SOME IMAGES FROM SOUTH SHIELDS AND AREA FROM THE LATER 20TH CENTURY


THE OLD FUNFAIR BESIDE THE COASTGUARDS' BUILDING ON THE FRONT - POSTCARDBOUGHT AROUND 1975

POSTCARD OF OCEAN ROAD BOUGHT AROUND 1975 and IMAGE FROM LATER YEARS




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One of the two former Italian ice cream parlours on Ocean Road said to be in a' local vendetta': Mancini's and Minchella's.



FROM 'THE HOPPINGS' ANNUAL FUNFAIR AT NEWCASTLE - CA 1976. GYPSY RELATIVE OF THE UBIQUITOUS ROSIE LEE 'PETROLEIGO's CARAVAN