Customers were enjoying the new self service store of China Craft.
Here they are having a browse in September 1969.placeholder image
Customers were enjoying the new self service store of China Craft. Here they are having a browse in September 1969. | sg

I'm grabbing your attention with a gallery of retro Green Lane views

Settle in for a whole load of reminders of Green Lane in the past.

We love to have a browse through the Shields Gazette archives and that’s where we found all of these South Shields scenes.

They start with a serve-yourself store in 1969 and continue with a community allotments, a chip shop and a bridge development.

See if you can spot a familiar face. And why not tell us about the street you want to see in our nostalgia section next, by emailing [email protected]

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