You're not from South Tyneside unless you refer to town as ‘down street’
Readers have been shared unique things that you’ll only know if you’re from South Tyneside.
To outsiders, people from South Tyneside either get lumped in with Mackems or Geordies but we know that we are our very own thing.
From having a Dicksons saveloy dip to saying different phrases to the rest of the North East, there is plenty of things that are unique to the borough.
So we wanted to shine a light on what our readers think are the most unique things about South Tyneside.
We asked on the Shields Gazette Facebook page: “You're not from South Tyneside unless...” - this is what you had to say:
Annelise Hamilton: “You refer to town as "down street.”
Ann Bell: “You eat a saveloy dip with pease pudding from Dicksons.”
Rob Lawson: “Think the best ice cream in the world is Minchella's.”
Julie Stephenson: “Say ‘like’ at the end of most sentences.”
Glen Tiffin: “Got your feet stuck to Roxanne’s floor.”
Charlie Charlie: “Spent your six weeks school holidays down Marsden Beach.”
David Robson: “You say ‘with us’ instead of ‘with wu’.”
Melanie Barnes: “Were given Dicksons saveloys as a baby.”
David Alarcon: “Tell people that Ocean Road is the best place in the North East for curries.”
Jen Hubner: “Say ‘eee’ in every sentence.”
Colin Smith: “Unless you understand we are the best people in the North East.”
Graham Diego Wilson: “Shopped at Geordie Jeans.”
Carl Lister: “Sat in a curry house on Ocean Road.”
Jack Waldron: “Been to Catherine Cookson’s museum.”
Alan Phuphalee: “Had chips and gravy at Temple Park.”
Gav Smith: “You gathered at Chi on New Year’s Eve to watch someone climb up a lamppost.”