Work
This theme explores the working lives of coastal communities from fishing to marine engine building
Stephen Hudson
Bob Cawley
- Taking a break on the Suez Canal
- Continuous Certificate of Discharge 2
- Bob Cawley at San Domingo
- Continuous Certificate of Discharge 1
- Individual Certificate
- Continuous Certificate of Discharge 3
- Joining the Royal Navy
- Manning the guns
- Life after the Royal Navy
- Joining the trawlers as a cook
- The merchant navy and St. Elmo's Fire
Ray Morse
- Hauling prawns
- The Conduan
- In the wheelhouse of the Conduan
- Taking a break
- The Conduan being launched
- Growing up in the fishing community
- The fishing community
- Traditional navigation and fishing skills
- Being caught in a hurricane on the Dogger Bank
- A regular fishing trip
- An unforgetable trip
- Adjusting to life ashore
Anne Morse
Doug Cross
- In a Calcutta Park
- Going to sea
- Merchant navy badge
- Wage slip
- British Seaman's Identity Card
- Port Saint John
- Continuous Certificate of Discharge
- Joining the merchant navy
- Swimming with sharks
- The Spanish Civil War
- The Spanish Civil War part two
- The Russia convoys part one
- The Russia convoys part two
- The D-Day landings
Jimmy Harris
Ray Lorrison
- Joining the merchant navy
- The ship's cook's routine
- Food in the merchant navy
- Learning to make curry
- Cooking equipment and galley conditions in the merchant navy
- Cookery training
- The Atlantic convoys and Captain Walker
- Continuous Certificate of Discharge
- Certification of Innoculation Against Cholera
- Certificate of Competency as Ship's Cook
- Higher Certification of Competency in Nautical Cookery
- Pool card
- Medals
- Ray Lorrison
Bill Wold
- Adjusting to life at sea
- Training in the merchant navy
- Conditions in the merchant navy
- Food in the merchant navy
- The uniform in the merchant navy
- Living conditions
- Danger at sea
- What does the sea mean to you?
- Photograph of Bill
- Submarine in Cape Town
- Photograph of Bill
- Continuous Certificate of Discharge
- A Marconigram from the King
- Russian medal
Fred Newman
Michael Wilson
- Training and apprenticeship
- Following his father to sea
- First voyage and New York
- Changes in the merchant navy
- Leisure time and crew sizes
- Living conditions in the merchant navy
- Communication from sea
- Safety at sea
- Meeting George Gardner in Shanghai
- Decline of the British shipping industry
- Apprenticeship agreement
- Photograph of michael
- Continuous Certificate of Discharge
John Watson
- Apprenticeship at Doxford's
- The value of a Doxford apprenticeship
- Moving on from Doxford's
- First voyage, carrying dynamite through a hurricane
- Being in a hurricane
- Sounds and atmosphere in the Doxford Works
- Asbestos
- What does the sea mean to you?
- Bill King
- Diary
- Working on a lathe
- Catch of the day
- Doxford's reference
George Gardner
- Apprenticeship at Doxford's
- Benefits of a Doxford apprenticeship
- The value of a Doxford's apprenticeship
- Safety and accidents at Doxford's
- The smell of whale oil
- Sailing with a Doxford engine
- Conditions on the ship
- Meeting Michael Wilson in Shanghai
- Engineer's Certificate
- Continuous Certificate of Discharge
- Africa
- Shanghai
Derek Denny
- Working conditions at sea
- The Doxford drawing office
- Equipment in the drawing office
- The Doxford's technical office and sea trials
- Moving to Doxford installation office
- The closure of Doxford's
- Sound of the Doxford engine
- The sound of a Doxford engine at sea
- Visit to the Doxford yard
- Main gates to the Doxford Engine Works
Jim Duncan
- Starting at Doxford's
- The Doxford master plan
- Les Morris
- Working in the Tool Room
- Training the apprentices and the closure of Doxford's
- Value of Doxford apprenticeship
- Politics and Doxford's
- The apprentice strike
- Leaving Doxford's
- The Doxford Ship Yard
- Aerial view of the Doxford Works and the River Wear
- A ship being launched
- A Doxford engine
- Model of a Doxford engine
Jack Errington
George Cruickshanks
Harry Chamberlain
- Joining the tug boats
- The role of the tug boats
- Cabin boy's routine
- The galley
- The foy boats and skulling
- Progress through the tug boats
- Value of the tug boat apprenticeship
- Routines on the tug boats
- Leaving the tug boats and moving to the Titan Crane
- Working on the Titan Crane
- Foy boatmen
- Sculling a foy boat
- The Tynesider
- The Joffre
- The crew of the Tynesider
- The Titan crane
- The Titan crane at work
- Loading coal
- The crew of the Titan crane
- The Titan Crane
Paul Robinson
- Learning traditional fishing skills
- Fishing routines
- The crew in the cobles and decline of the fishing industry
- Superstitions
- Leaving the sea and sign painting
- Sign Painting
- Sign painting techniques and methods
- Losing traditional skills
- Making and mending equipment
- Going out in his coble
- Paul in his workshop
- A hand painted sign
- Examples of Paul's sign painting
Martin Pontin
Sandy Kinghorn
Bill Bendelow
Bart Taylor
Joan Phillips
Keith Atkinson
- His father
- Uncle Ted
- Starting at Doxford's
- Asbestos
- Finishing apprenticeship and going to sea
- First voyage with the Bank Line
- Returning to work in the North East
- The value of a Doxford's apprenticeship
- Skills and experiences from Doxford's apprenticeship
- The atmosphere at Doxford's
- Apprenticeship certificate
- Doxford's reference
John Ellis
- Leaving school
- Working on the trawlers
- Working on the trawlers and moving to filleting
- Fish merchant's routine
- Ferry days
- Changes at the Fish Quay
- Equipment
- Clothes
- The community on the Fish Quay
- Prawn fishing
- The auction
- Filleting fish
- John's staff
- Photograph of John
- North Shields fish market
- Buskers laying out fish
David Aris
- Father’s time at sea
- Apprenticeship at North East Marine
- Going to sea
- Swimming in ballast tanks on the tankers
- Returning to the North East and Doxford's
- Role at Doxford’s
- Industrial action at Doxford's
- Going on sea trials
- Leaving Doxford’s
- Workers at Doxford's
- Engineer's Certificate
- Continuous Certificate of Discharge
- Swimming pool
- North East Marine Guide for Apprentices
- Sea Trials
John Burn
John Marshall
- Growing up in a family of pilots
- Pilot apprenticeship
- Sea time
- Routines and changes
- Role of the pilot
- The pilot cutter
- Boarding the ship
- The pilot uniform
- Relationship between pilots and masters
- The Bonga
- The future for piloting on the Tyne
- The Tertia
- The pilot ladder
- Pilots and cobles
- Car carriers
- Boarding a ship by helicopter
- Pilot's certificates
- The Bonga
- The pilot ladder
- John's father
- Pilot's Handbook
- Pilot's notebook
