Hello Robert ,
It brings back happy memorys looking at the tyne
tug Alnwick as I worked on her sister Ashbrooke as a cabin lad
under skipper Bob Hunter , also Jack who was crewman taught
me how to scull with one oar , I was also on the steam tug
Southsider under skipper George Gardiner along with Dick ,
and Peter Turner who also lives in North Shields this was in
1963 to 1965 , I cannot remember the rest of the crew names
with been so far back as I am aged 65 . I was at the launch of
the Esso Newcastle along with the Bamburgh on the stern end
and the wire broke hitting one of the crew on bamburg where
he suffered a broken leg after been hit but the wire caught a
bollard first otherwise it may have taken his leg off altogether ,
he was then taken to south shields ferry landing where an ambulance was waiting to take him to hospital , he recovered
after about 12 weeks . Norman .