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...
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...
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...
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...
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...