EDITOR’S LETTER: May 2013

Carol Robinson

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 success, but this year’s will be even bigger and better and we’re very much looking forward to it - find out more in the article here. The Broadway Ladies Group are … [Read more...]

An Irish Jig for MS

Irish Dancers

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 Sclerosis Society Branch, which exists to provide support and information to those affected by Multiple Sclerosis locally. Jim explains: “We accomplish this in several … [Read more...]

Tynemouth Food Festival Returns for Second Helping

Photo © Katherine Wildman

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 of gastronomic fare following its spectacular debut last year. Food lovers can expect a double-sized helping of tasty treats as this celebration of the region’s … [Read more...]

EDITOR’S LETTER: April 2013

Carol Robinson

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 lighter nights and hopefully some pleasant spring weather - maybe even some sunshine. It also marks the beginning of a long-awaited project in my home. We’ve been … [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 AGM? Peter Lewis, the retired Director of Beamish Museum, will give a talk “Nobody Loves a Critic”. Peter writes reviews of new exhibitions for Museum General, an … [Read more...]

Whitley & Monkseaton Ladies and Gentlemen’s Bowling Club

Whitley & Monkseaton Bowling Club Logo

Bowls is truly a sport for all, taking just a day to learn but a lifetime to master. If you would like to join a club, then look no further than the friendly yet competitive Whitley & Monkseaton Ladies and Gentlemen’s Bowling Club, located directly opposite the Coast Side of Monkseaton Metro Station. Tentative evidence suggests ancient Egyptians played a form … [Read more...]

Coast Video Club

Prize-winning film makers

The popular Coast Video Club has been running for 12 years and meets every Thursday evening from 7pm until 9.30pm in Thompson Hall on Wallington Avenue, Marden Estate, North Shields. Our varied programme ranges from guest speakers, video competitions and seeing and reviewing films made by other clubs through exchange of films. Alternate Thursdays are workshop … [Read more...]

EDITOR’S LETTER: March 2013

Carol Robinson

Thank you to all of the readers who have taken the trouble to contact us in recent weeks to comment on the redesign of the magazines we introduced in January. I’m glad to say that the feedback we’ve received has been overwhelmingly positive which makes all of the effort worthwhile, though thanks are also due to local graphic designer Neill Burrough of Digitized … [Read more...]

St Andrew’s Carpet Bowls Club

Members of the club

St Andrew’s Church in Monkseaton has developed a very popular indoor bowls club, formed some four years ago when Trinity United Reformed Church in Whitley Bay closed. Some of the members then joined St Andrew’s and brought with them the well-established Trinity Church Bowling Club, which has now become one of the afternoon ‘leisure’ activities. The … [Read more...]

EDITOR’S LETTER: February 2013

Carol Robinson

Now that February is here I am hoping that we will soon be seeing signs that Spring is approaching - unless we are in for snowy weather as shown in our cover picture! My husband, Mark, insists that since he bought a snow shovel about two years ago there is virtually no chance of us seeing snow for the foreseeable future, but who knows - February can be so … [Read more...]