South Shields Sanddancers Forum

yes reve was sunderland daft like me. forget to mention his nephew and my mate was gordon robertshsaw .gordon's granda' was alex pirie a lovely old soul who used to give fish he had caught and would never take a penny . iwonder if Pirie's Quay is still there . i know jimmy pirie still lives in Green...

does anyone remember a tyne pilot called Revely Whale he was my pal's uncle .we used to play darts for the Beehive. i think Reve passed away a few years
ago

i used to go to the saturday night dance at the new st. marks and st cutherberts yc in quarry lane with my pals from st marys
kenny

Yes, I remember all these people, including the three brothers who lived in Berwick St. One was nicknamed Steptoe and one used to carry a doll around and would scream blue murder if anyone touched it.The other one wore an overcoat that looked as if it had been slashed with a knife,just a mass of rag...

Does anyone remember a chararacter called Accy Baccy who used to hang around the Chi. and Frederick St. area? He used to wear unusual clothes.I once saw him in a jockey's outfit.This was in the 60's and 70's and i think he lived in So.Frederick St.I believe John Gaffney did an article on him some ye...

i recall the barber shop on the corner of chi road it was run by harry moffet and his wife she use to make socks etc. upstairs lived my nanna and granda cook (jack and lizzy) then there were the ramsays who kept greyhounds.the pie shop on john clay street may have been kieths then there was southern...

Brilliant photos!
I used to live in Taylor St. Does any one have any photos of that area .I iived there in the 60's & 70's and was a founder member of St. Mary's youth club
Happy days
Kenny

john forster's paper shop was on the corner of corbridge st. and taylor st. thanks for the welcome . iam infact kenny ord and have just sorted my email acc.
i was just using my wifey's address til sorted

does anyone remember forster's paper shop in Taylor St.? i hung around with freddy for years and had a paper round
at the shop. freddy is a head-master now but i don't what happened to brother john.i lived at 145 Taylor St 3 or 4 doors
away
kenny ord