tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319895582024-03-08T05:08:25.688+01:00Curly's PhotoshopA collection of images from my camera, mainly taken in and around the North-East of England.Curlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.comBlogger182125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989558.post-1170198068469464052007-01-30T23:57:00.000+01:002007-01-31T00:01:08.496+01:00This site has moved<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This site has now moved to Wordpress, please be prepared to repair your links, and reset your bookmarks or favourites.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Please click</span><br /><br /><a href="http://southshieldsdailyphoto.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-size:180%;">South Shields Daily Photo </span></a><br /></div>Curlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989558.post-1170018625660345612007-01-29T00:01:00.000+01:002007-01-30T19:05:06.686+01:00Dreaming Spire<a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/curly15/003.jpg" alt="St. Michael's Church, South Shields" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >St. Michael and All the Angels</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The rather unusual tower and spire of St. Michael's Church in Westoe Road, South Shields is something of a landmark, and can be seen from most locations in the town.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=south+shields&ie=UTF8&amp;z=19&ll=54.989378,-1.424409&spn=0.000572,0.002682&t=h&om=1">Map</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">.</span></span>Curlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989558.post-1169947575239704062007-01-28T02:17:00.000+01:002007-01-29T19:14:02.086+01:00Black and blue<a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/curly15/From-the-North044.jpg" alt="picture of South Shields and the River Tyne" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">South Shields (as seen from Tynemouth)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've titled this 'Black and blue' to help describe the blackened rocks of the 'Black Middens' on the Tynemouth side of the River Tyne, and the stark blue sky over South Shields in the distance. It's often refreshing to look at your town from a different view point, as an outsider looking in, rather than the inhabitant looking out!<br />The obelisk just left of centre is the clock tower of South Shields Town Hall, and the high point to the right of centre is the Lawe Top.<br /></span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=south+shields&ie=UTF8&z=19&ll=55.009337,-1.432289&spn=0.000572,0.002682&t=h&om=1">Map</a></span>Curlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989558.post-1169853145678652692007-01-27T00:01:00.000+01:002007-01-28T10:01:56.210+01:00Family tree!<img src="http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/1583/007ya0.jpg" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.uspicture of tree, Cleadon Park, South Shields" /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Dysfunctional family?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I found this tree in a patch of land that I never thought existed, I was unaware of it. A small patch in South Shields in between The Lonnen and Cleadon Park's Quarry. It looks as though one side of the family has been totally expunged - divorced perhaps?</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=south+shields&ie=UTF8&amp;z=19&ll=54.970138,-1.399174&spn=0.000585,0.002704&t=h&om=1">Map.</a></span>Curlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989558.post-1169757036273458472007-01-26T00:03:00.000+01:002007-01-27T00:36:53.696+01:00Benny's Pomodoro<a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/curly15/Bennys.jpg" alt="Benny's Pomodoro, Stanhope Road, South Shields" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Pooling resources!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This is one of my favourite little shops in South Shields, at least it was before the fruit and vegetable diet began! Benny's is on a corner site in Stanhope Road, South Shields and as you can see even looks inviting just after it's been pouring with rain! Italian food of all varieties, I think "Pomodoro" is the Italian word for tomato.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=south+shields&ie=UTF8&amp;z=19&ll=54.983353,-1.430639&spn=0.000585,0.002704&t=h&om=1">Map</a></span>Curlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989558.post-1169672966626759162007-01-25T00:01:00.000+01:002007-01-25T18:45:28.660+01:00Stately Home?<a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/curly15/005.jpg" alt="The former Ingham Infirmary, South Shields" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Ingham Infirmary, South Shields</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">No, this very large residence at Ingham Grange, Westoe Road, South Shields, it used to be the main entrance to the Ingham Infirmary. This was our main Accident and Emergency hospital for many years, and I spent some months in one of it's wards when I was a teenager. The hospital was built using public subscription, and opened in 1873 as a lasting memorial to the town's first Member of Parliament, Robert Ingham. You can get a very good background to the hospital's beginnings - </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.ndfhs.org.uk/Reports/st_2004_05.html">here.</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=south+shields&ie=UTF8&amp;z=19&ll=54.988381,-1.422692&spn=0.000585,0.002704&t=h&om=1">Map</a></span>Curlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989558.post-1169589773128927142007-01-24T00:05:00.000+01:002007-01-24T12:14:49.810+01:00Finial<a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i16.tinypic.com/33yhs3m.jpg" alt="picture of mosque, South Shields" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Form and shape</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I was captivated by the form and shape here, the contrast from bright light on one side and deep shadow on the other. Being a place of worship you might relate this to the contrast between good and evil.