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In 1963 the South Shields Derby was inaugurated with significant prize money and the board invested in new ventures including a new restaurant, a bowling alley, a public house and a Jet filling station garage in the car park. The winner of the 1963 South Shields Derby was Thimble Rigger trained by Norman Oliver of Brough Park in a time of 24.40 ...
Temple Memorial Park was given to the people of South Shields by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1946 to recognise their contribution to winning the war at sea in the Second World War. [1] The park was named after William Temple , the former archbishop of Canterbury , and was opened by his widow Mrs Frances Temple on 12 July 1961.
The duel carrigeway ends at the A1018 King George Rd Roundabout, and it goes along shops near Prince Edward Rd (A1300) It gets to a roundabout were the Sunderland Rd meets the A1300. then it gets to an Odd Traffic Light T Junction, but no left turn into that road, it gets to a roundabout were Centenary Ave meets to (Horsley Hill Square) and the A1300 Goes still on all the way to another ...
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The Customs House is the main feature of the Mill Dam Conservation Area of South Shields and sits on the south bank of the River Tyne. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The original building, built from 1863-1864, was designed by architect and surveyor of the borough T. M. Clemence. [ 3 ]
South Shields tram 35 on the Tyne Dock to Pierhead Route. South Shields Corporation Tramways took over the horse-drawn tramway network owned by the South Shields Tramways Company in 1906 and after a programme of modernisation and electrification, opened for service on 30 March 1906
The 2005 Great North Run was the twenty-fifth edition of the race. Events to mark the anniversary included the launch of the Great North Run Cultural Programme at the Sage Gateshead. The race was started by Mike McLeod, the winner of the inaugural race in 1981. During the race, four participants died en route to South Shields.
The coal industry flourished in Victorian times, drawing immigrants from far and wide. In South Shields the population soared from approximately 12,000 in 1801 to 75,000 by the late 1860s. Collieries in South Shields included: Templetown (1805–1826) St. Hilda's (1810–1940) West Harton (1844–1969) Boldon (1869–1982) Marsden (1879–1968)