Autumn in the park

West Park

Glorious swathe of autumn colours as leaves surround the Edwardian band stand in the West Park, South Shields.

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The other pond

Whitburn Village

Back in October I posted a picture of the village pond in Cleadon, and mentioned the fact that we only have two village ponds in South Tyneside. This is the other one in Whitburn.

Oddly, I found no ducks at either!

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Watching the Tyne go by

Dolly Peel

This is the statue to commemorate Dolly Peel (1783 – 1857), she stands guard on the old ballast hills on River Drive, South Shields. She was known as a fish wife, but was also a smuggler, poet and story teller and served in the Napoleonic wars. She lived in Shadwell Street in South Shields and on numerous occasions hid her husband from press gangs. She was a great favourite of Robert Ingham, the town’s first MP.
Billy Gofton was the sculpture and the statue was unveiled in 1987.

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The train now arriving…………..

South Shields Metro Station

A rather dismal and damp scene at the Metro Station on Sunday as a few shoppers come to town, they weren’t keen on standing in the rain. I found out yesterday that the day after Thanksgiving in the USA is known as Black Friday, a day when retailers traditionally go into the black (financially). This is because it is a HUGE shopping day, the first shopping day of the Christmas season, I wonder if we should have an “official” first day of the season here?

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After the match!

Self portrait (ish)

After a long hard week in the Corner Shop, I decided to relax by going to South Shields Snooker Centre to watch my favourite football team (Sunderland) playing an away match at Wolverhampton Wanderers. The match was broadcast live via satellite and quite a few of us were there to generate a little atmosphere. Of course, we enjoyed a few pints of beer as well. My father took the photograph.

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