Community

This theme explores community life from common interests to welfare groups and organisations

Stephen Hudson

• Outside the Tynemouth Surf Company
• Inside the Tynemouth Surf Company
• The O’Neil British Nationals
• Surfing culture

Paul Shone

• The Fishermen's Mission
• The True Cost of Fishing
• Fishermen's Mission display
• The Fishermen's Mission cafe
• Memorials to fishermen lost at sea
• The role of the Fishermen's Mission
• How the Mission serves the fishing community
• The role of the Mission Man
• Changes on North Shields Fish Quay
• Changes at the Fishermen's Mission

Doug Cross

• Sea Breezes
• The Seaman’s Mess

Fred Newman

• Mess night
• Seaman's Mess
• The Seaman's Mess
• South Shields Royal British Legion Seaman's Mess tie

Sam Lamiroy

• Learning to surf
• The next generation of surfers

Mary English

• Pops and Kit
• The Fishermen's Mission
• Volunteering at the Fisherman's Mission

Ray Morse

• The fishing community
• The Fishermen's Mission

Anne Morse

• The Fishermen's Wives Association
• Ray reported missing at sea
• When Ray was at sea
• The role of the Fishermen's Mission in the fishing community

Will Hogg

• Clay pipe smoking competition

Richard Ilderton

• Joining the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade
• The importance of volunteering with the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade

Gordon Thompson

• Volunteering with Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade

Alex Hastie

• Joining the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade

Alan Graham

• The smell of hemp rope

Dave Bell

• Joining the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade
• Social events

Michael Davy

• A call out on the Black Middens

Michael Wilson

• Meeting George Gardner in Shanghai
• Joining the Doxford Engine Friends Association

John Watson

• Sounds and atmosphere in the Doxford Works
• Joining the Doxford Engine Friends Association

Jack Errington

• Community at Doxford's
• The union
• The Evergreen Club
• The Evergreen Club Christmas hamper and party
• Returning to the site of the Doxford Works

Maurice Clyde

• Motorcycle accident and move to the Drawing Office
• The Doxford Engine Friends Association

George Cruickshanks

• Nicknames - Geordie Beard
• Working at Doxford's
• The Doxford's Walking Club
• The importance of the Doxford Walking Club
• Practical jokes
• Practical jokes part two
• 25 Years’ Service Watch

Keith Halliday

• Atmosphere at Doxford's
• The Doxford Engine Friends Association

Paul Robinson

• The crew in the cobles and decline of the fishing industry

Peter Weightman

• The Coble and Keelboat Society

Karl Holford

• The Dive School

Tim Gladders

• Surfing community

Gary Rogers

• The Saltburn scene
• Competitions

Neil Robson

• Robson’s role in the local community
• Changes in the Craster fishing community

Martin Pontin

• The early days at Wight’s
• The Fish Quay
• Community on the Fish Quay
• The future for the Fish Quay
• The Cabbage Patch
• The atmosphere on the Fish Quay

Beris Wakenshaw

• Joining the RNLI
• Fundraising events

Kris Wilkinson

• Types of call out and atmosphere
• Social events

Frank Taylor

• The crew
• The Coble and Keelboat Society

Sandy Kinghorn

• The RNLI and the Coble and Keelboat Society

Peter Fairbairn

• Changes at the Fish quay and the in the fishing community
• The RNLI

Robin Sutton

• Role in the RNLI
• Fundraising
• Community and camaraderie

Bill Bendelow

• The Doxford Apprentices football team
• The Doxford Engine Friends Association
• What does the sea mean to you?
• 50th birthday card

Jean Wakenshaw

• Changes in Cullercoats
• Harbour Day
• Family involvement in fishing
• Religion
• Polly Donkin and the Cullercoats fisherwomen

Bart Taylor

• Cullercoats RNLI

Josie Gould

• Family involvement with fishing
• Mrs Joseph Taylor
• 'A bit of old Cullercoats'

Bill Gould

• Getting involved with the RNLI
• Bestsellers
• The Cullercoats Community Centre
• The importance of the RNLI

Joan Phillips

• Raising funds to build the community centre

Emily Robinson

• Community spirit in Cullercoats
• Changes in Cullercoats
• The lifeboat
• Thoughts on leaving Cullercoats
• Lifeboat Day and Polly Donkin
• Cullercoats Community Centre

Jen Taylor

• Taking the children to the beach
• Raising funds for the RNLI
• Cullercoats Community Centre

Sybil Howard

• Moving from the town to Cullercoats
• The Cullercoats Community Centre
• Building the community centre
• Involvement with the RNLI
• Harbour Day
• Cullercoats Community Centre
• The Beacon

Gordon Lindsley

• The apprentice Strike
• First day at Doxford's
• Union membership card

Keith Atkinson

• The atmosphere at Doxford's

Ernie Coulthard

• Social events

Malcolm Stafford

• Starting diving
• Qualifying to dive

Jean Dougall

• Training routines
• Childhood memories of North Shields Fish Quay

John Ellis

• The community on the Fish Quay

John Burn

• The pilot watch house

Jimmy Harris

• Gold watch

Harry Chamberlain

• The crew of the Tynesider

Stan Holford

• The Lobster Pot

Derek Denny

• Visit to the Doxford yard

Jed Harrison

• Group photographs of the Saltburn Surfers