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- Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:55 am
- Forum: South Shields General Notice Board
- Topic: south shields mythbusters
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4753
Thank you Global. We aim to please, as Blackadder's firing squad joked. Betty, my site is mostly devoted to the NE heritage, so this is my territory. The night of the bomber incident, the Germans also had a go at Brodrick Street, where I think Baldy, or Little Baldy as he was known, lived at the tim...
- Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:49 am
- Forum: South Shields General Notice Board
- Topic: Boy Scout Baloney
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1881
Boy Scout Baloney
The Boy Scout centenary is upon us and we are being told over and over again that the first Scout camp was on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour. It wasn't. That was just a trial camp with a few local boys and some public school chaps. The first Boy Scout camp was on the Tyne . LISTEN UP! BECAUSE THE ...
- Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:56 am
- Forum: South Shields General Notice Board
- Topic: south shields mythbusters
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4753
There are two versions of the bomber incident. The second is by the great South Shields local historian Amy Flagg of Westoe Village. The night of Feb 21 1941 was one of heavy raids in the North East of England. So far as I know this aircraft was the only one brought down in South Shields itself. Man...
- Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:42 am
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: old police box marine park
- Replies: 2
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- Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:50 pm
- Forum: South Shields General Notice Board
- Topic: Muppet Personality Test
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3590
- Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:50 pm
- Forum: South Shields General Notice Board
- Topic: Tynemouth Priory.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3616
The stained glass isn't from the Priory. I imagine it's from Holy Saviour Church in Tynemouth (c 1840). It's good quality, some of it by William Wailes of Gateshead (who built Saltwell Towers). Edward I (the baddie in Braveheart) considered Tynemouth one of the strongest castles in the Northern Marc...
- Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:48 am
- Forum: South Shields General Notice Board
- Topic: Tynemouth Priory.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3616
- Mon Jun 25, 2007 2:02 pm
- Forum: South Shields General Notice Board
- Topic: Agent Zigzag; Alice in Sunderland. Money for old rope
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1855
- Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:16 am
- Forum: South Shields General Notice Board
- Topic: Agent Zigzag; Alice in Sunderland. Money for old rope
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1855
Agent Zigzag; Alice in Sunderland. Money for old rope
Eddie Chapman - Geordie safe-breaker, jailbird, womaniser, German agent, British agent (hero of the film Triple Cross, Christopher Plummer) - is commemorated in a new book Agent Zigzag by (forgotten) Macintyre. (Sless) If you don't know of Chapman, you'll be amazed. If you find out exactly where he...
- Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:41 pm
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: Cigarettes gone by
- Replies: 52
- Views: 9878
- Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:37 pm
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: Kathy Stobart
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1594
- Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:35 pm
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: The Clouded Yellow
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1436
- Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:21 pm
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: Cloth cap fashion item
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1299
Cloth cap fashion item
Sales of flat caps have risen by 82% this year. Most are being sold in the South East of England. As Bobby Thompson, the Little Waster used to say: 'If flat caps are good enough for the royal family, they're good enough for me.' Flat caps were handy (could be kept in the pocket); and were universal ...
- Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:06 pm
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: Albert Burdon
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1201
Albert Burdon
I'd be grateful for any information about the old South Shields comedian Albert Burdon.
- Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:36 pm
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: big acts in south shields
- Replies: 53
- Views: 12294
- Sat Jun 16, 2007 4:09 pm
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: The Clouded Yellow
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1436
The Clouded Yellow
I was going to tell people that this film was on C5 today, because part of it is set in Newcastle. However, I could only remember a short sequence on Castle Stairs in the dark and was afraid of disappointing viewers. In any case it might not have been on in the NE. In fact Trevor Howard and Jean Sim...
- Sat Jun 16, 2007 7:56 am
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: Kathy Stobart
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1594
Kathy Stobart
Does anyone remember Kathy Stobart (b. 1936) the South Shields jazz saxophonist?
- Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:50 pm
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: Help Wanted
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1880
- Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:39 pm
- Forum: Tyneside History Room
- Topic: market place flag
- Replies: 24
- Views: 21759
Miss Amy Flagg's account of the Shields air-raids is at the local studies library, as you will know, and I have copies from them of pictures of the devastation in Albany Street and Marlborough Street - 9.08 p.m. 10 October 1941 We were in a shelter just round the corner in Canterbury Street that nig...
- Mon Jun 11, 2007 7:34 pm
- Forum: South Shields General Notice Board
- Topic: SUNDAY ROAST
- Replies: 62
- Views: 8662
My mother's recipe for Yorkshire pudding. Strong men have been known to fight for the corner pieces. And the gravy! YORKSHIRE PUDDING (for two) 2 tablespoons plain flour. 1 egg 1 pinch salt Add half milk, half water to create the consistency of cream when beaten . Melt your fat in the ioven till ver...