Tales from the Tyne (Paperback)

"Tales from the Tyne" features true stories from the days when the Tyne was one of Britain's busiest ports at the heart of the great North-East coalfield. Highlighting the rivers' shipping history, the book includes chapters on the passenger steamers, which linked Newcastle with London, the hard-working tugs, the floating hospital and the ever-busy coal staithes where collier ships loaded a seemingly never-ending stream of 'black diamonds'.