A taster of the ‘Men of the Tyne’ documentary. Snippets of some of stories being told by the men who worked on the Tyne and in the shipyards. The four month project commissioned by The Customs House involves Tom Kelly, a local poet and playwright, Andrew Hagan, a local filmmaker and the team from The Customs House. The project is documenting men’s memories of life working on or near the River Tyne and the changes they’ve seen over the years. It involves delivering workshops across North and South Tyneside and interviewing the various ex-workers of the Tyne from Fishermen and Tug boat pilots to Designers and Welders who manufactured the ships, chronicling their stories to produce the documentary.

Ghosts on the Tyne.
Lyrics by Tom Kelly
Music by Ian Ravenscroft
Filmed and Edited by Andrew Hagan
Additional photography by Peter Dixon
Credits Andrew Hagan

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