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Blue plaque № 41911

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Volunteer Life Brigade House - The South Shields Brigade was formed in January 1866 to rescue mariners ship - wrecked on nearby shores. This Watch House, built 1867 and extended 1875, was restored by the Brigade and Tyne and Wear County Council in 1985.

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Source: Open Plaques. Geographic data via OpenStreetMap.

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