RAF Northstead
RAF Northstead, located halfway between Red Row and Widdrington opened as a Mobile Ground Controlled Interception (GCI) station in May 1941, with Sqd Ldr Keighly
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Untamed Unravelled
HM/SM Untamed was built on the Tyne at Vickers Armstrong’s Walker Naval Yard. She was one of ours. Built to endure the worst the enemy
Terror off the Tyne I – A Tale of Two U-boats
Gaze in any direction from St Mary’s Lighthouse, you find yourself surrounded by the savage magnificence of this coast. Storms can blow up out of
HM S/M L 26
Type Submarine Class L Pennant N 26 Builder Vickers (Barrow) Ordered Dec 1916 Laid down 1917 Launched 29 May 1919 Commissioned 12 Oct
HM S/M Unity
Class U Pennant N 66 Mod First Group Built by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness Ordered 5 Nov 1936 Laid down 19 Feb 1937 Launched 16 Feb
HM S/M L 23
The story of L 23 is fascinating because the boat was operational from Blyth in 1939-1940 but also returned as the principal sea training Boat
UC-32 and the Children of Sorrow
U-boat mine-laying operations off the NE coast 1916-1917 Many people will tell you that there is a wrecked First World War U-boat just off Roker
RAF Woolsington
An RAF airfield close to the city of Newcastle had been proposed as early as 1929 with a site on the Town Moor having been
National Archives
On 26th & 27th February 2019 we are making our annual pilgrimage to the National Archives in London. Our primary interest on this trip are
Air Raid – a Home Lost
by Sheila Johnson My parents, Elizabeth and James Bruce lived with their three children at 49 City Road, Newcastle. The houses, which still stand today,