Chris Cordner

3 weeks ago | shieldsgazette.com | Chris Cordner

Take this chance to enjoy memories from 2016 to 2022. 1. Dean and Misko find out moreDean Ball and his son Misko found out more about the military with the help of soldier Ross Askew in June 2016. | sg2. Memories from nine years agoBrothers Brett and Lee Harrison were having the time of their lives with soldier Ray Foster nine years ago. | sg3. Revisiting a 2016 memoryPipers on the march in an impressive sight from the big day at Bents Park in 2016. | sg4.

3 weeks ago | shieldsgazette.com | Chris Cordner

Retired miner John Wood has relived the days when he did vital work - on the Tyne and Wear Metro. The Washington 86-year-old had a job which was unlike any other. He ensured that miles of its tracks were kept safe and secure from used mine workings. A significant role in the early days of the MetroHe was part of a team of ex-miners recruited by the Tyne and Wear PTE, now Nexus, to survey swathes of Metro’s alignments.

3 weeks ago | shieldsgazette.com | Chris Cordner

The sound of a foghorn requiem rang out across the clifftops and thousands of people watched it. 1. Faces from 2013Crowds gather for the spectacle in June 2013. We would love to know if you were there. | sg2. Memorable in South TynesideThe crowds loved the unique event which brought tradition, music and drama to the clifftops. | sg3. The band playedAnother scene from the Foghorn Requiem project at Souter Lighthouse. | sg4. Crowds in 2013Look at the crowds which turned out to watch the requiem.

3 weeks ago | shieldsgazette.com | Chris Cordner

Picture the scene. You are out doing your shopping in South Shields when a mega star of the movie screen appears in front of you. It wasn’t a dream either. David Niven really had been browsing through the aisles of Binns. David Niven at the top of the staircaseWe first shared the story ten years ago and we just had to regale it once more. It came from an unnamed South Tyneside woman who looked back on the time when she and her mam had gone shopping for new cups.

3 weeks ago | sunderlandecho.com | Chris Cordner

Meet the Sunderland business owner who achieved greatness - and led his men into battle. Robert A Bartram was the last of a line of Bartrams who served Sunderland as the chairman of the family-named shipyard company. Into battle with the Scottish Horse brigadeIt was 55 years ago when he retired from Bartram and Sons, the South Docks shipbuilders. It heralded the end of the family line as he was the last active member in a family business dating back to 1837.