10 stunning photos as we look back at South Tyneside in the late 1960s

By Chris Cordner

Published 10th Apr 2021, 07:00 BST

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.

9. King George Road in the mid 60s

Waiting to cross King George Road in October 1965. Photo: Shields Gazette

Peter Johnson & Co in November 1965. Did you work there? Photo: Shields Gazette

Members of South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade taking part in a mock rescue in May 1968. Photo: Shields Gazette

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