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Local Hero: Prabhu Sharma | JAPS Sports

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By Diane Wailes I’ve always been fascinated by the signage on ‘Sharma Wines,’ a traditional corner shop at the junction of North King Street and Grey Street. On one...

The whip-round that won the war!

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By Diane Wailes It was August 1940. France had recently surrendered to Germany and only the RAF stood in the way of Hitler’s plans to invade Britain; the country held...

St Leonard’s Medieval Leper Hospital

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Hi, I’m Mike Coates, born in North Shields and proud of my family roots in our town. I’ve always given my address as Northumberland as I couldn’t accept a...

A Life At Sea

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By Diane Wailes If you’d met Robert Triggs it wouldn’t have taken you long to work out what he did for a living! With an anchor tattooed on his left...

ART: SCULPTURE TO HONOUR LIFE OF MARY ANN MACHAM | Walkway North Shields

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Simmie and Mim had the privilege of visiting Keith Barrett's studio in North Shields, where he is working on a monumental 10-foot-high bronze sculpture. This artwork, destined to stand...

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Komputaband Break the Silence with Long-Awaited Sophomore Album

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By Mark Tavender | Photography Wayne Bordoli Photography A decade in the making, Komputaband's 'Silent Hours' is finally here, and it was worth the wait. Komputaband's...

Local Artist: Raymond Usher

Podcast: Two Plastic Geordies

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