Have a look at these 11 reminders of life in the borough in 1975, from shops you loved to Readhead’s shipyard.
If you filled up at Selwood Garages, shopped at Hammonds or got your clothes at Jackson the Tailors, we have it all in these Shields Gazette archive photos.
1. A wide choice of dairy goodies
Bob Welsh, retail manager of the South Shields branch of Associated Dairies pictured with a selection of goods available from the company's milk floats. | sg
2. Filling up at The Nook
Sixty nine pence for four star petrol at Selwood Garages at The Nook. | sg
3. Handy memories
The Handy Shop run by husband wife William George Hall and Margaret Hall | sg
4. Retro at Readheads
Common Brothers tanker at Readhead Yard in this Shields Gazette photo from April 1975. | sg
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