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]
5. Flashback to 2003
Lynne Hoggeth was pictured with owner Peter Winfield of Caxton Shoes in a photo which takes us back to June 2003. | sg
6. Caxtons in King Street
Here is the Caxtons store in King Street in a view on a busy day summer day in 1986. We'd love to know which was your favourite shoe shop from South Tyneside's past. | Local Library
7. A view from the street
A general view of King Street as it looked in South Shields in a Shields Gazette photo from October 1963. | sg
8. Christmas wishes
The store's Christmas advert which appeared in the Shields Gazette in December 1982. | img