Richard Walton was licensee of the Highlander in 1827 in 1834 he called it the “Old Highlander”.
![](http://southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Old-Highlander-02-1852.jpg)
It was rebuilt in 1878 and was a contender for the longest bar in South Shields.
![](http://southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Old-Highlander-07-Cut-DSC-0345.jpg)
From the 1930s it was a Truman’s pub, it underwent alterations in 1936.
![](http://southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Old-Highlander-03-1934-Flagg-STH0000513.jpg)
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It closed in the mid 1960s it then became a shop.
![](http://southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Old-Highlander-05-SGposs.jpg)
From about 2010 it was Vision Express, it is unused now.
![](http://southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Old-Highlander-06-DSC-0194.jpg)
Sources:
British Newspaper Archives
Licensing Records
Terry Ford
Trade Directories
Photos:
Shields Gazette
South Tyneside Libraries
Terry Ford