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This finial (or small minaret) is a fine ornamental addition to the Al Azhar Mosque in Laygate, South Shields.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=south+shields&ie=UTF8&amp;amp;z=19&ll=54.990186,-1.439882&spn=0.000585,0.002704&t=h&om=1">Map</a></span>Curlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989558.post-1169492645701248422007-01-23T00:01:00.000+01:002007-01-25T09:17:31.966+01:00Spot light!<a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/curly15/PICT0143_filtered.jpg" alt="picture of the North Pier, Tynemouth" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >The North Pier</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This is the pier and lighthouse that we look at when standing on <span style="font-weight: bold;">our</span> pier on the south side of the harbour. This is Tynemouth's pier and lighthouse, caught about twenty minutes after sunset.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=south+shields&ie=UTF8&amp;z=19&ll=55.014525,-1.402935&spn=0.000584,0.002704&t=h&om=1"><br />Map</a></span>Curlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989558.post-1169399064151969972007-01-22T00:02:00.000+01:002007-01-25T09:18:18.300+01:00Secret Shields (No. 2)<a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/curly15/PICT4071.jpg" alt="picture of alleyway, South Shields" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Secret Alley</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This little alleyway runs between East Street and the main shopping centre of King Street, South Shields. It is adjacent to an old pub commonly known as The Lambton Arms (Smugglers) and it has the feel of an old smugglers alley.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=south+shields&ie=UTF8&amp;z=19&ll=54.99749,-1.436757&spn=0.000585,0.002704&t=h&om=1">Map</a></span>Curlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989558.post-1169312436159704642007-01-21T00:05:00.000+01:002007-01-22T01:55:19.206+01:00Secret Shields (No. 1)<img src="http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/5156/pict4096jq7.jpg" alt="picture of Tyne Dock Metro Station, South Shields" /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Tyne Dock Metro Station</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This is really the only remaining remnant of the original LNER station at Tyne Dock, the passenger entrance/exit to Boldon Lane, South Shields. It's just a short walk to the left for the shops on Boldon Lane, or St. Peter and Paul R.C. church.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The image has been bronzed in Photoshop, masked then the debris, leaves, etc. revealed.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=south+shields&ie=UTF8&amp;z=19&ll=54.975542,-1.442235&spn=0.000585,0.002704&t=h&om=1">Map</a></span>Curlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989558.post-1169238457372298182007-01-20T00:22:00.000+01:002007-01-20T13:51:35.576+01:00Trinket time<a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/1672/pict4086rc9.jpg" alt="picture of South Shields market" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Friday Market</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Friday is the day for the "flea market" in South Shields, time to find those curios and bargains.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=south+shields&ie=UTF8&amp;z=19&ll=54.997632,-1.437567&spn=0.000585,0.002704&t=h&om=1">Map</a></span>Curlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989558.post-1168894510064949932007-01-19T00:01:00.000+01:002007-01-19T07:50:38.746+01:00Men at work<img src="http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/9365/untitled1tw1.jpg" alt="picture of cable engineers, South Shields" /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Broadband saviours</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Two engineers make good repairs to the fibre optic cables that carry our broadband connections, cable television, and telephones. The individual cables are almost as fine as the hairs on our heads, without these men we wouldn't be able to this blogging thing, eh?</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=south+shields&ie=UTF8&amp;om=1&z=19&ll=54.998226,-1.431524&spn=0.000585,0.002704&t=h">Map</a></span>Curlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989558.post-1168894277887094192007-01-18T00:01:00.000+01:002007-01-18T03:31:27.926+01:00Tryptych<img src="http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/8187/assistantpx1.jpg" alt="picture of shop assistant, South Shields" /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >The January Sales</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Of course when every shop in the street is offering some sort of bargain after Christmas it can be difficult to drag customers into your shop. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">What's a poor girl to do, other than look after her nails?</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=south+shields&ie=UTF8&amp;om=1&z=19&ll=54.998571,-1.433018&spn=0.000585,0.002704&t=h">Map</a></span>Curlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989558.post-1168894061959120512007-01-17T00:03:00.000+01:002007-01-17T10:22:17.216+01:00"Titty Lizzie"<img src="http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/2937/pict4068ex1.jpg" alt="picture of statue at South Shields Town Hall" /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >The Town Hall</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The Georgian Town Hall in South Shields is widely acknowledged as one of the most ornate and majestic public buildings in the North of England. Originally it had a statue of Queen Victoria outside along with six of her escorts which popularly became known as the "Tittie Lizzies" (yes, we are pretty much down to earth up here!).