Brilliant piece of history. I think you will find the train services to Newcastle were in use in the early 50's stopping at Low Shields ( South Shlelds Mile End Road) , High Shields and Tyne Dock and then onwards to Newcastle. The current Metro (operating from 1983) uses an improved alignment in order to serve Chichester which is of course, where all the buses pass so giving good connections to the rest of the town. Keep up the good work. Well done.
@macnet1
12 жыл бұрын
HI mate, I grew up in Biddick Hall, South Shields in the late 60' and early 70's. I live in Sydney, Australia now, I went back a couple of years ago, I was so disappointed in what the town centre has turned to...it's lost its soul.You’ve done some great commentary, explaining shops and things like adverts for good old Binns- this stuff would be forgetting in time and you’re saving it. Please post more this stuff is solid social history if you can… Well Done for taking the time out to do this.
@sanddancer1951
10 жыл бұрын
Same here, Peter. I called it Low Shields; lots of people did. It was only when I tried to draw a picture of a steam train in the station and told the teacher it was 'Low Shields' that I discovered the correct name. I remember she laughed as she told me.
@22seanathan22
11 жыл бұрын
this is AMAZING - thank you!
@SpookyXL5
11 жыл бұрын
Cheers. My sisters are over the moon seeing this little video. Yes, those arches were spooky - there was reputedly a cowled figure that walked across them at dead of night. Some friends once refused to walk under them after claiming to have seen it. I reckon the 'spectre' was to do with that poor bloke gibbetted on Jarrow slake. We'll never know, now that the Town Planners (ie coporate delinquents) have had their way. Thanks again.
@frankduke28
12 жыл бұрын
brings back fond memory's first class
@darynsax
12 жыл бұрын
Thats fantastic thanks for sharing
@Kevrigg
12 жыл бұрын
I recorded this video with a retired police sergeant Dave Hoskins during an oral history project I performed during my PhD studies. dave had the film in his garden shed and the NRFTA processed it and the commentary onto DVD.
@sanddancer1951
10 жыл бұрын
Actually it was South Shields station, not 'Low Shields'. Low Shileds station was in Station Road, near where the La Strada nightclub was. It was abandoned when the line into Shields was realigned to bring it to the new station in Mile End Road.
@Kevrigg
11 жыл бұрын
The original film was created by South Shields police with a small home movie camera in circa 1951. I recorded the commentary and had it digitised to the film as part of an oral history project. I always felt that the arches were a bit spooky. The movies was made to illustrate how people would walk straight out in front of vehicles. The car it was filmed from was a plain police car this was before the era of stripes, pandas and battenburgs.
@pete7kcu
10 жыл бұрын
I never knew that Low Shields was in Station Road David. It makes sense ( the hint is in the name I guess ) My parents would refer to Low Shields when I was very young and I guess there must have been some confusion there. Many thanks.
@SpookyXL5
11 жыл бұрын
Marvellous footage, is it 8mm cine? (Do you mean you recorded it at the time?) I remember the town being alive with people, bustling and energetic all the time. Relatively speaking, it seems dead as a dodo now! And I'd like tomeet the corporate vandals who decided to knock down Tyne Dock arches - they should be put on trial!
@edward4191
12 жыл бұрын
@macnet1 Hi Mate ,i didnt do this video i found it on The Internet and reposted it. I think the original Film was made by Shields Police in the 1950s for road safety. I lived in Shields but left 32 years ago and i know what you mean about the town centre.
@spacemanski
10 жыл бұрын
Kevin Rigg - is there any more of this to upload?
@Rupertbear27
9 жыл бұрын
The guy doing the commentary sounds like Len Goodman
@Kevrigg
11 жыл бұрын
Yes, I think Mr Hoskins meant the metro system which was yet to be buildt.
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