Double Your Money and Take Your Pick were TV highlights and Mary Hopkin was topping the charts. And back in the late 1960s, the Shields Gazette photographers were hard at work capturing these scenes.
They include a new carpet shop in King Street as well as the Cross Bar Club coffee bar.
There’s a view of a busy day at Binns and a new attraction at Wouldhave House.
Now it is the turn of the second half of the decade and we hope these scenes bring back happy memories.
There’s a view of a busy day at Binns and a new attraction at Wouldhave House.
9. King George Road
Waiting to cross King George Road in October 1965. Photo: Shields Gazette
10. Inside the factory
Peter Johnson & Co in November 1965. Did you work there? Photo: Shields Gazette
11. A mock rescue
Members of South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade taking part in a mock rescue in May 1968. Photo: Shields Gazette