Residents of South Tyneside were well served for shoe shops over the years.
And today, we are looking at one of the favourites with a tribute to Caxtons in King Street.
We gathered up a gallery of scenes showing the South Shields shop from the 1970s onwards, as well as others showing how the site looked after the store’s closure.
There are photos from the Shields Gazette archives as well as from Google Maps.
We even have two reminders of adverts for the store and they show summer sale bargains in 1972 as well as a Christmas message a decade later.
Tell us if Caxtons was the place where you got your shoes or was there another store you loved. And why not tell us about the other retailers of South Tyneside’s past that you miss the most.
Get in touch to tell us more by emailing [email protected]
1. Back to 2022
A Google Maps image which shows the former store site as it looked in August 2022. | sg
2. Going back to 2011
A photo from November 2011. It shows the site of a proposed Betfred betting shop in the former Caxton's shoe shop, King Street. | sg
3. Sale season in 2005
Peter Winfield outside Caxtons shoe shop in 2005 when the store had a sale on. | Local Library
4. A great choice for new shoes
How about adding a pair of shoes to your outfit. Caxton Shoes in King Street was a great option. | JPIMedia Resell