It's fair to say the market has changed a lot over the years and many of us will have our own memories of the market or the favourite stalls we liked to visit.
Let's take a trip down memory lane and look at some old photos of the market.
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A photo by Amy Flagg showing the damage caused in Market Place and King Street after an air raid on South Shields in the Second World War. Photo: STC
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Men working on the foundations of the new Market Hotel, in the Market Place, South Shields. Here's a scene from 1965. Photo: Shields Gazette
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The damage caused by an air raid on the Market Place in South Shields. Photo: Pen and Sword