We did it with the help of all these South Tyneside scenes from the Wikimedia Commons online database.
We start in 1953 with a rail view across the river and continue all the way to the Metro Station in 2016.
In case you missed it;

5. Reflections from 2015
On the platform in a view which takes us back to February 2015. | Wikipedia Creative Commons 2.0 Ed Webster

6. On King Street
The Metro bridge on King Street in a photo which was taken in November 2015. | Wikipedia Creative Commons 2.0 Andrew Curtis

7. Flashback to 2015
The Transport Interchange and Metro platform got the attention of this photographer in 2015. | Wikipedia Creative Commons 2.0 Simon Cotterill

8. Station scene
South Shields Metro Station with plenty of people in the picture in this November 2015 view. | Wikipedia Creative Commons 2.0 Andrew Curtis

