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Sea Shanties - The North Shields Connection
The invention of The Brake Windlass - invented in North Shields, no less!
by Jim Mageean
Cullercoats Watch House and Life Brigade
History of the Grade 2 Listed Cullercoats Watch House
by Jim Mageean
The Geordie Revival
'Wot Cheor Geordie' occurred before the Folk Revival. Pete Wood makes the case.
by Pete Wood
Sea Shanties - Black Origins?
A look into the origins of these wonderful songs is long overdue.
by Jim Mageean
Classified Newcastle
Taking you back to 1864, a hundred and fifty-odd years ago, when the "toon" was a seething cauldron of prosperity.
by Pete Wood
A Homage to the Geordie-Singing Peoples.
Every region would concede to the North East in terms of the quality and quantity of traditional songs...
By Pete Wood