Equitable Co-op, Westoe Road

This building was added to the South Tyneside local list in 2023. The local list description reads:
'Built in 1891 as recorded on the date stone. It was designed by the architect Thomas Alexander Page of 67 King Street.
Twice yearly people used to go there to collect their "divi" this was a share of the profits made by the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS). Many older people can still recall collecting their "divi" from this building, the practice died out by the 1970s.
The Co-op still own the building and it is now called Co-op Funeralcare. It is probably the only shop/store in South Shields which has used the same premises for 131 years.'