An estimated 2,000 pop fans turned out at South Shields’ South Marine Park on August 15, 1975, to enjoy the Radio One Roadshow. The roadshows, live broadcasts hosted by one of the station’s ...

Ruperts, the South Shields nightclub which was a 1970s nightlife legend. By Chris Cordner. Digital specialist in nostalgia. Comment. Published 10th Dec 2024, 16:32 BST. Updated 31st Dec 2024, 10: ...

We want to hear from the 1970s South Shields school pupils who went on strike. News you can trust since 1849. Sign In. Subscribe. St Nicholas Church in West Boldon in 13 memorable views.

Here at the Gazette we love to take a look back at the South Shields of yesteryear - and it’s fair to say plenty of you have fond memories of Temple Park Leisure Centre.

But in 1977 he swapped his boxing gloves to make a charity trip to South Shields. Inside Out ... 1970 - Memorable victory in "Rumble in the Jungle". 1978 - Loses his title to Leon Spinks.

Boxing royalty and actual royalty visited South Shields in the summer of 1977, but it is Muhammad Ali's unlikely journey which is being made into a film - A God Amongst Men ...

A police officer has been reunited with the helmet he wore more than half a century ago. Thomas Parker, 73, joined South Shields Police in 1965 and served for 30 years before retiring in 1995. His ...

We have met the woman behind the hats and scarves on the 'Weebles' statues in South Shields, and some of the other members of her craft group. ... after the toys from the 1970s and 80s.