</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Some years later, Victoria's statue was removed to a public garden at Chichester but her escorts were placed on a terrace in the South Marine Park, where four remain to this day. After the opening of the Tyneside Metro Rapid Transit System Queen Victoria was brought back to the Town Hall because the garden at Chichester was to become a Metro station, she is now attended by a pair of "Tittie Lizzies" which helps to balance the front facade of this fine building and provide some symmetry.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=south+shields&ie=UTF8&amp;om=1&z=19&ll=54.99485,-1.429279&spn=0.000585,0.002704&t=h">Map</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span>Curlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989558.post-1168893556940488132007-01-16T00:05:00.000+01:002007-01-16T18:26:17.670+01:00The workers<img src="http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/1905/pict4056ut7.jpg" alt="picture of commemorative mosaic, South Shields" /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Readhead's</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Many years ago Readhead's shipyard was one of the largest employers in the town, for over a hundred years they had built ships at Redhead's. They built ships to help the war effort and they built ships in time of peace. Sadly they do not build ships now, the name too has gone, with McNulty Aker Marine now operating from the yard once occupied by Redhead's.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">There is a car park nearby for the shipyard workers and someone (and I'm afraid I don't know who) has created this mural from small pieces of ceramic tile , a mosaic, to commemorate the thousands who built ships at the famous Redhead's yard in South Shields.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=south+shields&ie=UTF8&amp;z=19&ll=54.986488,-1.444311&spn=0.000585,0.002704&t=h&om=1">Map</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span>Curlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989558.post-1168808872892322872007-01-15T00:01:00.000+01:002007-01-16T19:16:28.663+01:00Old and new!<a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/curly15/PICT4064.jpg" alt="picture of Westoe Baptist Church, Westoe Road, South Shields" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Westoe Baptist Chapel</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This is the rather old (1881) Westoe Baptist Chapel in Westoe Road, South Shields. It resides next to a modern office bloc, South Tyneside House, which used to be used by the Borough Council. Oddly, whilst the church is still in plentiful use, the office block is not, and is now waiting for a purchaser.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Late afternoon sunshine about an hour before sunset.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=South+Shields,+South+Tyneside,+United+Kingdom&ie=UTF8&hl=en&sll=53.098145,-2.443696&sspn=10.03772,29.882813&z=19&ll=54.994302,-1.429223&spn=0.000585,0.002704&amp;t=h&om=1">Map</a></span>Curlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989558.post-1168712422952543012007-01-14T00:15:00.000+01:002007-01-14T16:28:52.270+01:00Pot Black<a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/curly15/PICT4076-copy.jpg" alt="picture of snooker player, Shields Snooker Centre" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >On Cue</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">It's one of my favourite pastimes and a good way to relax with friends, Snooker is quite popular in South Shields. This picture was taken in the private member's club Shields Snooker Centre in Chichester Road, South Shields.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=south+shields&ie=UTF8&amp;z=19&ll=54.987683,-1.430838&spn=0.000585,0.002704&t=h&om=1">Map</a></span>Curlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989558.post-1168295166697897732007-01-13T00:09:00.000+01:002007-01-15T10:19:03.313+01:00Deserted<img src="http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/5775/pict4058yq6.jpg" alt="picture of Frederick Street, South Shields" /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Frederick Street, South Shields.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This picture saddens me deeply. This street was one of the busiest that I had ever experienced, it was full of hustle and bustle, it was longer, and crowded with busy shops and busy people when I was a boy. Now it's people have gone, its shops are shuttered and deserted, and some of the properties are decaying rapidly. Just what went wrong?</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=south+shields&ie=UTF8&amp;amp;om=1&z=19&ll=54.986828,-1.437938&spn=0.000586,0.002704&t=h">Map.</a></span>Curlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989558.post-1168294876820520262007-01-12T00:16:00.000+01:002007-01-12T20:58:10.370+01:00Big yellow skip<a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/curly15/lan-027-copy.jpg" alt="picture of skip in back lane" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Favourite armchair?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Someone got rid of their favourite armchairs to replace them with some new leather furniture. These yellow chairs were found in the backlane in a big yellow skip. I've tried to replicate the effects of infra red photography with a Photoshop action here.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=south+shields&ie=UTF8&amp;amp;amp;om=1&z=19&ll=54.985768,-1.435835&spn=0.000586,0.002704&t=h">Map.