My Birthplace

I was born in Wallsend on the River Tyne. The town has a long history of shipbuilding and marine engineering ...

In the past, huge ships and cranes dominated the skyline. An early memory is my dad taking me down to see an oil tanker being launched. It was a big noisy occasion. I sat on his shoulders as thousands of people cheered and celebrated Geordie shipbuilding prowess ...

And the Wallsend skyline was always changing ...

The construction of offshore oil rigs now takes place in the town and the skyline is still forever changing ...

My birthplace - Wallsend


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