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Heritage Pubs Trail
01 – Mechanics Arms
02 – Lambton Arms
03 – Railway/Waterfront
04 – Locomotive/Steamboat
05 – Alum House
06 – Old Highlander
07 – Coach and Horses
08 – Bridge Hotel
09 – Scotia
10 – Ship & Royal
11 – Criterion
12 – Stag’s Head
Heritage Pubs Trail 2 – Pier, Marine, Look Out, Harbour Lights
Listed Buildings
Locally Listed Buildings
Memorials
Parks
North Marine Park
South Marine Park
Schools
Holy Trinity Schools – Jane Carr
Shops
Akins Bakery
China Craft
Structures
Piers
History
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
Rationing
1 – Timeline
Industry
Glass
Cookson Family
Salt
Shipyards
Pushing The Boat Out
Exhibit Cases
Ship Models
Wall Gallery
People
Did You Know?
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
Marsden
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
Town Centre
King Street
Ocean Road
Old Town Hall
Sport
South Shields Amateur Rowing Club
Transport
Buses – Gas Buses
Motor Buses
Omnibus – Horse Drawn
Railways
Roads
Trams – Electric
Trams – Horse Drawn
Trolley Buses
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