{"id":10371,"date":"2023-07-16T22:55:24","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T22:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/?page_id=10371"},"modified":"2023-07-16T22:55:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T22:55:24","slug":"old-highlander-ex-pub","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/?page_id=10371","title":{"rendered":"06 &#8211; Old Highlander"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Walton was licensee of the Highlander in 1827 in 1834 he called it the \u201cOld Highlander\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Old-Highlander-02-1852.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10365\" style=\"border-width:2px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Old Highlander advert from 1852 (beer 1s 4d per gallon!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was rebuilt in 1878 and was a contender for the longest bar in South Shields.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Old-Highlander-07-Cut-DSC-0345.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10370\" style=\"border-width:4px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2023 (Terry Ford)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the 1930s it was a Truman&#8217;s pub, it underwent alterations in 1936.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Old-Highlander-03-1934-Flagg-STH0000513.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10366\" style=\"border-width:4px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">1934 (Flagg, South Tyneside Libraries, STH0000513)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Old-Highlander-04-1936-Aug-14-SG-Pic-1004-Cut-Darker.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10367\" style=\"border-width:4px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Old Higlander after alterations,1936 (Shields Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>It closed in the mid 1960s it then became a shop. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Old-Highlander-05-SGposs.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10368\" style=\"border-width:4px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">For sale 1960s (Shields Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From about 2010 it was Vision Express, it is unused now.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Old-Highlander-06-DSC-0194.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10369\" style=\"border-width:4px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vision Express, 2019 (Terry Ford)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><br>Sources:<br>British Newspaper Archives<br>Licensing Records<br>Terry Ford<br>Trade Directories<br><br>Photos:<br>Shields Gazette<br>South Tyneside Libraries<br>Terry Ford<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Walton was licensee of the Highlander in 1827 in 1834 he called it the \u201cOld Highlander\u201d. It was rebuilt in 1878 and was a contender for the longest bar in South Shields. From the 1930s it was a Truman&#8217;s pub, it underwent alterations in 1936. 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