Mowbray The Peoples Park

by John Ruttley

ISBN 0 9543366 07

PUBLISHED 2002

Interesting book about the park which includes history of the numerous monuments that are within its boundaries..

Sunderland Through Time

This fascinating selection of more than 180 photographs traces some of the many ways in which Sunderland has changed and developed over the last century.

by Keith Cockerill 2009

ISBN 978 1 84868 576 5

www.amberley-books.com


£12.99

Usworth Hall and Its People

by Veronica Birrell 2009

£6

Excellent book about the Hall and its people

The Victoria Hall Disaster

183 local children perished in the most harrowing of circumstances

By Albert Anderson

ISBN 1 899560 68 8

PRICE £4.99

Into The Darkness

Into The Darkness
Canny Old Shields

by Doris Elsy
Published by South Tyneside Libraries
2000

This is an account of growing up in South Shields. The sights, sounds and smell of the 1920's and 190's are vividly captured, in a book which is part biography and part local history.
Originally written for the author's family, the work is a testimony to an indomitable spirit.
Doris Elsy was born, and has lived most of her life in South Shields. This is her story, in her own words, 'she is no one special'.

A Guide to Industrial Archaelogy of Tyne and Wear

Compiled by Ian Ayris & Stafford M Linsley

ISBN 1 85795 026 7

Published by the Tyne and Wear Specialist Conservation Team

1994

The Historic Parks & Gardens of Tyne and Wear

The Historic Parks & Gardens of Tyne and Wear
by Fiona Green

Published by the Tyne and Wear Specialist Conservation Team
1995


ISBN 1 85795 086 0

Interesting reference book for parks and gardens in the area both old and new..

More Monkwearmouth Memories

published by Monkwearmouth Local History Group
September 1990

ISBN 0 9516338 05

The History of Jarrow

by Mick Knowles

published by Halfway Tree Publications

The Peoples History of The Boldons

by Tom Bainbridge

ISBN 1902527 10 0

The life and times of the people of Boldon is vividly portrayed in this unique collection of over 200 old photographs..

Swan Hunter, The Pride and the Tears

by Ian Rae and Ken Smith

ISBN 1857951069
£5.99

The Reyrolle Story

A history of A. Reyrolle & Co Ltd

ISBN 1 905295 07 3

£9.50


A. Reyrolle & Co Ltd was born at Hebburn on Tyne in 1901 with about 50 employees. Its work was manufacturing parts for the growing electricity supply industry..

William Clavery, A Man with His Camera

This DVD contains a hundred images of Laygate (South Shields) in the fifties and sixties..

Bill Clavery collection is one of the most comprehemsive examples that exist of South Shields at that time

running time approx 40 mins
price £5

A Victorian Village School

A Victorian Village School (Mr Grundy at Whitburn)

by Sybil Redder
ISBN 0 90661720 0

Good overall information of education in Victorian times.

Times Past

Times Past
by Foyle Street Writers

published 2005
price £1.95

A collection of short stories and poems from the north east of England.
eg 'A Miner's Wife' by Kath Conlan
'Picking Sea Coal' by Jean Rochester
Mainly based on the Sunderland area.

A Guide to the Public Monuments & Sculpture of Tyne and Wear

ISBN 1 85795 042 9

interesting book for anyone seeking War Memorials and other memorials in the Tyne and Wear area.

A History of South Marine Park, South Shields

By David Bell

ISBN 978 0 9552392 1 2

From the 1880's when John Peebles first laid out the ground until present day.

A wealth of history if you come from South Shields

£4.99

A South Shields Education

By Mary Shiells

ISBN 0 9531971 1 5

Another book with local interest

Pictures of Old Marsden

Pictures of Old Marsden
The Village That Vanished

ISBN 0 906617 07 3

The story about the village of Marsden which had a very short life starting from 1874to around the 1950's. It comprised of nine streets with a total of 134 houses and a population of around 700.

A Tap At The End Of The RAA Vol. 3. (Collieries near the Tyne)

Complied by Frederick C Moffatt

This little book tells the story of miners from pits ranging from Walbottle in the East, up to Haltwhistle in the West and covering most places inbetween.
Lots of old images as well.