Hands Across the Tyne is a Heritage Lottery Funded project, looking into the history of Howdon and Jarrow and bringing two communities together through creative workshops and research. YMCA North Tyneside have been granted funding from The Heritage Lottery, for a year long project looking into the history of Howdon and Jarrow and links they had. Workshops will include photography of local areas, i
nterviews to record memories of Howdon/Jarrow, creative murals and trips. We
will be looking at certain areas of Howdon and Jarrow and seeing how they have changed over the years, see what links they had and also look at the importance the ferry crossings had before the tunnel was built. Children from Jarrow School and Churchill College will interview older folk about what it was like to use the Howdon-Jarrow ferry back in the day. From these recordings artwork will be created which will depict the real life stories. There will be a number of schools from North and South Tyneside involved, and also people from Age UK. Our partner, Amber Films, will be running a series of workshops looking at video footage and photos relating to the river crossings. If you have any stories or photos that you would like to share, we would love to hear from you. Please send us a message or email [email protected]
