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The Nation on Film education web site is a showcase for an important reminiscence project, produced by St Thomas More RC School in North Tyneside. In it, shipyard workers from the Wallsend yards have regaled tales of working and social life in a significant archive collection.

 
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Our interviewees share memories of their hard times and fun times in the shipyards - above all their camaraderie comes through.

In a series of filmed interviews, workers in the Wallsend yards recall the days when shipbuilding was "king" the North East.
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