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Bertha
Posted:
Fri Sep 27, 2013 6:37 amby Whickham
The timber tug BERTHA built in 1925 by Armstrong Whitworth & Co at Walker is in need of funds or she will be scrapped. See:
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/histo ... crap-metal
Re: Bertha
Posted:
Fri Sep 27, 2013 6:59 amby northeast
Interesting, but from a heritage point of view ruined by the new topsides!
Re: Bertha
Posted:
Sat Oct 12, 2013 11:05 pmby magoonigal
They seem to have done a great deal of work on her already, would be a shame to see all that wasted.
BUT calling Newcastle A TOWN!! Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
Its a City and was a County in its own right.
Re: Bertha
Posted:
Sun Oct 13, 2013 12:38 pmby creemaster
Heh Paul
Can you remember that far back when Newcastle was a county ?!!!!
Nother year older end of this month eh ?
Young Graham
Re: Bertha
Posted:
Sun Oct 13, 2013 6:02 pmby magoonigal
Yes...
Before this daft Tyne and Wear thingy!
The City and County of Newcastle upon Tyne, I assume ceased to exist in 1974 when Tyne and Wear was created.