S is for SIDE

It was a lovely morning - sunny and quite mild. Lovely to see the sunshine for a change.

I went to the Theatre Royal this afternoon. Saw a play called The Dishwashers. A cast of 4 including David Essex. Bit of a disappointment. The acting was good but the storyline was poor. It was all a bit boring and uneventful. Not my cup of tea. The lady next to me didn't enjoy it either - she almost left at the half time interval but decided to stick it out.

Came out of the theatre around 4pm --- and it was raining. Did a bit of shopping and arrived home at 7pm.

Took my blip shot before I went to the theatre. Forum Challenge letter is S so I popped down to Side to get this shot. It'ss better if you look LARGE

Side. This street name is derived from the circumstance of its being erected on the side of a hill. The lower part of this street was anciently divided by the Lork-burn up which the river flowed. The east side was called the Flesher Raw, probably because the fleshers, or butchers, had their shops there. The west part bore the name of The Side: but in the year 1696, Lork-burn was arched at the top, and paved over, so as to form one street, which has since been called Side

The bust on the wall to the right is of Admiral Lord Collingwood and the The blue plaque indicates that he was born in a house on this site. There is a nearby street named after him. Admniral Lord Collingwood 1748 - 1810. Victor of Trafalgar, diplomat, wit and humanitarian. Nelson's friend and comrade.

G Scott, Gentleman's hairdressers is a familiar shop to me. When my late husband Douglas and I worked in Newcastle most of the men in the office, including Douglas, used to go to this establishment in their lunch hour to get their hair cut. Even though the name shown is G. Scott the shop had been owned by Mr Parker for many years but he had kept the old shop sign. When my daughter Becky was a baby and needed her first haircut we went to see Mr Parker and we carried on taking her there for many years along with Neil. They used to love the old fashioned shop - it was always a treat to see Mr Parker. He had a toy frog which said " Gribbit Gribbit ".