It’s one of 10 we’ve pulled from the Chronicle archive recalling scenes around South Shields in the 1970s and ‘80s. Elsewhere, we see the larger-than-life figure of world heavyweight boxing ...

I hate you Butler!’ It’s a phrase that will forever be associated with 1970s television - and a movie which came to South ...

We step back for just a while to the South Shields, Jarrow ... If industry didn’t always boom here in the 1970s, there was still work aplenty at the shipyards, collieries and factories.

The Ocean Road venue was a big hit and not just with revellers wanting a great night out in the 1970s. The nightclub put an advert in the Shields Gazette which said late transport would be laid on ...

From sunbathing on the South Shields seafront to enjoying live music in the park, these are just some of the ways that you enjoyed the summer months in borough back in the 70s. These photos come ...

George Heron, 62 who grew up in Wenlock Road, Simonside, South Shields is currently in the works of producing a film which tells his story of life in the 1970s. The film titled 'Wenlock Road ...

She visited South Shields on the mouth of the River Tyne in ... where he fought during the golden age of heavyweights in the 1970s, becoming the first three-time heavyweight world champion.

An iconic building which housed one of the first supermarkets in South Shields is set for a new lease ... Street – which was built in the 1960s-1970s. While this part of the building is ...