The Mayor and Mayoress of South Tyneside, Coun and Mrs Tom Bell, toast the first batch of bread in champagne at the opening of the new bakery department in Binn's store. With them is the department's manageress, Mrs Muriel Bristow. | SG

placeholder image — The Mayor and Mayoress of South Tyneside, Coun and Mrs Tom Bell, toast the first batch of bread in champagne at the opening of the new bakery department in Binn's store. With them is the department's manageress, Mrs Muriel Bristow. | SG

I love these 13 bitesize memories from South Tyneside pie shops

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Published 3rd Mar 2025, 12:45 GMT

Mouth-watering memories. That's what we have got for you this time.

We thought we would celebrate National Pie Week which runs all this week.

To mark the occasion, we found all of these South Tyneside memories and it includes famous names such as Dicksons, Binns, and Taybarns.

See how many you remember from these Shields Gazette archive memories and get in touch if there's a favourite among them. It’s certainly food for thought.

13. Up for the Cup in 2017

Dicksons butchers were supporting South Shields FC on their cup run in 2017 with free saveloy and pie selfies. Here are shop manager Dawn Pratt and Julie Garbutt. | sg

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I love these 13 bitesize memories from South Tyneside pie shops

Mouth-watering memories. That's what we have got for you this time.

13. Up for the Cup in 2017

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