South Shields Sanddancers Forum

When I lived in Bristol and worked as a waitress I was asked sometimes where I came from and replied Newcastle as not many Southerners familiar with Shields and twice people said "Funny I could have sworn you came from S. Shields". Both times they knew people from Shields and recognised th...

She does work with asylum seekers apparently - wasn't she the consultant on that department? My mum says she goes to church wearing Santa hats in June. I remember taking my gran to Casualty once and she thundered down the corridor and boomed "Will all those people who are not bleeding, stand in...

Yes, smelt really damp and this stuck to your clothes, and really shabby furniture.

Memories of Shields 50's-80's, Billie Meths, large expanses of fields, trees, and wild flowers at what is now Harton Moor Estate, the different rooms in the Ship and Royal, Hintons, T.G. Allens, Binns, a very scary driving examiner in early 80's and equally scary doctor in Emergency at Ingham, a man...