South Tyneside History
| Title | Bomb Damage on Commercial Road and Newcastle Road |
|---|---|
| Reference Number | STH0000177 |
| Photographer | James Henry Cleet |
| Town or Village | South Shields |
| Date | 30 September 1941 |
| Original Format | Black and White Photograph |
| Period | c1940s |
| Copyright | South Tyneside Libraries |
| Further Information | At 21.09 hours on the evening of 30 September 1941 South Shields experienced wide spread bombing when a 1,000kg. bomb fell on the gardens behind the Simonside Arms on Newcastle Road. The crater was 50 feet by 15 feet, a 90 feet wall was demolished but there were no casualties. At the same time two bombs fell on Commercial Road; one struck the foundations of an old house on the bankside below Smith's Foundry, ricochet past through the exterior wall of a house on the opposite side of the road and came to rest on the floor of an upstairs room between partition wall and bed. |
