Cookson Country
Remember heroes of the night Shields burned
IT was the night South Shields experienced hell on earth.
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New pool will be seafront’s third
THE construction of the new swimming pool at the Pier Head in Shields continues apace – though perhaps not pacey enough for those like me who can’t wait to baptise it.
When Churchill was on the Tyne
THE interest in the old mail boats that have operated from the Tyne over the years remains unflagging.
Project will recognise war buildings
THERE is a certain irony in having written about the old Victoria Sea Water baths in Shields elsewhere on the page today.
Mourning the great churches
ONE aspect of the decline of religious observance, and the break-up of the communities that supported them, is that we have lost some beautiful old churches in this area over the years.
Do you recognise this park picture?
WELL that was a lovely taste of summer that we had – though, at the time of writing, it’s back to square one with wind and rain.
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When parks were places you could still go at night
PARKS are places you stay out of after dark these days.
More than one pool at the seafront
WELL the mistake was in thinking that there was only ever one swimming pool on the foreshore.
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HMS Ark Royal’s end not so illustrious
THE fortunes of two of the finest Tyne-built ships could not contrast more widely at present.
All change on the election hustings
I WAS very much struck, during the recent by-election campaign in Shields, by where the candidates and their supporters chose to do their electioneering from.
Grave mystery of football pioneer
SUNDERLAND FC’s 40th anniversary celebration of cup success, and the FA Cup final itself this Saturday, bracket this week with moments of luminous football glory.
Grate to sea ash vessels
GIVEN the amount of coal that was mined and burned round here, there was the equivalent of a massive grate that needed ‘riddling.’
Was piping for Monkey’s Island?
I MENTIONED the other day what a lunar landscape the north foreshore at Shields is being turned into as part of the redevelopment of the front along there, and the construction of a new sea wall.
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Fake ghost photo beyond our Ken
MODERN photographic technology means that pictures can be quickly manipulated to create totally spurious images.
Who were these well-dressed beach bathers?
BY this time in the year, we would normally expect to be able to visit the seafront without wearing layers of woolies.
Playing the name game for centenary
TIME for a little catch-up because ‘what’s in a name’ turns out to be rather a lot.
Walking in your family’s footsteps
IT’S always thrilling to be able to walk through your family’s past.
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True beauty in all her colourful glory
THERE’S been great interest in our recent run of pictures of some of the old Norwegian mailboats that operated from the Tyne.
May Day the heart of being English
OF all the holidays in the year, May Day, I always think, goes right to the heart of who we are as the English.
Let your memories of town take flight
EVENTS will be taking place all over South Tyneside in the next few weeks which will invite you to explore how we came to be the community we are.
A chance to see the sea
AS close as we live to the sea, I wonder how many of us think of what’s out there.
Blind horror of the war at sea
IT was a horror that had stalked one war and had come back to haunt another.
Old firms offer plenty of food for thought
THE recent food scandals we have seen show how far we’ve moved away from the source of a lot of what we eat.
Piping up over shoreline relic
THE North Foreshore at Shields, or Littlehaven as we have to call it now, pretty much looks like a battlefield.
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Sewing being in fashion is nothing new
SEWING has succeeded baking as TV’s new domestic reality attraction.
Memories of help for mined Helisoma
IT’S wonderful how the stories of some of the ships I feature continue to be written – and by whom.
Mailboats were on a mission
SHIPS continue to pique readers’ memories after recent pictures of some of the old mailboats that used to operate in and out of the Tyne,
Crackling to make your mouth water!
PORK shops have been a feature of this area since the turn of last century.
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TODAY is ANZAC Day and, with or without a Victoria Cross, South Shields Gallipoli hero John Simpson Kirkpatrick will be remembered with the veneration he is always given across in Australia.
Flying Saucers, Durham Creams ... the Wright’s type of biscuit
THE names sound delectable even now: Venetian, Maple Crunch, Café Noir.
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Weather for Jarrow
Friday 24 May 2013
Today
Light showers
Temperature: 4 C to 10 C
Wind Speed: 24 mph
Wind direction: North east
Tomorrow
Sunny
Temperature: 6 C to 15 C
Wind Speed: 9 mph
Wind direction: North
