Download or read book South Shields Murders & Misdemeanours written by Laurie Curry and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2008-11-15 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'We never needed to lock our doors in the past ... our door was always open, even if we were out ... you could walk the streets safely in those days ... Nobody bothered you.' This is what Laurie Curry's grandmother used to say when she was comparing her times to modern times. But how true was it?