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Women
This theme explores women's contribution to coastal life
Doug Cross
Dorothy Irons
Joan Horsbourgh
Anne Morse
Communicating 'ship to shore'
The Fishermen's Wives Association
Ray reported missing at sea
When Ray was at sea
The dangers of fishing
Margaret Hastie
The wossit wool
The needles
Finishing the gansey
Jackie Graham
Making ganseys for her husband Dave
The needles
Difficulty in making a gansey
Learning to knit
The gansey patterns
Finishing the gansey with lettering
Neil Robson
Robson’s role in the local community
Beris Wakenshaw
Joining the RNLI
Frank Taylor
Sound of the maroon
Sandy Kinghorn
Taking the family to sea
Bart Taylor
Granny Hannah and Granny Sally
Josie Gould
Family involvement with fishing
Bessie Todd
Mrs Joseph Taylor
Polly Donkin
Joan Phillips
Going away with fish
Her Grandmother's routine
Going with her sister to sell fish
Joan's great grandmother
Joan's great uncle and aunt
Joan's grandmother
Mrs Hardesty Brown's tea parties
Emily Robinson
Mother going away with fish
Leaving school and the war
Leaving Cullercoats for London during the war
London during wartime
Being away from Cullercoats
Cullercoats beach
The lifeboat
Lifeboat Day and Polly Donkin
Jen Taylor
In the Wrens during World War Two
Taking the children to the beach
Raising funds for the RNLI
Sybil Howard
Involvement with the RNLI
Harbour Day
Ann Haswell
The living conditions at Souter Lighthouse
Jean Dougall
Women divers
Jean Wakenshaw
John and Annie Lisle
Annie Lisle
Polly Donkin and the Cullercoats fisherwomen
Aunt Nellie
Two Cullercoats fisherwomen