9 South Tyneside retro demolition scenes - from schools to pubs and popular community buildings

The Gazette reported how a row of empty shops is set to vanish from the town’s main shopping area under a project aiming to pave the way for future development.

The buildings facing the bulldozer once houses businesses such as Mothercare and chocolate shop Thorntons.

But which of these other demolished buildings do you remember from South Tyneside’s past? How about the Chillingham Arms or Queens Road Day Centre?

What about West Park Community Centre or the Gaslight pub in Jarrow?

We have reminders of them all on the day the demolition was under way. Take a look.