Bank Holiday crowds at the South Marine Park watch as a steam engine takes another load of passengers for a trip around the lake. Does this bring back memories from the early 1980s?placeholder image
Bank Holiday crowds at the South Marine Park watch as a steam engine takes another load of passengers for a trip around the lake. Does this bring back memories from the early 1980s? | sg

I stepped back to South Tyneside in the 1980s and this is what I found

Well that was an eye-opening journey - to South Shields as it looked 40 years ago.

I travelled back to 1980s South Tyneside and found all of this going on in the Shields Gazette archives.

You were tucking into lunch at South Shields Comprehensive, trying out the steam engine at South Marine Park and watching the last days of a structure at Geordie’s Jetty.

Throw in a serving of sea front fish and chips and it’s a tasty treat of memories.

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