The South Shields crew who survived a December ship drama

The steamer Hudson Cape sank in the River Thames in 1962 with a crew of 24 on board, including five of them from South Shields.

‘The crew escaped to a nearby jetty’

It had been in a collision with a tank steamer yet thankfully, no-one was seriously hurt.

The master of the Hudson Cape was a Mr H Small from South Shields and the Gazette report at the time said: “Apart from the Shieldsmen, the crew includes a Jarrow man and 11 men from other parts of the North East.”

‘The crew managed to escape to a nearby jetty’.

A career changing injury for a legend

Others who escaped the drama included W Yarrow, W Liddell, E Coppock, and K Foreman.

Tell us if you had a relative who survived the Thames drama.

As a reminder, it happened on the same day as all of this;

Brian Clough suffered a life-changing injury while playing for Sunderland against Bury at Roker Park.

Brooches at Binns and Big Red at the Gaumont

Binns was offering brooches for 6/11 and scarves for 8/6.

The Disney film Big Red was a hit at the Gaumont in South Shields.

The Anglo-Asian and Bengal Restaurants kept its premises in Ocean Road open from noon until midnight on Christmas Day. You could get a three-course meal for 14/6.

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