Yes, an interesting talk and while I knew some of Newcastle's history I discovered new stuff too. Slight correction re your understanding, I mentioned it was northeast shipyards that built half the world's shipping. Wouldn't want to upset those from Sunderland!! 😉
So many nuggets of information. The biggest one being that Newcastle was building half the world’s shipping in the late Victorian era.
Yes, an interesting talk and while I knew some of Newcastle's history I discovered new stuff too. Slight correction re your understanding, I mentioned it was northeast shipyards that built half the world's shipping. Wouldn't want to upset those from Sunderland!! 😉