Didn't she do well! I love this story of the Shields woman who starred on Brucie's Generation Game
Nice to see them doing well, to see them doing well - nice! It’s the Boldon team who were on prime time TV.
Finding small screen fame in the winter of 1976 was Jean Gillies and her son Ashley.
They were a South Tyneside pair who appeared on top-rated game show, The Generation Game, alongside TV legend Bruce Forsyth.
Mrs Gillies had great memories of the occasion when she shared her recollections with the Shields Gazette. She said: “Bruce was so much fun off stage. He is a great person, who made us feel completely at ease.”
The headmistress of North Road Infants School in Boldon Colliery won a vanity case and a silver goblet, while her 18-year-old son, a pupil at Boldon Comprehensive, headed home with a silver tankard.
It it’s more memories of 1976 in the Borough you are after, did you know;
The Focus cinema in South Shields was putting on a double bill of comedy. The Likely Lads and Man About The House were showing.
And if you wanted a family matinee, the Sunday screening was Moon Zero Two starting at 2.30pm. You got cartoons thrown in as well.
Bonton’s in Ocean Road was the height of fashion. It sold denim shirts at £3.75 and fleece lined sweatshirts at £6.25 - with hoods.
Pencil slim skirts were £5.45 from Monique in Fowler Street. The shop also sold calf length dresses at £14.99 and chiffon tops from £8.99.
The Sea Hotel was promoting itself as a wedding venue.
Gatoff’s in Fowler Street was the place to go if you wanted to hire a morning suit or a velvet jacket.
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