Leisure

this theme explores recreational use of the sea and leisure time

Sam Lamiroy

• Long Sands Beach, Tynemouth

Stephen Hudson

• Outside the Tynemouth Surf Company
• Starting out
• The benefits of surfing
• The basic surfing techniques

Doug Cross

• Sea Breezes

Jimmy Harris

• The canteen at Scapa Flow

Fred Newman

• Leisure time in the merchant navy
• The Seaman's Mess
• Making music on the ship
• Fred's accordion

Richard Ilderton

• Joining the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade

Dave Bell

• Social events

Michael Wilson

• Leisure time and crew sizes

George Cruickshanks

• The Doxford's Walking Club
• The importance of the Doxford Walking Club

Mel Deighton

• How he got his coble
• Rescuing and restoring the coble
• First voyage after restoration
• The Mouth of the River Festival 2005
• The Tall Ships 2005
• Growing up in Tynemouth
• Moving the Joan Dixon

Harry Chamberlain

• Cobles
• Coble smells – black varnish
• The Mary Young
• The Royal Diadem II

Nigel Gray

• Interest in traditional boats
• Process of building a wooden boat
• What does the sea mean to you?
• Plaque
• Nigel at work in his workshop

Peter Weightman

• Restoring the Royal Diadem Two
• A memorable day out
• Peter's coble the Royal Diadem II
• The Royal Diadem II under sail

Karl Holford

• Growing up in the diving community
• The Dive School
• Diver and jellyfish
• St Abbs Head
• Cawfield Quarry
• Scapa Flow
• The Diving Centre Ltd

Stan Holford

• Starting The Diving Centre
• Starting diving
• Diving in Malta
• Wreck diving

Tim Gladders

• Changes
• Reactions of people in the early days

Jed Harrison

• Starting surfing
• Favourite Conditions
• A memorable day
• Group photographs of the Saltburn Surfers
• Tide Table

Gary Rogers

• Surfing and Captain Cook
• Memorable Days
• Saltburn Surf Shop
• Surfing photographs

Martin Pontin

• The Cabbage Patch

Kris Wilkinson

• What does the sea mean to you

Sandy Kinghorn

• Ships in bottles

Bill Bendelow

• The Doxford Apprentices football team
• First trip to sea

Jen Taylor

• Going out on Bart's boat

Malcolm Stafford

• Starting diving
• Learning to dive
• Swimming in the North Sea

Jean Dougall

• Starting to dive
• On starting diving
• Women divers
• Most memorable dive
• Snorkelling

David Aris

• Swimming in ballast tanks on the tankers
• Swimming pool

Michael Holford

• Jean Michel Cousteau

John Watson

• Catch of the day