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- In 1644, during the English Civil War, Parliament's Scottish allies under Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven laid siege to Newcastle upon Tyne and captured the watch tower on the Lawe Top at South Shields, (Sunderland declared for Parliament and invited the Scottish army in).
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South Shields had the largest alkali works in the world. In 1644, during the English Civil War, Parliament's Scottish allies under Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven wanted to capture the Tyne and Newcastle upon Tyne. Leslie captured the fort on the Lawe Top, following a lengthy siege.
Mar 15 & 19, 1644 – South Shields taken. Now camped between the Wear and Tyne, the Scots turn their attention to South Shields but in their initial siege upon the town on March 15 they are seen off by Captain Chapman. The Scots try again on March 19 and this time are successful in capturing South Shields. South Shields Harbour around 1820
At the end of the war, the Yemeni population of South Shields had swelled to well over 3,000. Shields lost one of the largest proportions of Merchant Navy sailors. Approximately 1 in 4 of these men was of Yemeni background.
Jan 30, 2016 · A new book recalls the vibrant era of the 1950s when South Shields, like other towns, began looking forward after the dark days of war
South Shields is supposed to have been a Roman station, and to take its name from the fishers' huts (or shiels) anciently on its site. In the 13th century North Shields and South Shields had risen to sufficient importance, as ports, to excite the jealousy of Newcastle.
During the First World War, more Yemini merchant sailors were recruited at Aden, so by the end of the war, almost a quarter of merchant sailors living in South Shields were from Yemen. Somalia, African, Indian and Malaysian merchant sailors had also settled here.
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By the end of the war the community was some 3,000 strong but this had fallen to around 1,000 by the end of the Second World War. In 1977 the community received world media attention when the renowned champion boxer, Muhammad Ali, visited their local mosque for the blessing of his marriage.
