A South Shields family is celebrating 70 years of supplying saveloys and pies across the North East.
Dicksons was founded by Michael Irwin and his wife Helen Dickson in 1953 as a shop on the town's Prince Edward Road that sold savoury deli treats.
Over the next seven decades, Dicksons would go on to open more than 30 stores across Tyne and Wear and employ more than 300 staff. Supermarket giants Asda, Sainsbury’s and Tesco also stock the brand's famous products.
