North Sea Fisheries, North Shields (1901)

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Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• BFI
• Edwardian
• Victorian
• Lifestyle
• 1900
• North
• Shields
• Tyne
• Tyneside
• Newcastle
• Fishing
• Trawlers
• Fishermen

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watch?v=8OQJ4UrAVJw

and prepare for a visit to the The Scottish Fisheries Museum, see the video links and the pull down links and you'll appreciate your visit much more!

[chanctonbury63]

1.09 Theres a woman wearing a flatcap.

[moominpic]

@bartez111 I hadn't thought about the flats, true. It's been so long since I have been there I'm trying to recall the geography. My grandmother was from North Shields/Tynemouth and was born 1905. She used to tell me stories of how it used to be... This really is a wonderful bit of film (thanks to the posters).

[bartez111]

@moominpic You may be right. I just think that it looks like the Land of Green Ginger because dont forget that in those days Knotts Flats wasnt there blocking the view like it is today. I could be wrong though and it could possibly be a spire from South Shields too because you can see one today from the fish quay.

[moominpic]

@bartez111 I don't know that it is. The spire isn't that high and if this is the quay, it's pretty far from Front Street. It's not over the river in South Shields is it?

[bartez111]

@leerud69 Well it has to be it! A huge spire sticking high into the air! It only seems to be by itself because it is much taller than everything else!

[leerud69]

@bartez111 are you sure thats land of green ginger? it seems to be by itself? how do you reconise? lol

[atreewithnolife]

amazing !

[j2091957]

Ahhh the good old days. A great video, Well Done.

[musicfanatic6790]

that man i see at 1.28 is he a cop or a Railroad engineer i doubt