From tropical islands to London backstreets, Austrian mountains to America’s Deep South, Whitley Bay Operatic Society has pretty much covered them all since their first performance 100 years ago in 1911, when they staged ‘Trial by Jury’ at the Empress Ballroom. Be it romantic classics such as ‘West Side Story’, family favourites like ‘The Sound of … [Read more...]

St Andrew’s Activities Team is holding a Craft Fair on Saturday 31st March and this event will again be welcomed by exhibitors, members and friends of St Andrew’s. This very popular springtime event was developed by our current church organist Paul Hartley who, as Ways and Means Convenor in the 1990s, was thinking up new ways to raise money. At that time the … [Read more...]

Blind and partially sighted people in North Tyneside will have their lives transformed with the introduction of a new service by Tynemouth Blind Welfare Society (TBWS) in partnership with Guide Dogs. The new service, called My Guide, matches blind and partially sighted people with a volunteer for up to six months. During this time, they will meet up for a few hours … [Read more...]

Deep in Upper Coquetdale in the Cheviot Hills of Northumberland just after the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 stood The Slymefoot. To this pub, home to drovers and whiskey smugglers, came two strangers from different directions in the worst winter for many a generation. One is looking for a lost son, the other for a kidnapped young wife; neither expecting to be involved … [Read more...]

From 14th to 18th February 2012 Tynemouth Amateur Operatic Society will present Annie at the Playhouse in Whitley Bay. From its Broadway beginnings to the classic film musical, this heart-warming rags-to-riches story of Annie’s adventures - from the run-down New York orphanage to the luxurious home of Oliver Warbucks - is a tale that has been told all over the … [Read more...]

A New Year has begun, with new horizons to be savoured, so why not try the Open Door Coffee Mornings at St. Andrew’s Church? The coffee mornings were introduced in mid-2009 at the church, in Eastfield Avenue, Monkseaton, following the completion of the new reception area. They take place every Tuesday and Thursday from 10am to 12 noon, and have proved to be a … [Read more...]

Whitley Bay is looking forward to the annual celebration of the Feast of St Nicholas on Friday 2nd December, with the traditional children’s lamplit procession to St Paul’s Church for the calling of the Saint and the switch on of the St Paul’s tree lights. This year the procession will leave from Marine Park School at about 4pm and travel to the town centre via … [Read more...]