- The
Keelmen of Tyne and Wear were a
group of men who
worked on the keels,
large boats that
carried the coal from the
banks of both
rivers to the waiting...
- Row" is a
traditional Tyneside folk song
evoking the life and work of the
keelmen of
Newcastle upon Tyne. A
closely related song was
first published in a...
- of the city, and
beside the river,
resided the close-knit
community of
keelmen and
their families. They were so
called because they
worked on the keels...
-
Keelmen Heaving in
Coals by
Moonlight is an 1835
seascape painting by the
British artist J.M.W. Turner. It is set at the port of
Newcastle in the North...
- the
century before Luddism.
Irregular rises in food
prices provoked the
Keelmen to riot in the port of Tyne in 1710 and tin
miners to
steal from granaries...
-
considerable time. A well-known
group of
workers on the
river were the
keelmen who
handled the keels,
boats that
carried the coal from the riverbanks...
- aged 75 in
Caprerra on 2nd June 1882." Bell, David. Ships,
Strikes and
Keelmen:
Glimpses of North-Eastern
Social History, 2001 ISBN 1-901237-26-5 Marwil...
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Standard 1915, p. 1
References Bell,
David (2001). Ships,
Strikes and
Keelmen. TUPS. ISBN 9781901237269. Heyriès,
Hubert (2005). Les
Garibaldiens de...
-
ancestor of the
Norfolk Wherry, the
Humber Keel and the Tyne Keel and
their Keelmen. In
Ireland the
Howth 17 was
designed by Sir
Walter Boyd in 1897, and is...
-
manufacturer for
Henry McConnell, who
commissioned a
contrasting companion piece Keelmen Heaving in
Coals by
Moonlight from
Turner the
following year. List of paintings...
