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Whitley Bay, Tynemouth, September 2018

Pilot cutter Hadrian, outbound from the Tyne on pilotage duty.

Outbound from the Tyne, with pilot cutter Hadrian in attendance.

Fiddler's Green is a sculpture located on the Fish Quay at North Shields, dedicated to fishermen who lost their lives at sea. It was made by Ray Lonsdale, who also made the famous 'Tommy' soldier sculpture in Seaham. This sculpture is based on the legend of Fiddler’s Green


To the fishermen lost in the cold North Sea,
and the ones who will be so,
I’ll be seeing you all on Fiddler’s Green,
be steady as you go.

For Fiddler’s Green is a place I’ve heard tell,
though no one really knows,
where the fishermen go if they don’t go to hell,
and no Arctic wind will blow.

Ray Lonsdale's Fiddlers Green, a memorial to fishermen lost at sea

Sir James Knott Memorial Flats

This is either some architect designed millionaire's seaside holiday home or something some skint local built in his spare time from things found in skips....

Fiddler's Green
Ray Lonsdale

Fiddler's Green is an after-life where there is perpetual mirth, a fiddle that never stops playing, and dancers who never tire. In 19th-century English maritime folklore, it was a kind of after-life for sailors who had served at least fifty years at sea.

Proof that smoking is not good for your complexion...

The Collingwood Monument, Grade II*, dedicated to Vice Admiral Lord Cuthbert Collingwood. A Napoleonic-era admiral noted for being second-in-command to Admiral Lord Nelson during the Battle of Trafalgar, Collingwood is sometimes referred to as the forgotten hero of Trafalgar.

Sir James Knott Memorial Flats

On station off Tynemouth to attend an inbound vessel.
St George's church, Cullercoats, in the background.