Life on the Tyne

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Life on the Tyne Mark K. Jackson



HMS Ark Royal at Swan Hunter Shipbuilders. Wallsend


Compass maker Kenneth Lee working on his lathe. Lilley and Gillie are the last of the big nautical instrument makers on the Tyne. North Shields.


Northumbrian Water Authority laboratory where fish and other marine life are examined in order to monitor the health of the rivers and the sea in the North East area. Howden


Ken Middlemiss, manager of Lillie and Gillie, (Admiralty chart agents), with chart corrector, Deborah Weatherstone. North Shields


Revd. Eric W. Newman, senior chaplain of the Mission to Seamen at the ‘Flying Angel’ cellar club. This organisation looks after the spiritual, moral and physical welfare of the seafarers throughout the world. South Shields.


Alan Kempster, one of the last working sailmakers on the Tyne. North Shields.


Jack Shone, a boatbuilder on the Tyne for 30 years, he will only work on wooden boats. The many years have not eroded his passion for his trade and craft. South Shields.


Overlooking the Fish Quay, North Shields


Members of the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade practising cliff rescue techniques. Tynemouth


Tynemouth pier


Jack Stephenson, once a foyboatman himself, now controls all the movements of foyboatmen along the River Tyne. South Shields.


Fishing on Tynemouth pier on a Sunday morning.


Tyne Pilot Raymond Pickering gets a helping hand from deck hand Robert Pollard while disembarking from outward bound vessel back to the pilot cut


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