Mary English
Mary belongs to: The Fishermen's Mission
Mary grew up around North Shields Fish Quay. Her father was a fisherman and she has many memories of both the Fishermen's Mission and North Shields Fish Quay. Mary still helps out at the Mission.
Mary was interviewed by Carl Greenwood on 20 January 2006. The interview took place at North Shields Fishermen's Mission and lasted 1 hour, 6 minutes and 46 seconds.
Volunteering at the Fisherman's Mission
"Now, I come in most days"
Now, I come in most days. Sometimes I don’t manage- if on one day I’ll get like a dozen loaves of bread and bring them in- it saves Paul. We used to have a mission man and an assistant. He doesn’t have an assistant- he can’t do everything. So if we can do a stint and we help, we can. I can’t cook, by the way, they found that out. I can take the money, and I manage the till, I’ll burn the toast- not just a little bit- black. So they’ve realised I have my limitations. I’ve done a stint where if they want somebody to look after the mission while Paul’s out doing something else, I have a set of keys and I’ll let them in and make sure they’re alright, make sure they’ll have a tea or a coffee or whatever. And that is because I, I try to help. They have helped me and they are still people who need help, whether they are pensioners, whether they are families who have lost folk, there is still an awful lot of work for them to do, so I come here, I enjoy it. When it does eventually close and they move to a different building, it’ll be very, very hard and I don’t know what I’ll do apart from cry.
Mary has 12 memories in the memorynet:
Mary's memories with a Community theme:
Pops and Kit- The Fishermen's Mission
- Volunteering at the Fisherman's Mission
Mary's other memories:
Fishing boatThis memory has these themes:
Change | Community | Volunteering
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