HANDY MEN … the restoration team, from left, Ted Smith, Peter Weightman, Gordon Brown, Abiy Shiberu Zegeye and Fred Crowell
ETHIOPIAN Abiy Shiberu Zegeye may be a long way from home but he’s found real friends among a group of maritime enthusiasts in South Tyneside. Since becoming a Friend of the North East Maritime Trust (NEMT) [...]
The saving of the Lifeboat Henry Frederick Swan
WOODEN vessels, from collier brigs to pilot cobles, used to be the work horses of the Tyne. But over the years they have dwindled to almost nothing on the river.?But now a new South Tyneside-based group has committed itself to restoring what it believes is the neglected maritime [...]