By Gary Holland Christopher Saxton was arguably the most prominent cartographer working in England in his lifetime. Born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, c1540, he is known… Read More »A Roman Fort at Tynemouth? Saxton’s Map of 1637
Boats I Can Remember By Dalton Linkleter (b. 1928) “Orcadian” built by William Dalton Linkleter in 1908. She was a 16 foot 8 long clinker with… Read More »Boats I Can Remember
4th July 1948 — A Line Squall By Dalton Linkleter (b. 1928) It was a Sunday afternoon, mother and father were away, I presume that Platypus was on the… Read More »4th July 1948 — A Line Squall
Model Boats By Dalton Linkleter (b. 1928) My world of model boats has always rotated round the sailing type. I don’t think I ever had… Read More »Model Boats
Boats on the Tyne By Dalton Linkleter (b. 1928) Memories of life on the river in the late 1940s and early 50s. When the river… Read More »Boats on the Tyne
