Beneath the busy modern landscape of South Shields lies a forgotten natural feature: a river called the Mill Dam Creek but also known as the… Read More »The Lost Waterway of South Shields: Mill Dam Creek
The Old Wooden Doll by Keith Barrett The embers burn slowly inthe fireside In this proper old boozerOn the banks of the Tyne Canvas floor… Read More »The Old Wooden Doll
Toast the Admiral! Trafalgar Day 2024 21st Oct 2024 by Luan Hanratty There was an excellent turnout for Trafalgar Day at the TVLB Watch House.… Read More »Toast the Admiral! Trafalgar Day 2024
Restoring Pride and Boosting Public Health: A Project Worth Doing By Luan Hanratty — 14th Oct 2024 I sat down in the tea room of… Read More »Restoring Pride and Boosting Public Health: A Project Worth Doing
The Cliffs of Old Tynemouth Oh! the Cliffs of Old Tynemouth they’re wild & they’re sweet,And dear are the waters that roll at their feet;And… Read More »The Cliffs of Old Tynemouth
800 Years of North Shields Stuck in sodden dugouts while easterly batters,Fish and nets are meant for this dwelling,Great work has gone on, marsh drained… Read More »800 Years of North Shields
Euryalus, off Cadiz,24th October 1805. Sir, In my letter of 22nd, I detailed to you, for the information of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty,… Read More »Collingwood’s Second Dispatch Following Trafalgar
This Carmichael was up for auction recently, titled: ‘A Brig Off the Coast at Tynemouth’ (~1840). It’s a lovely busy painting that contrasts two vessels:… Read More »A Brig Off the Coast at Tynemouth
Tynemouth’s First Tripadvisor Review “Thick sea-frets roll in, wrapping everything in gloom. Dim eyes, hoarse voices, sore throats are the consequence. Spring and summer never… Read More »Tynemouth’s First Tripadvisor Review
City Spirits Under Hadrian’s gaze,Rome’s distant child sprang,A bridge was laid down,With fort upon outcrop,Overlooking the work,By Neptune’s wharf and altar,Dogged burn cleft a town,From lort and sludge,To saturnine… Read More »City Spirits
