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North Shields 800 Community Day

  • Linskill Centre, Linskill Terrace, North Shields NE30 2AY (map)
The linskill centre front door with a paved pathway leading up to it from the car park, there is a red car parked to the right of the door and three bicycles on a bike rack to the left, with a clock tower on the roof and a gravel bed, blue skies

Exciting plans in progress

Free day for local people to explore and celebrate the history, heritage and culture of North Shields, including talks, live music, demonstrations and displays. Opportunity to promote the spirit of volunteering, as most of the organisations involved depend on volunteers. Something for all the family.

·        Series of talks covering highlights of the town’s history, heritage and culture.

·        Music events - community and school choirs, folk singers, Northumbrian and Irish pipes.

·        Displays and activities by local organisations including North Shields Heritology Project, Northumbria World War One Commemoration Project, North Tyneside Steam Railway Association, Northumbrian Pipers’ Society Old Low Light Heritage Centre, Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade.

·        Local community and voluntary organisations are being invited to promote their work.

Cliffords Fort viewed from the green area below with the big white square Old Low Light building on the left and a black wooden building in the centre, historic sandstone fort walls in the foreground, blue skies with white and grey clouds
North Shields Fish Quay with the high Light building on the sky line and chimney pots in the foreground, blue skies with white and grey clouds, long shadows, a row of houses on Tyne Street at the top of the bank and the roofs of the restaurants below
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