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canny old photo of the tyne at tyne dock in the old days when you could find a ship or two on the river
http://www.southshields-sanddancers.co. ... l_boat.htm

I can remember the Norwegian ferrys on the tyne.

They used to sail from the Tyne Commision Quay up near Percy Main.

There was the two Bergan line ships, the Leader and the Venus and the Fred Olsen Line Blenhiem and the Braemar.

I can also remember the big whaling factory ships that used to be tied up near,I think, Redheads yard.

The Whaler factory ships were the Southern Harvester and The Southern Venturer they used to go into the docks next to the Mill Dam. I believe they were owned by Christian Salveson but not too sure about that. We used to get a good view of them from Commercial Road.

They seemed to tower over everything around and dominated the skyline when you drove along the lower road.

I remember the Norwegian ferries, but cant remember when they stopped running, or why?

Still running as far as I know.

When I was a kid,I used to bike from Penshaw to South Sheilds
just to sit on the pier and watch the ships,the Tyne was always
busyier than the Wear

When I was a nipper I have a faint memory of some Uncle of mine, one of the Shetland side of the family, who sailed on the Southern Harvester. One time it was in dock, somewhere near Redheads, us kids were invited on board. We had to walk up the 'ramp' at the stern, where the dead whales would be winched up and we could look around the 'facilities' that involved the slaughter and butchery of those huge creatures.
I think I must have been about 9 years old (?) but I still remember the horrible stench of death on that vessel!

Who mentioned the Whaler ships ?

Happy New Year to you ALL

It was Brian C who mentioned the whalers, but I promised not to tell.

It wasn't me it was Bob Marley

>>It wasn't me it was Bob Marley <<

......but who shot the deputy !.....

Brian the name of the Bergen Line ferry was Leda not Leader

I was close though----be fair

hi Pilot welocme to our website

oops forgot, we have this photo on our main website of the mailboat

http://www.southshields-sanddancers.co. ... l_boat.htm

brian c wrote:I can remember the Norwegian ferrys on the tyne.

They used to sail from the Tyne Commision Quay up near Percy Main.

There was the two Bergan line ships, the Leader and the Venus and the Fred Olsen Line Blenhiem and the Braemar.

I can also remember the big whaling factory ships that used to be tied up near,I think, Redheads yard.

When I had a go at taken snaps about 30 yrs ago, I'm sure I've got some shots of the Venus coming up the river.

Thanks for the welcome hope to join in more when I get the hang of the site

by the way its the first time anyone has described me as "Geet quiet"

not to worry after a few posts you will end up with a big gob rating like the rest of us

Mind you, some are bigger than others.