North Shields – an overview of 800 years

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By Mike Coates In about 1225 North Shields originated on the northern side of the Tyne, where it meets the sea on a promontory called Prior’s Point. After draining land by...

Local people invited to celebrate town’s history, heritage and culture 

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Local people are invited to a Community Day at the Linskill Centre to celebrate North Shields’ history, heritage and culture a part of the town’s 800th anniversary.  This will take...

Liam Fender on Music and Community

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Liam Fender by Megan Ramsey Photography

Cullercoats Festival 2025: At the water’s edge

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There’s something about Cullercoats Festival — it sneaks up on you like the first warm day of summer, then fills the air with music, colour, and that lovely feeling...

Mouths of the Tyne Community Choir

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Photographs taken by Maria Maza (Tynemouth Photographic Society) 

Metro Musings – The Great Bicycle Rebellion

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By Suzanne Coulson | Artwork by Katie Stewart Normally, Metro passengers are united only by silent suffering - enduring delays, socially inept teenagers treating the carriage like their personal DJ...

Coast Fest 2025 

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 By Suzanne Coulson  If you’ve ever been to Coast Fest, you’ll know the man behind the madness — John Milton Peacock, better known as Peasy.  You won’t need to search hard...

Sira Studio Collab I Love North Shields

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SIRA STUDIO is a video production and photography company, which relocated to the Fish Quay from Harrogate, North Yorkshire, in July 2024. Blown away by the creativity and buzz...

Inside Wipe Out Music

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By Mark Tavender Nestled in a modestly appointed office within the vibrant One Three One creative hub on Bedford Street, North Shields, a dedicated team of five quietly powers a...

Tommy Smalls and Friends

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‘Tommy Smalls and Friends’ urban smallholding in North Shields is a hive of activity and animal love! You might have spotted Reginald - a beautiful piebald ‘Gypsy Cobb’ -...

Fun Times at the Fish Quay Festival 

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  By Caroline Oswald  I meet up with Carol Alevroyianni and Richard Broderick (Brod) in Carol’s kitchen. Every surface is strewn with memorabilia from the North Shields Fish Quay Festival, the...

FREE DIGITAL ISSUE | NS800 80SPECIAL

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https://issuu.com/simonebransonharper/docs/_free_ns800_digital_issue FREE DIGITAL ISSUE 1-13 I North Shields 800Over the past year, we pulled together 13 issues of stories, photos and memories created by and for the people of North...
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