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
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
Application for Sauna Cabin on King Edward’s Bay Add your support to the Council Planning Portal for a timber sauna cabin on King Edward’s Bay… Read More »Application for Sauna Cabin on King Edward’s Bay
Tynemouth’s Bronze Statue of Queen Victoria Has a Twin in India Almost every large town and city in the Commonwealth has a Queen Victoria statue.… Read More »Tynemouth’s Bronze Statue of Queen Victoria Has a Twin in India
In the yard of Trinity House on the Quayside in Newcastle, the longest continuously owned piece of land in the city, there is an anchor… Read More »A Map 🗺️ and An Anchor ⚓
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
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
