Controversial! Discussion on the Sunrise Cycle Lane 16th May 2024 “For people who are against the cycle lane, it’s worth bearing in mind that this… Read More »Controversial! Discussion on the Sunrise Cycle Lane
An Improvement to Collingwood’s Monument 14th April 2024 by Penbal Wizard Many residents or visitors to Tynemouth will have enjoyed the view from Collingwood’s Monument.… Read More »An Improvement to Collingwood’s Monument
Lung Sounds, Beach by Christopher Martin Christopher Martin is poet based in Tynemouth. His debut collection will be relased in 2025. https://www.instagram.com/martintimations/
The following transcript is from a court case at the Star Chamber in 1510, just one year after Henry VIII came to the throne. I… Read More »How the Prior of Tynemouth Brought Newcastle to the Brink of Ruin in 1510
The Wreck of the Iron Crown and a Letter Left Behind Where better to start this story of a most difficult but entirely successful rescue, than… Read More »The Wreck of the Iron Crown and a Letter Left Behind
Always be careful when cooking and eating wild plants. Many are toxic and easily mistaken. Wild Cabbage Brassica oleracea — Towards the end of the summer and beginning… Read More »Things the Medieval Monks of Tynemouth Ate
St Mary’s Light on Penbal Crag From mountain ridge to forest caveThe scattered flowers of summer smile,But dark and heavy rolls the waveThat sweeps round Tynemouth’s… Read More »St Mary’s Light on Penbal Crag
‘Harvest From The Deep’ is a series from the Independent North Shields Supporters Association digging into the history of the football club. Remarkably, this letter… Read More »Lighting the Fire of Football
The Best Outcome for Tynemouth Outdoor Pool 10th Jan 2024 by Luan Hanratty The Sunrise Cycleway may be unpopular, but that doesn’t change the new… Read More »The Best Outcome for Tynemouth Outdoor Pool
The Wreck of the Fame, 20th Oct 1894 A Tempest On this same date as today, 129 years ago, during a similarly brutal storm, the Tynemouth Volunteer… Read More »Barquentine “FAME”
