And more lifeboat lore from old newspapers… By James Linkleter In 1905 my great-grandfather, W. Dalton Linkleter, wrote this stern letter to the Shields Daily… Read More »The Story of The Lifeboat “John Foster Spence”
Wor Peg’s Trip te Tynemouth The sun wes shinin i’ the west,An’ aw wes shinin i’ me best,An’ Peggy like a queen wes drest,The day… Read More »Wor Peg’s Trip te Tynemouth
The Wreck of the Diamant, 26th March 1898 Like so many of the shipwrecks documented in these pages, this Norwegian barque struggled into the harbour in… Read More »Barque “DIAMANT”
Boats I Can Remember By Dalton Linkleter (b. 1928) “Orcadian” built by William Dalton Linkleter in 1908. She was a 16 foot 8 long clinker with… Read More »Boats I Can Remember
4th July 1948 — A Line Squall By Dalton Linkleter (b. 1928) It was a Sunday afternoon, mother and father were away, I presume that Platypus was on the… Read More »4th July 1948 — A Line Squall
Model Boats By Dalton Linkleter (b. 1928) My world of model boats has always rotated round the sailing type. I don’t think I ever had… Read More »Model Boats
Boats on the Tyne By Dalton Linkleter (b. 1928) Memories of life on the river in the late 1940s and early 50s. When the river… Read More »Boats on the Tyne
