News and Features
EDITOR’S LETTER: May 2013
There are a number of interesting events taking place this month which I thought worth mentioning here, particularly as some are for very good causes. Last year’s inaugural festival was a great … [Read More...]
An Irish Jig for MS
At an Irish evening in Tynemouth recently, £365 from Lesley of the Border Terrier was presented by the Healy/O’Donnell Irish Dancers to Jim McAndrew, Treasurer of North Tyneside’s Multiple … [Read More...]
Tynemouth Food Festival Returns for Second Helping
Epicureans can look forward to a second helping of the North’s finest produce when Tynemouth Food Festival returns this May. The event between May 8-12 will again be serving up a fabulous feast … [Read More...]
LOCAL HISTORY: Tynemouth Golf Club
On 24th May 1913, a public meeting was held to establish a golf club at Tynemouth. The course was laid out on the old lands of Spital Dene Farm, owned by the Duke of Northumberland. The original … [Read More...]
FAMILY LIFE: Making Memories
As I write this I’m sitting in the corner of a soft play area, notebook on the table, a hot drink next to me and my discarded shoes on the floor… I have to apologise if my thoughts seem … [Read More...]
AUSTRALIAN ADVENTURES: Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island is Australia’s third largest island after Tasmania and Melville. Approximately 93 miles long and between 900 metres and 35 miles wide it was originally known by the aborigines as … [Read More...]
NORTHUMBERLAND & BORDER WALKS: Shillhope Law and the Bleating of Lambs
The wettest April since records began had frustrated my walking plans for a number of weeks and I now had a backlog of routes I wanted to explore. Choice is a wonderful thing but inundated with so … [Read More...]
LOCAL HISTORY: Outram’s Garage
Ward’s 1930 directory shows William Outram residing at No. 85 Cauldwell Lane, Monkseaton. Little is known of the Outram family; however, in 1926 William Outram established and built a service … [Read More...]
EDITOR’S LETTER: April 2013
Your magazine should be with you just before the end of March which gives me the opportunity to remind you that the clocks go forward by an hour on Sunday 31st! That means that April will bring … [Read More...]
Tynemouth Village Association
The clocks spring forward at the end of March and what better way can there be to enjoy the lighter evenings than a stroll along the front to the Grand Hotel to the Tynemouth Village Association … [Read More...]
