Toast the Admiral! Trafalgar Day 2024
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
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Restoring Pride and Boosting Public Health: A Project Worth Doing
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
Collingwood’s Second Dispatch Following Trafalgar
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
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
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
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
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
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
Application for Sauna Cabin on King Edward’s Bay
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