</a></span>Curlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989558.post-1168294564162274532007-01-11T00:01:00.000+01:002007-01-11T18:27:19.420+01:00Olde charms<img src="http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/8103/lan040jr4.jpg" alt="picture of shop window, South Shields" /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Sylvia's China and Gift shop</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This lovely little window can be found in Westoe Road, South Shields and has all the charm of an older world, a past time for pastimes perhaps. This shop specialises in things like dolls houses, wooden horses, fine china dolls etc. Definately a "girly" sort of place!</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=south+shields&ie=UTF8&amp;om=1&z=19&ll=54.993007,-1.428861&spn=0.000586,0.002704&t=h">Map</a></span>Curlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989558.post-1168294249232713412007-01-10T00:03:00.000+01:002007-01-13T07:05:58.720+01:00Green Pegs<img src="http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/4760/lan025cx4.jpg" alt="picture of washing line, pegs, and back door" /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Washing line and pegs.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Just viewed through a backyard door slightly ajar, green pegs and a red washing line, was it too damp to hang out washing today?</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=south+shields&ie=UTF8&amp;om=1&z=19&ll=54.987326,-1.434376&spn=0.000586,0.002704&t=h">Map</a></span>Curlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989558.post-1168294034473688562007-01-09T00:01:00.000+01:002007-01-12T07:56:32.146+01:00Cayman<img src="http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/4961/lan015ee6.jpg" alt="picture of Porsche Cayman in South Shields" /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Porsche Cayman S</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I found this little beauty in Laygate, South Shields. We hardly see any Porsches in this town, so I just had to record the moment. You can tell that it was a dull and damp day by the reflections in the bodywork.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=south+shields&ie=UTF8&amp;z=19&ll=54.989699,-1.437058&spn=0.000586,0.002704&t=h&om=1">Map</a></span>Curlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989558.post-1168204448719946572007-01-08T00:10:00.000+01:002007-01-08T20:36:08.700+01:00Prime Minister's Place<a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/curly15/wes-008.jpg" alt="picture of William Fox Hotel, Westoe, South Shields" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Sir William Fox Hotel</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This is the door to the William Fox Hotel in Westoe Village, South Shields, it was the birthplace of </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fox_%28New_Zealand%29">Sir William Fox</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">, New Zealand's second Prime Minister. Born in this house in 1812, he was educated at Durham School and Wadham College, Oxford, he went on to become Premier of New Zealand four times before he died in 1893.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=south+shields&ie=UTF8&amp;z=19&ll=54.986804,-1.422923&spn=0.000586,0.002704&t=h&om=1">Map</a></span>Curlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989558.post-1168120386206898522007-01-07T00:02:00.000+01:002007-01-07T12:11:52.853+01:00Kirky's<a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/curly15/oct-035.jpg" alt="picture of Kirkpatrick's, Ocean Road, South Shields" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Kirkpatrick's Bar </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This popular bar retains some of the cudos and architectural inheritance of the institution that first inhabited the building. Dr. Winterbottoms Marine School occupied this site for many years.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The current name of this public house was chosen because of it's close proximity to the statue of </span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://curlysphotoshop.blogspot.com/2006/09/john-simpson-kirkpatrick.html#links">John Simpson Kirkpatrick.</a><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=south+shields&ie=UTF8&amp;z=19&ll=54.999072,-1.431141&spn=0.000586,0.002704&t=h&om=1">Map</a></span>Curlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989558.post-1168023139812341252007-01-06T00:01:00.000+01:002007-01-06T13:54:04.496+01:00"F1" Pit Stop<a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/curly15/Fill-Flash.jpg" alt="picture of car was in South Shields" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >The Car Wash</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Now just like in motor racing, now and then we need to stop for a "splash and a dash". The place to make your pit stop in South Shields is F1 Handwash in Mitre Place, Commercial Road, near Tyne Dock.Here there are no automated machines or mechanical brushes, your car aerial stays intact and the whole wash and polish is done by hand by Frankie and his boys, a bit more of a "personal experience" , as I found out today. Frankie has operated this venture for the past two years from this site.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This business is part of the new enterprise culture found in South Shields, you can call Frankie for further details on 07796 332977<br /><br />If you are planning a photographic expedition - wear your wellies!<br /><br /><a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=south+shields&ie=UTF8&amp;amp;z=19&ll=54.983127,-1.445979&spn=0.000586,0.002704&t=h&om=1">Map</a><br /></span></span>Curlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.com1