Here’s a look back at life in the borough fifty years ago.
So much has changed since then, but memories remain.
Did you go skiing on Cleadon Hills? Or maybe paraded through the South Tyneside streets?
Let’s take a trip down memory lane.

29. Great in all weathers
The Mayor of South Tyneside, Coun Mrs Cecilia Pearson, blows the whistle on the Mayoress, Coun Mrs Marie Coyle and Coun Gerry Graham, chairman of the Town Development Committee, when she opened the new all-weather soccer and hockey pitch at Temple Park 1978. Photo: Shields Gazette | SG