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Description: | The Shipley Art Gallery was opened to the public in 1917 after Joseph Ainsley Davidson Shipley died leaving part of his fortune and all his pictures to the City of Newcastle. After the City rejected the bequest, Gateshead Council set about building a new art gallery to house Shipley's impressive collection. The building, which was designed by Arthur Stockwell of Newcastle, finally opened on 29 November 1917. The original 504 pictures left by Shipley, have now grown to some 10,000 items. The Gallery itself is an excellent example of Edwardian architecture and is a Grade II listed building.This song forms part of a selection of songs from 'Tyneside recitations and other poems' by Gateshead author, Thomas Campbell. The book was published in North Shields, by J.D. Potts in 1928. Many of the songs deal with the topics of the day such as 'The lovely Saltwell Park', and 'The change at Shiremoor', whilst others such as 'The trimmer's cheese', touch on working and domestic life. The author, Thomas Campbell, commenced work in the pits at an early age, following the premature death of his father in a pit explosion. Largely self educated, Campbell went on to become a railwayman and was known for his recitations at village concerts and social gatherings. This is an interesting collection relating numerous aspects of local-life and similar in style to the song books of the mid to late nineteenth century by local composers such as Marshall Creswell. ; A collection of songs and poems by T. Campbell | Publisher: | J.D. Potts North Shields ; Tyne and Wear | Rights holder: | rights holder : Border History Museum | Subjects: | art & art galleries entertainment and sport Leisure | Temporal: | start=1901;end=1940; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:H0706602 | Go to resource |
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