Nine South Tyneside shops and stores from 1985 and 1986

Nine South Tyneside shops and stores from 1985 and 1986 - but how many do you remember?

Published 24th Oct 2023, 08:33 BST

Let’s take a trip to South Tyneside’s stores from the mid-80s.

Where would you have gone shopping for shoes in the mid 1980s? How about for a new outfit?

Would it have been to any of the stores which make it on to our archive selection of shops from South Tyneside in 1985 and 1986?

We have everything from a cleaners to a men’s clothing shop, a shoe repair specialists and a place to sell your camera.

So take a look and see how many scenes you remember.

1. Ruperts Disco

The outside of Ruperts Disco pictured in July 1985. Photo: Shields Gazette

You could get Clarks shows at Caxtons in May 1986 but which was your favourite buy from the King Street shop? (Photo: Shields Gazette)

Back to May 1985 for a look in the window at Rogers Pawn Brokerage in the Viking Precinct at Jarrow. Photo: Shields Gazette

Back to February 1985 for this view of De Mille cleaners in Frederick Street. Photo: Shields Gazette