South Shields Sanddancers Forum

Any pubs on Shields sell decent German Beer - Jever, Krombacher, or such like?
Had a look via google and can't find anything!
Cheers
Kenny

I enjoyed reading all those....anymore? anymore??????

Was round at me mothers yesterday and she had been going through old bits and bats of her mams, and came across this!

little bit on here but unable to find some of curlys photos http://forum.southshields-sanddancers.co.uk/boards/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1532&p=24290&hilit=station#p24290 Ooh...will check that out later :D Hi, new to this site, wish I'd found it years ago. Anyway, you might a find a book call...

jimmywizz wrote: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

I've had a look through a few old posts...but there's that many that it's almost needle in a haystack time! lol but good reading too

You might also find the Old Ordnance Survey Maps useful. The Godfrey Editions cover the area around the turn of the last century. Numbers 3, 7 , 9, 14 15 and 16 cover the area in question. radstockjeff Yeah, I was looking at the Godfrey editions...didn't realise I would need that many though! Thoug...

This book may be helpful, it is certainly full of detail about South Shields railways. It is "Railways of South Shields" by Neil Sinclair and Ian Carr and was published by Tyne and Wear Museums Service in 1990. Maybe now out of print, but worth seeking out. radstockjeff Thanks for that :D...

Yeah, and it's shocking that they destroy these things...and for a car park!

Hey, I am looking for information of old rail services in Shields - Routes, maps, which parts are accessible today - addresses of the old stations etc. I do a lot of walking the old railway paths and put them on a blog (walk-north), and being from South Shields, albeit what seems an eternity ago, I ...