We might have the answers in this look back at life on South Tyneside in 1955.
We gathered up a selection of Shields Gazette archive photos and they include darts at Frenchman’s Fort, new flats on Jarrow High Street and action from a South Shields match.
Enjoy the journey and then tell us which decade you want to see in our nostalgia section next.
2. In the action
South Shields AFC in action in an April 1955 match before a packed crowd at Simonside | SG Photo: Shields Gazette
3. Flower power
Flower beds outside South Shields Town Hall in 1955. | sg Photo: Shields Gazette
4. On their way to the crease
H P Clode (left) and T Moffat leave the pavilion to open Wearmouth's innings against South Shields at Carley Hill in 1955. | se
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