When a ‘spaceman’ landed at Souter Lighthouse
So we are grateful to reader Graham Walton who was able to supply the missing details to a picture posted online, showing the launch of the South Shields Marine and Technical College’s new 54ft training vessel in 1971.
Graham said: “I believe this is the St Hilda before she was fitted with sailing masts.
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Hide Ad“She was moored on the Tyne for many years, opposite the Marine and Technical College training centre, in Wapping Street South Shields.
“She is now operating as a cruise vessel around Outer and Inner Hebrides, visiting such places as Isle of Skye, St Kilda, Mull, Jura, Islay, Staffa, and Iona.”
Below that is a picture of pure concentration, taken in February 1959, and showing Yasmin Ali and Judith Cartman, at Laygate Infants School.
Underneath, is a photo from January 1984, featuring people queuing outside the Savoy Theatre, eagerly waiting to see a panto.
Do you remember the occasion, and the panto being staged?
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Hide AdTen years later – and it looks as though the aliens have invaded South Shields.
But fear not, the photo simply shows shot blaster Brian Dillon getting to work on Souter lighthouse outbuildings.
Please get in touch with your memories relating to any of the pictures featured on today’s page.