Thrift Street

Thrift Street

Image Details

Title Thrift Street
Reference Number STH0003485
Photographer Unknown
Town or Village South Shields
Date 1938
Original Format Black and White Photograph
Period The 1930s
Copyright South Tyneside Libraries
Further Information In the foreground, old buildings in Thrift Street. The  ballast
hills to the right are being cleared. Thrift Street runs from the
Market Place and joins Long Row to run along nthe riverside. Some of
the premises shown are: Lawson Batey(tugs), Tyne Dock Engineering and
Wardle's Timber yard.