South Shields Sanddancers Forum

I had a couple of relatives who evacuated to Cockermouth in the Lake District.

Nothing. Left 30 years ago and don't return now. Last time I was there I was shocked at how it had gone downhill. People are different too. I'll just keep my memories. Better that way.

There was a Peter Pino lived at Fellgate in the early eighties with his wife Angela, and their 2 daughters. I think they may still live there. He may have worked for NCB.

Yes there was a Michael but he was not there for as long as his predecessor, Sid Collins.

Do you remember the Manager in the old South Shields Motor Tax Office? He used to serve at the counter sometimes, along with a couple of young female staff.

He could well have been the Borough Engineer. I had been thinking along those lines, and had wondered about Chief Surveyor, Architect, or Town Planner.

See if the names on this list ring any bells http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporting_Scotland#Past_Presenters_.26_Reporters Thank you so much. It was Reevel Alderson in the list 'Special Reporters'. See - http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/scotland/reevelalderson.shtml with regard to...

There was a John Egan married Elizabeth Brown/Elizabeth Forster at South Shields in 1912. It is to be assumed that Elizabeth Brown was a widow and her maiden name was Forster. There is no record of any other John Egan getting married in South Shields between 1905 and 1920. For births, marriages and...

They both had the same first name & surname. It was a distinctive name, possibly Scottish. The father was often named in the Shields Gazette possibly in connection with Local Government. The son was a Reporter for BBC Radio Scotland in the eighties. It was a name that could easily trip off the t...

John Egan may have been married to a McNulty, and may also have had two sons. Where are all you Egans?

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homesick wrote:I think the garage you mean sold Vauxhall cars but I can't remember the name.

Was it Adams and Gibbons, can remember the pumps where set back inside and an overhead hose on a boom dispensed petrol into cars.

I think there was a Ken Chamberlain at Adams & Gibbon in the seventies.

Wasn't there a Harry Abernethy there in the 60's?

John Egan, son of Thomas, was born in 1884. He lived in the Commercial Road area of South Shields, and had two daughters probably born around 1920.

I was there in 1955, but was only in first year then. The young ladies in the photo look older.

Thos Egan born in Galway 1851/1852, married in Corbridge 1878, and then settled in South Shields with his 3 children - Mary, John, and Nora who were all born between 1880 & 1890. I am trying to trace any information on Thomas e.g. parents names, exact place of birth, brothers or sisters etc., or...

Those old bus photos brought back memories. I have not lived in South Shields for many years, but visit occasionally. I have mentioned before at how surprised I am at the lack of pride & dignity people have these days when you walk around the town centre. The people in these old photographs are ...

I think the building that had been demolished was Woods the Tailors. It had a long frontage where where there was a walk thru to increase the amount of window display. They also sold school uniforms.

It's not all down to really bad taste and decision making by the Council, the defacing of once elegant victorian homes is very sad, and has turned many streets into tacky slumlike areas. For example, in the Westoe area there are streets where they have replaced the wooden panelled front doors with w...

Do you remember the old Motor Tax Office in that little hut at the side of the Town Hall? What are your memories of taxing your car, or the staff there? Was it better than the current system?