Cullercoats History PageThis page is being developed to show the richness and great history of the village of Cullercoats. If you have a page to link to, please let us know,as it is important that the full diversity of the past is made available to all to read and enjoy. As a Community web-site, this is extended to all wherever in the world you may be. Historians,ordinary folk and local students alike are invited to contribute. e-mail us ! |
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Remembering the forgotten history of the second Volunteer Life Brigade formed in 'Her Majesties Dominions'. Read more here - [this is a work in progress]. |
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Winslow Homer Centenary Event Cullercoats Watch House, 29th September 2010, 10am - 4pm. The 29th September marks the centenary of Homer's death and North Tyneside Council are holding an event to celebrate his time in Cullercoats. Download the programme here.(pdf) - free pdf reader here |
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[and now on DVD] Filmed August 2008 Useful quick links: John Charlton Winslow Homer History of Cullercoats Through Art |
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Local History web-sites |
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Many famous artists have painted in Cullercoats....... Click here... and find out more about them... view their work. |
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Winslow Homer (1836-1910) was a self-taught American painter, considered a master of watercolors. Homer began as an illustrator and chronicled the Civil War for Harper's Weekly. Following the war he concentrated on light subjects and pastoral scenes. After a stay in the English fishing village of Cullercoats in 1881-82, his pictures became more dramatic and began to emphasize marine subjects. He is now considered one of the great painters of the sea. Click Here and see the NEW virtual tour of his stay. ** Good Book to get.....Winslow Homer in England by Tony Harrison (2004) - (US) or (UK) publishers |
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This is where Winslow Homer had his studio. It was here that Homer painted many of his great works. |
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Robert Jobling was a former shipyard-worker who at the age of 27 became a full time artist. He had started exhibiting his paintings when he was 25, but it took a further two years to become well enough established. Later he moved to Whitley, very close to Cullercoats the place that featured in a great number of his paintings. |
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| Cullercoats - Short History submitted by Morag Horseman Click Here |
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The American Army in Cullercoats during WWll...The primary history of the 225th AAA Searchlight Battalion (Semimobile) was prepared in 1945 following the cessation of hostilities. The history follows the battalion from its date of activation, through an icy winter at Ft. Sheridan, Illinois; a hot, wet summer in the swamps of Pender County, North Carolina; six months in England; and plenty of action from D+12 through V-E Day in its march across France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and deep into Germany with the Allied armies. No other searchlight battalion and few other combat organizations can claim a record the equal of the 225th. The battalion was dispersed across as many as three countries at one time as it fought its way into Germany, and, on occasion, saw combat from the First and Ninth Army areas in the north, through the Third Army area, and into the Seventh Army area to the south. Cullercoats page |
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