10 stunning photos as we look back at South Tyneside in the late 1960s
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.
5. Coffee and a chat in 1966
A November 1966 photo showing the new bar at Wouldhave House with Lennard May - South Shields entertainments official - and Mrs Franchi being served coffee by Michael Franchi. Photo: Shields Gazette
6. Pierre the clown was a big hit at Binns
Mothers and children packed the toy department at Binns when Pierre the Clown visited in November 1966. Photo: Shields Gazette
7. Catching up with pals
The Cross Bar Club coffee bar in 1965. Can you spot someone you know in this photo? Photo: Shields Gazette
8. Setting a first
The first children to use the Perth Avenue subway in March 1967. Photo: sg