Gazette readers sent in their nominations on social media – from healthcare workers to supermarket staff – to shout out someone they know who has been working hard through the months of lockdown. Here are 20 pictures of some of South Tyneside’s essential workers. A big thank you for all you do.
1. Ambulance service and Red Cross
Simone Coulson: All of my crew mates at the Red Cross working for NEAS for the ambulance service. Photo: UGC
2. Stacey Mcalpine
Aimee Laidler: My beautiful big sister Stacey Mcalpine a nurse working in the community and going in and out of care homes so proud of you! Love you the world. Photo: UGC
3. Kyle Taylor
Emily Jane Wall: Another Stagecoach driver, my daughter’s dad, we are proud of him, from standing down the interchange cleaning buses to driving key workers to and from work, only time she really seen him is if we went shopping and he was driving the bus as we didn’t want to take the risk of catching anything. Photo: UGC
