Christmas Special
The entry below is a synopsis of our speakers talk on 17th December 2025.
This meetings programme was a Christmas Special by Hazel and Michael Graham & Hilary and Ian East.
They started off with an old man’s Joke which reminded some of the men of how corny old time music hall used to be, followed by their first of the songs in their show.
The ladies had their own spot in the program which told the story of the North Shields fish wives known as "Herring Girls" they were crucial to the booming herring industry, they gut, salted, and pack fish, often worked long hours in harsh conditions, and contributed to local life.
Their daily routines and the lifestyle they lived including showing the normal dress that the Herring Girls wore every day, they even went down to help their men in rescues of fishermen in trouble due to storms or very bad weather, there wasn't much that these fisher women would not do. "Stand by your man doesn’t get a look in".
The jokes kept coming to allow time for changes of instruments and clothing, followed by more music of that age.
Some of the music was of well know local chants which encoraged the men to join in which made the presentation more personal to the group members.
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