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- Sat Apr 18, 2015 12:35 pm
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: Market Pubs
- Replies: 106
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Re: Market Pubs
Andy in the book of South Shields Pubs the three Indian Kings stood in the North West Corner of the Market Place where the Commando stood. The Three Indian kings was built in the 1700s until 1890.
- Tue Apr 14, 2015 1:45 pm
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: Market Pubs
- Replies: 106
- Views: 271725
Re: Market Pubs
Barney went to the FAD last week on the wall there is a photo from 73/74 think, with everyone who hung around their Kev keeler, david Farham. graham clark etc they were sitting on the small roof on that little shed at the side and on the ground as well.
- Sat Dec 21, 2013 1:12 pm
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: History Of South Shields in Photos
- Replies: 4
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Re: History Of South Shields in Photos
Mr Smith there is a reference book in the library about North East Shipbuilding in vol.1 they have a map of the Tyne in 1750 included is South Shields quality is ok, there is also plans of what became Brighams around 1850 it also includes a couple of streets, the volumes are quite large.
- Fri Apr 26, 2013 9:27 am
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: no body home
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Re: no body home
I go on here quite a bit as well.
- Fri Apr 12, 2013 12:51 pm
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: Where did you hang out?
- Replies: 76
- Views: 29800
Re: Where did you hang out?
Barney Dodger Wilson "lollipop man ill get ya bloody lollipop man" classic lines.
- Fri Apr 12, 2013 11:56 am
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: Where did you hang out?
- Replies: 76
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Re: Where did you hang out?
Barney I used to work for Ted Key the greengrocer then Brian Tait on the milk and as a bottle boy at the Shoreline to make a bit pocket money. And hang around the Duster which was run by Dot and Jim as well as the Fad.
- Fri Apr 12, 2013 11:54 am
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: Where did you hang out?
- Replies: 76
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Re: Where did you hang out?
We used to just go on the bus down street, Barney remember the watchie when they were building the flats next to us we used to play there he was the fastest watchie I had ever seen. Spooky Valley was fun your right we used to fight each other all the time.
- Mon Apr 08, 2013 11:56 am
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: South Shields folk working in the yards. The Big Bang
- Replies: 6
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Re: South Shields folk working in the yards. The Big Bang
Cairngomer as part of your apprenticeship did you work with bunty making washer after washer I did. Also I was apprentice to Dennis Whalen lining off and we played football at the top of the high shed on top of the steel plates.
- Mon Apr 08, 2013 11:54 am
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: South Shields folk working in the yards. The Big Bang
- Replies: 6
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Re: South Shields folk working in the yards. The Big Bang
Cairngomer worked in the ambulance room in the 70s Mary was the nurse and Squddly Sid Carter her assistant myself and others took turns in the ambulance room was in there with the jellytot incident, the little white ambulance was terrifying travelling to the hospital swb hairy going round corners.
- Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:40 am
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: South Shields folk working in the yards Narrow escapes.
- Replies: 30
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Re: South Shields folk working in the yards Narrow escapes.
Cairngormer it was me asking about the Gandara, I was apprentice to if you knew them Geordie Delroy, Jimmy Wade and Eddie Georgeson and on the bottom squad working on the ways Tommy Gray, John Hogg hated working on the Arctic D steel remember 1976 lying on the tank top just under the deck covered in...
- Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:39 pm
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: Where did you hang out?
- Replies: 76
- Views: 29800
Re: Where did you hang out?
Barney Dodger used to threaten us with the lollipop man esdales moved when gordon got knocked down and the Lawrensons moved in, also used to knock around with Colin Mcqueen, Ray Coffer, Mick Jeffels, Grampi, Ray Coates, etc. Fun days
- Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:40 pm
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: Where did you hang out?
- Replies: 76
- Views: 29800
Re: Where did you hang out?
Barney we all used to fight the Robinsons, Ian, Jimmy and Janet that was fun.
- Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:52 am
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: Where did you hang out?
- Replies: 76
- Views: 29800
Re: Where did you hang out?
Barney me John Milne, Tommy Robinson, Gordon Esdale (befor he got knocked down) used to go to the ponds at the bottom of Whiteleas Way next to the school also the shops on Whiteleas Way ps we used to fight the Robinsons, a lot remember a time when I fought Vincent and your Maureen came round smacked...
- Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:38 am
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: South Shields folk working in the yards Narrow escapes.
- Replies: 30
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Re: South Shields folk working in the yards Narrow escapes.
Cairngomer tell us about I was one of the first aiders on sight and went with the apprentice to the hospital, also spent time in the ambulance room, Mary was the nurse in charge and Sid was the other ambulance attendant ps only trradesman working when yards were on strike ambulance room you see.
- Fri Feb 15, 2013 12:44 pm
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: South Shields folk working in the yards Narrow escapes.
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9607
Re: South Shields folk working in the yards Narrow escapes.
Cairngomer 7374 was there after it happened the management decided to put managers and office staff on a marine fire fighting course at South Shields, me being a first aider at the time and others said we should do it as we where on the ship anyway and the gear was alongside, we became the first to ...
- Wed Feb 13, 2013 2:15 pm
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: South Shields folk working in the yards Narrow escapes.
- Replies: 30
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Re: South Shields folk working in the yards Narrow escapes.
I served my time 1972-1976 at Leslies bad accident I attended was involving jelly tot the welders gaffer one of the apprentices had fallen off the staging as he went backwards he grabbed jelly tot both fell between the longys he was off a hell of a long time.
- Fri Feb 01, 2013 10:56 am
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: Laygate
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3606
Re: Laygate
I lived in Bowman street when I was younger then moved to Whiteleas, when the estate was first built, In Bowman Street there was a corner shop ran by an arab family.
- Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:38 am
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: Can Anyone Remember the Name of this Pub
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3144
Re: Can Anyone Remember the Name of this Pub
Defo the Garricks Head
- Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:06 am
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: Laygate
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3606
Laygate
Put these on dont know if you have seen them before. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TM33UwSm9U
- Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:58 pm
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: remember these sweets when you were a kid?
- Replies: 240
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Re: remember these sweets when you were a kid?
Pete I called it sugarelly water black as ye lum