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EXHIBITION: MERCHANT NAVY – TYNESIDE STORIES
Heritage Open Day: The exhibition, which focuses on the 20th and 21st centuries, tells a powerful story of local shipping lines, ship repair yards, the service during two world wars, the varied community support and training offered over the years to seamen. The exhibition, which focuses on the 20th and 21st centuries, tells a powerful story of local shipping lines, ship repair yards, the service during two world wars, the varied community support and training offered over the years to seamen of all nations who visited the Tyne, a boarding school in Berkshire for children who had lost a parent while serving in the Merchant Navy, right up to the modern Merchant Navy and the challenges it faces.
Friday 6 Sep 2024 and Saturday 7 Sep 2024
The Old Low Light, Clifford’s Fort, North Shields Fish Quay, North Shields, Tyne and Wear NE301JE
Fri 6 Sep:10AM TO 3PM; Sat 7 Sep:10AM TO 3PM; Free Entry.
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