290

if i remember you can still see the old gate into the yard, curly did post some photos of the place a few years ago on here but not sure where they are now

hi kenny, did you know that the original south shields train station stood behind what is B & Q today ? and upto just a few years ago you could still see the platform, its now a car park

great photo

funny how this should come up as i just found this on ebay today http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/statue-of-the ... 27c5c042e9

welcome to our boards AL

its hard to picture now when you walk along that road all those arches that used to be above your head

i lived on taylor street havelock street end close to fruit shop very close to hanrattys remember my nan getting a big high brass fender with all matching poker tongs shovel etc. for 5 shilling, used to sit on fender in front of big roaring fire, that was 55 ish bet they would be worth a fortune no...

i have fixed the link marty as it was not working

some good finds on there marty

hi Yvonne glad to see you made it on here, i am sure someone will be able to give you a bit more info in a few days

not sure if thats the right pub as the neptune hotel that was next to the commercial looks like this

http://www.southshields-sanddancers.co. ... -hotel.htm

yes jarrow pete yous`t to do work for SICO [SPD [REMEMBER THE BIG FIRE] AND ALSO WARDLES timber merchants also shop fronts in dean rd Watched the SPD fire flames from Marsden Quarry,biggest fire since the war it was said. a lot of people in sima ate cooked fishfingers for a few days after that nigh...

you can also find your old classmates from Bearwood college at http://www.myhometown-schools.co.uk/sch ... oolid=2862