Nine pictures of life in South Tyneside in 1994 as we rewind 28 years

Digital specialist in nostalgia

Published 29th Mar 2022, 09:41 GMT

What were you up to in 1994? Were you meeting your music heroes or perhaps raising money for an important piece of hospital equipment?

Were you pictured with your favourite book at Whitburn Infants School or shot blasting Souter lighthouse.

We have all these scenes and more in a look back to life on South Tyneside 28 years ago.

Book lovers at Temple Park Junior School in 1994. Recognise them? Photo: sg

A walk in the Bents Park area in February 1994. Photo: Shields Gazette

Shot blaster Brian Dillon gets to work on Souter lighthouse outbuildings in October 1994. Who can tell us more? Photo: sg

Some more of the book-loving children at Temple Park Junior School in 1994. Photo: sg

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