By Crasterfarian I can remember this story being passed down by Mammy Joan, and later retold owa a pint in that ethereal little bar in the… Read More »Spies at Dunstanburgh? The Strange Tale of GDY-226
By Crasterfarian Old photographs have a habit of making you stop and think. I saw these two stunning images on the Craster FB group, posted by… Read More »Two Ships, One Rock — The Wrecks of the Matilda and Ignatz Breum
By Crasterfarian In the last post we looked at the tragic wreck of the Tadorne, a trawler that succumbed to the rocks of Howick in thick… Read More »Submarine G11 Wreck, Howick
By Crasterfarian Many of you will have spent a wonderful afternoon walking between the villages of Boulmer and Craster or vice versa. It’s a gorgeous stretch… Read More »The Wreck of the Tadorne
By Crasterfarian How about shipwreck hunting between Howick and Dunstanburgh Castle? Please be careful of slipping on wet rocks and seaweed and getting caught by… Read More »Wreck Hunting in Northumberland
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 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”
The Second World War was a long, hard and messy slog. Everyone was directly affected by it, so much so, that I’d never be able… Read More »World War II and Tynemouth Borough
