South Shields Sanddancers Forum

Great article Strike,will read it in more detail tomorrow. Still think you where ill advised during the Strike. Why did Scargill not just bring out the face workers, if no coal was produced then the rest of the workforce would have had to be laid off and the goverment would have had to support them....

If I remember correctly we used to get a weeks holiday from school in October and it was known as blackberry week.

The Dogs Bowl ten pin bowling alley was there in late 60s early 70s.Can also remember Jet filling station at the same time that was built in the car park at the junction of Horsley Hill Road andWestcott Avenue,cheapest petrol in the North East at the time.

Used to go on odd occasions,it was under the south west corner of the multi storey car park near to the public conveniences. Miles Knox ran it before it closed, The name escapes me but it was something to do with the racehorse Red Rum as I can remember he had the horse there for the reopening of clu...

Never heard of High Maxwell Street. Maxwell Street ran between Victoria Road and Derby Terrace and in fact it is still there. It consists of small industrial units and garages.

What about the PALLADIUM at the NOOK i can remember when as kids we used to get enough money together to get one of us in.and when he was in he used to go to the gents and open the emergency door and the rest of us went in Most kids at Marsden did that,the toilets and emergency door were to the rig...

The Palace was my local cinema as well, I lived a hundred yards from it. We also used to go to the Pavilion and every Saturday morning the Chi. I went to the Plaza once only, couldn't hear the film because of the noise from rowdy kids, I walked out after half an hour. Used to go to the Savoy and be...

Sorry for misleading anyone,my mistake in getting the Hedworth Hall and Armstrong Hall mixed up.

Was it the Odeon or was it the Gaumont that was also referred to as the Scala.

One of my interests is in researching the history and location of old cinemas,(the buildings, architects and owners rather than the films which were shown there) particularly those no longer with us. My links with the North East and South Shields is through my wife's family but we rarely get to vis...

I didn't know either of the twins myself, different age group. My brother remembers them, but didn't know them very well. 8) There was an older brother Harry, he would be about your Jackies age. The father also named Harry died young,he used to do a lot of competitive swimming and he had large arms...

This is probably the one you mean Delilahcat. 123 killed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_L._Kielland_%28platform%29 Thats the same one as I put the link to the newspaper article referring to it and Delilahcat has already stated that she does not think it was that one. Will keep on searching ...

Could it be this one ? http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1655159?UserKey= Can vaguely remember this, the only other accident apart from Piper Alpha that I can remember when Shields lads were killed is the helicopter crash in the Irish sea when they were going out to a rig. One of the cas...

Delilahcat wrote:What was the name of the Oil Rig disaster - not Piper Alpha- where a number of people from this area were killed. Think it was back in the late sixties. An old friend of mine from schooldays was one of those killed.

This article explains it all.

http://veritas-assoc.com/Ocean%20Prince1.htm

Becca not having much joy in bumping up articles on Marsden. If you look through the index at the bottom right and work your way through the boards you should find plenty of articles. Some of the posters who grew up at Marsden about your Dads time are Mr Smith and his brother Jackie, Pilot, Cisco, a...

Cut and pasted title into google and saw a very interesting video of the Southern Venturer, its hard to believe that it was scrapped in 1964. Thanks for the link Marty. =D> =D> =D>

http://veritas-assoc.com/Ocean%20Prince1.htm

A good tale of a brave helicopter pilot.

The last photo could be the structure in the North Marine Park that collapsed killing a child who was playing inside.

eddieg wrote:Was there a tip on Benton road next to chuter ede?

Yes from the school up to the railway line opposite Heaton Gardens, would guess it was there in the late 60s early 70s.

Could anyone tell me if the above church is still there? i used to go there when i was 13 yrs old and i was in the CHOIR untill i was 16yrs this was in 1947 There is still a St Lawrence Church in Centenary Avenue, its on the right hand side coming from Prince Edward Road just after the council yard.

Wimpey had a burger bar next to the ship and Royal in Mile end Road in early 60s.