A Brig Off the Coast at Tynemouth
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
Luan Hanratty
Tynemouth’s First Tripadvisor Review
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
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
Ghosts of the Past
Ghosts of the Past No wall ran here,and waves battered no pier.Their boats were beached,and chiefs beseeched,behind the marine palisade,cunning yet afraid,glinting in secret glade.Civilisation… Read More »Ghosts of the Past
A Watchful Eye
A Watchful Eye God wealder,Val our dei,Osiris of our Nile,Knew of these waters,Bringing bread and wine,From Serapis via emperor,To our geard,To our Tyne and mouth,Os-god… Read More »A Watchful Eye
Training with the TVLB on a Lovely Evening in Tynemouth
Training with the TVLB on a Lovely Evening in Tynemouth By Luan Hanratty Do you remember a programme in the 1980s called ‘Duncan Dares’? In… Read More »Training with the TVLB on a Lovely Evening in Tynemouth
A Great Day’s Fishing on JFK II
A Great Day’s Fishing on JFK II By Luan Hanratty We embarked at 7am from the Royal Quays lock on board JFK II, a lovely… Read More »A Great Day’s Fishing on JFK II
Checking Out NEMT’s New Boat-Building Project
Checking Out NEMT’s New Boat-Building Project By Luan Hanratty I caught up with the lads at the North East Maritime Trust at their boat yard… Read More »Checking Out NEMT’s New Boat-Building Project
Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Through the Ages — Part 1
Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Through the Ages — Part 1 By Luan Hanratty I sat down with Brigade Chairman, John D. Wright, who illuminated the… Read More »Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Through the Ages — Part 1
Collingwood’s Dispatch from the Battle of Trafalgar
As reported in the London Gazette Extraordinary, Nov 6th 1805. Euryalus, off Cape Trafalgar,22nd October 1805. Sir, The ever to be lamented death of Vice… Read More »Collingwood’s Dispatch from the Battle of Trafalgar