The Tyne and Wear was once a proud shipbuilding region renowned across the world for the skills they had and the high level of work in which they produced, creating some of the best known ships worldwide and creating a large number of combat ships used in the war.
However with increased competition from abroad offering cheaper rates alot of the ship yards had to be closed and the skilled work force went into unemployment leading to a major depression within the area. This project documents this change it looks at what was once there and what is left within on the river.
