I was just thinking
King Street, South Shields Three gents sit and have a rest in the sunshine amongst throngs of shoppers in King Street, South Shields. I’m just wondering if one of them is thinking hard over whether or...
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138 High Street West, Sunderland Used to be a ship’s chandler in the days when they had wooden hulls and sails, now it’s a pub. The area around the bottom end of High Street in Sunderland would have...
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Northumberland Street, Newcastle I was out of South Shields most of yesterday on a trip up to Newcastle to have the ccd sensor of my Pentax professionally cleaned -ten pounds exceedingly well spent!...
View ArticleReflected history
Ocean Road (through the gold window) An odd quirky shot with odd colours. This is Ocean Road in South Shields as seen in a reflection of the gold mirrored windows of “The Beach”, a popular town centre...
View ArticleHell is empty…..
Academic attire Was out away from South Shields a few days ago in Durham City, which has it’s cathedral, castle, and ancient university. That’s where I bumped into this tailor’s shop on Sadler Street...
View ArticleSelf portrait
Taking a rest Here’s a rare treat for you, a picture of me! I’m busy taking a rest at the moment after undergoing a heart operation in Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital so the pictures that you are seeing...
View ArticleSign of the times
Pawnbroker I guess South Shields really is little different from many other towns in the UK as we all deal with the economic recession. The larger retailers apparently favour out of town developments...
View ArticleBLT Baps
Sandwich Bar BLT (bacon, lettuce, tomato) baps (large bread buns) only £1.50, – see even the the sandwich bars in South Shields are having to find more imaginative ways to entice their customers off...
View ArticlePhoto-shop
Edinburgh Buildings Photo shop – get it? The Edinburgh Buildings are on the corner of King Street, South Shields and include a photo processing shop on the ground floor where you can take your cd-rom,...
View ArticleSaturday Sanddancer Scene #36
Lidl friend Hi and welcome to the latest publication of our series of pictures made or created by the members of Curly’s Cornershop Message Board, the most active forum on Tyneside with over 241000...
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