Where else would you find a film crew at a car wash in 2009 and a canoe being rowed through floods in 2021.
That’s just for starters. We have 13 memories spanning 104 years of history in the street, all courtesy of the Shields Gazette archives.
In case you missed it;
1. All the way back to the 1920s
A view of Commercial Road in South Shields but this is how it looked around 100 years ago. | sg Photo: Shields Gazette
2. A look inside
Inside the Trimmers Arms on Commercial Road in a Shields Gazette archive view from 2004. | sg
3. Terrific at the Trimmers Arms
A cheque for St Clare's Hospice from the Trimmers Arms in 2005. | sg Photo: CL
4. Jazz at the Dolly Peel
A musical reminder from 2006 as jazz music graces the Dolly Peel. Does this bring back happy memories? | SG Photo: Shields Gazette
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