MSX on Wikimedia Commons Catherine Cookson, author, was born in a two-roomed house at 5 Leam Lane near this site on June 20th, 1906. , South Shields Part of the Catherine Cookson Country series Colour: white Wikimedia: Copy to clipboard Flickr: Copy to clipboard Google Streetview OpenStreetMap See also... Nick Harrison on Flickr South Tyneside Council on Wikimedia Commons Loreto. Catherine Cookson author lived here 1954-1976