By Rachel Chapman
Sheila Hirsch is a legend on North Shields Fish Quay.
Believed to have been the country’s first female trawler skipper, she was a woman in a man’s world,...
By Sue Wilkinson
During its heyday, North Shields was known as “the most drunken town in England”. A dubious reputation gained in the 1800s when the town had more than...
By Diane Wailes
Photography by Megan Ramsey
When Earl John Charlton says in his Facebook profile that he “Studied at the University of Hard Knocks”, he really isn’t kidding! After growing...