Memories of South Shields Market Place, recorded 9th May 2016 for South Tyneside Libraries Local History Month. Photographs copyright of South Tyneside council 2016 www.southtynesi...
I’m 82 I remember every Good Friday we would meet at the Methodist Chapel in Fredrick street x Wesley street? Then March to the market square with the band of the Boys Brigade leading the March! The market was packed out! After the service a walk around the park or the fairground then back to Great Grandma’s for baked fish! With lots of sage and onion! Seems like yesterday yet I can’t remember what happened yesterday! But I’m still going strong at 82
when i was 8 years old in 1950 we used to take our buggies and go too the market just in time for it to close we used to go to the fruit and veg stalls and fill sacks with all the cabbage and coliflower leaves tops of turnips bruised fruit put 2 or 3 bags on our buggies walk to the ash to frank millwards and he used to give us 6 old pence a bag he used to boil it all up to feed his pigs hard times but good times glad to be part of it would not change 1 part of it if i made 1 shilling and 6pence iwould give my mam the shilling and keep the 6 pence
