Erected in 1989 in Laurel Park, Dockwray Square, North Shields, the statue (and the park name) marks the fact that Stan Laurel lived in the square at number 8 for five years as a child ...

North Shields is a Tyneside town with a long ... one which provided inspiration for the great comic actor Stan Laurel? Or the huge number of pubs, clubs, institutions, and venues which provided ...