Wallsend at Work

The Tyneside town of Wallsend has always looked to the sea for opportunities.Standing on the banks of the River Tyne, next door to the great city of Newcastle, it first became associated with shipbuilding in 1759 with the establishment of Hurry’s shipbuilders at Howdon and Willington Quay. Ropeworks and sailmakers were set up as well, and Hurry’s whaling ships going to the Greenland fisheries resu...