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William Wouldhave Monument

Posted by Norman Dunn on 1/9/2024, 9:48:26

This Memorial was built to commemorate North Shields born William Wouldhave who designed one of the first Life Boats.
The memorial is made from sand stone that came from Hebburn Quarry.

Re: William Wouldhave Monument the lifeboat

Posted by Allan Campbell on 1/9/2024, 10:13:03, in reply to "William Wouldhave Monument"

My Aunt Suzy’s husbands family were boatbuilders in S. Shields and were involved in building those lifeboats.

He was given as a middle name Bedford which was the name of one of the lifeboats. My Grandmother Campbell the sister of Suzy, gave the same name to her second son I gather but he only lived a few months.

I seem to remember that the Bedford may be on display in Eyemouth.

Aunt Suzy’s always sweetly time as usually given the big jars of Sweets removed from the lifeboats of ships that were in Redheads for repair etc.

Allan C.

Re: William Wouldhave Monument the lifeboat

Posted by Stan Wears on 1/9/2024, 11:38:37, in reply to "Re: William Wouldhave Monument the lifeboat"

Strange but I've never realised that Ocean Rd is on an incline. It's amazing what you miss!