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North Shields’ Special Link with the Lake District

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For more than 70 years people from North Shields have enjoyed holidays on the beautiful Patterdale Estate near Ullswater. Few will be aware of that the 220-acre estate, with its...

Local Hero: Rowland Lishman

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By Rachel Chapman & Kris Grey Rowland Lishman is one of North Shields’ unsung heroes. Although his name is not widely known throughout the town, more than 60 years after...

Local family’s involvement in heroic RNLI rescue

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By Rachel Chapman Dorothy Brownlee remembers photographs and memorabilia on the walls of her grandparents’ home about a heroic rescue during WW1 by Tynemouth’s RNLI lifeboat of 50 people from...

Poppies in memory of lives lost during world wars 

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By Rachel Chapman Two North Shields sisters have once again arranged a display of poppies on Clifford’s Fort in memory of lives lost during world wars.  For Margaret Sturmey and Sue...

Linskill family worked to improve town’s economic and social life 

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By Rachel Chapman Linskill is a well-known name in North Shields. Streets have the name and many townspeople were pupils of the former Linskill School, now a thriving community hub.  So...

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