Photographer Laszlo Torday documented the North East of England, including the North Shields fishing industry, for decades. Yet little is known of him – or about his pictures. Brian W Lavery reports… Day after day, year after year, he went…
Hundreds of people turned out at North Shields on Sunday, 24 September, to witness the unveiling of a lasting memorial to lost fishermen. Above: An appropriately dramatic sunrise on unveiling day. The completed sculpture, named Fiddler’s Green, was finally revealed to…
Just 10 months on from the start of its fundraising, the North Shields Fishermen’s Heritage Project (NSFHP) has now raised the full £75,000 needed for the memorial to fishermen lost at sea from the port of North Shields. Above: Local fishermen…
Today widely recognised as the biggest prawn landing port in England, North Shields has a long-standing history as a fishing port. Above: Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth steam drifters, including Sunbeam (under tow by a local tug) and Acorn, berthed in…
