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  • Heritage Pubs Trail 2 – Pier, Marine, Look Out, Harbour Lights
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• History
  • 1 – Timeline
  • 2 – Roman South Shields
  • 3 – Medieval (Blank)
  • 4 – Post Medieval
    • The Siege of South Shields – 1644
  • 5 – 19th Century
    • A 19th Century Epidemic of Infanticide
  • 6 – Early 20th Century (Blank)
  • 7 – World War 1
    • North East Fishermen WW1
  • 8 – 20th Century Between The Wars
    • Amelia Earhart or South Shields Yemeni Sailors?
  • 9 – World War 2
    • Air Raids
    • Air Raids – Deaths
    • Air Raids – Street Names
    • Dig For Victory
    • Evacuation
    • Evacuation – A Teacher’s View
    • Fishermen Fighting the Nazis
    • Merchant Navy Deaths WW2
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    • Pushing The Boat Out
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• People
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  • Famous People
    • Annand, Richard “Dickie” VC
    • Baker, Maxine (Documentary Film Maker)
    • Chapman, Lady Hélène
    • Chapman, Robert (Sir)
    • Daniel, Francis
    • Erickson John (Historian)
    • Flagg, Amy
    • Graber, Sheila (Artist)
    • Ingham, Robert (MP)
    • Kirkpatrick, John Simpson
    • Kirkup, James (Poet)
    • Messent, Philip John
    • Moore, Derek William (Mathematician)
    • Peel, Dolly
    • Robson, Henry Howey VC
    • Winterbottom, Thomas
    • Wouldhave, William
  • Famous Visitors
    • Garibaldi
  • Geordie Culture
    • Geordie Humorous Stories – Jane Carr
    • Geordie Sayings – Jane Carr
    • Geordie Words – Dorfy
    • Geordie Words – Jane Carr
    • Poetry
      • Ford, Jim
    • Shields in Art
      • South Shields Union Banner
  • Local Characters
    • Daglish, William Australian convict
    • Hutchinson, John (Pilot/Garibaldi)
  • Local Heroes
    • Army
      • Ford, Jack (the real one!)
      • Ford, James (RAMC)
      • Hall, William (Cavalry)
    • Band, John Morrell (RANR)
    • Ford, Kitty (Nurse)
    • Merchant Navy
      • Blenkinsop, Joseph (B.E.M.)
      • Coffey, Ben and Grey, Percy (MN)
      • Hackston, George (MN)
      • Logan, Donald Alexander (MN)
      • Loughton, Douglas (MN)
    • Pells, John (North Sea Pilot)
    • Richardson, Edward Henry (MN/RNVR)
    • Royal Air Force
      • Bainbridge, Roland Barnsley (RAF)
      • Baser, Wylie (RAF)
      • Berndsson, Mauritz Bernard (DFM, DFC)
      • Eltringham, Alfred (RAF)
      • Falconer, Sidney Godfrey (RAF)
      • Henry, Bert Llewellyn (RAF)
      • Mason, Donald Lawson & Philips, Ralph (RAF)
      • Purdy, Thomas (RAF)
      • Williams, Walter Chantler (RAAF)
      • Winter, Douglas Cyril (RAF)
      • Yeoman, Harold (RAF)
    • Royal Navy
      • Walker, James and Berry, Alexander, Franklin Expedition (RN)
    • Scott, James (ARP)
  • Local History Heroes
    • Blower, Janis (Journalist/Author)
    • Carr, Jane Elizabeth (Dialect Writer)
    • Dorfy (Journalist/Dialect Writer)
    • Hodgson, George B (Journalist/Historian)
    • Mulhern, Mike
  • Local Success Stories
    • Barbour, John
    • Barbour, Margaret
    • Chipchase, Robert Life Raft Inventor
    • Cox, Shaun Maturin
    • Johnson, Alan
  • Migration
    • German Pork Butchers
      • Frederick Seitz
      • List of German Butchers
      • One German Pork Shop Through Time
    • Yemeni
  • Postcards
  • Working People
    • Women at Work
      • Parkin, Verda (Hairdresser)
      • The Younger Sisters (Munitions)
• Places
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    • Visitors to Marsden
  • Mill Dam
  • Riverside
    • 1 Ferry Street
    • 2 Thrift Street
    • 3 Long Row
    • 4 Wapping Street
    • 5 Comical Corner
    • 6 Shadwell Street
    • 7 Pilot Street
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    • Ocean Road
    • Old Town Hall
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  • South Shields Amateur Rowing Club
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