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South Shields Borough Police Band. 1889

A policeman in uniform in the late 1800s

Tyne Dock just before the First World War.

The National Food Kitchen in the Castle Cafe, Sea Road in 19 18

A policeman on traffic duty at the crossroads of Mile End Road, King Street and Ocean Road.

Police manning the first motor fire engine in 1917.

A police inspection at the rear of Keppel Street Police Station. Everybody is turned out smart, especially the bowler hatted gent. Note the spats.


comeonthen
A police inspection at the rear yard of the Keppel Street Police Station.

Ocean Road Crossing about 1924.

A police inspection in the 1920's by Chief Constable Scott.

South Shields police inspection 1930s

Cauldwell at the junction of Sunderland Road, on the left and King George Road on the right. The houses on the left in Sunderland Road are under construction. A policeman can be seen standing outside a police box.

Comeonthen, fantastic photo's these are. Very interesting and enjoyable to see how it all looked back then. Thanks for posting them. =D>

great photos
i love looking at old photos like that

I've seen several of the photos posted above before. I'm curious as to the
source of the photos as obviously you weren't around at the time they were
taken comeonthen. I know that you said you had about 4000 of them,but
where did you get them from mate.
It's just me being nosey again.

baldy.smith wrote:I've seen several of the photos posted above before. I'm curious as to the
source of the photos as obviously you weren't around at the time they were
taken comeonthen. I know that you said you had about 4000 of them,but
where did you get them from mate.
It's just me being nosey again.

I was writing a book and wanted all photos to illustrate it but could not find the ones that I wanted until after it was published. I decided that it would be a good idea to collate all the old photographs in one place. So every book, every paper and every source I could find I would scan the photo with a reference as to the source, publisher, photographer, title of book, ISBN and exactly what can be seen on each photograph. With the photos I have took myself I have ammassed a good collection.
I have been going out for a number of years now just taking photos of the streets of the town, my intention is to have a photogaph of every street and every building for the future generations. As far as copyright is concerned I use the ones that have run out of copyright and the ones I have permission to use. As for the others that I cannot supply I can give all the details as to how to obtain it and from where.
The photos have helped me enormously with the book that I am writing now. A page of description cannot beat a good photo in the appropriate place of the book.
comeonthen

A good photo can say a lot more than any amount of words.
It must have took you forever to amass such a collection.

A lot of time and a lot of effort but well worth it. There must be hundreds more photos out there to be collated and indexed and put on a data base. I encourage people to send me photos that I can add to my database. People are always looking for a particular photo but cannot always find it.
A copy of the photos I have taken myself are stored in the local history section of the library for people to look at and to have copies of. I believe that photos should be shared. If you are doing a family tree then photos of your ancestors or the place where they lived would add greatly to your tree.
comeonthen

Once again Laurie a big thank you for sharing them with us. =D> =D> =D>

. Thats a great idea Comeonthen.

But I think you've been beaten by Google Earth with street view.

Wished GE was about in the 50's 60's...imagine being able to take a visual trip around shields.

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