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Description: | Song about rivalry between Most likely printed in 1816, this song describes the animosity shared between Newcastle and North Shields over custom duties. The principle custom house for the River Tyne was on Newcastle Quayside. The result of this was that any customs duties paid, even on goods heading for North Shields, were received by the Town of Newcastle and not by Shields.In 1816, tired of missing out on what North Shields believed to be their rightful income, the town launched a bid to institute their own customs house. A representative was sent to London and false news was spread that the bid had been successful. It was soon realised that this was not the case and that the Shield's custom branch had been rejected (Newcastle sent influential representatives to protest the bid). The people of North Shields were left looking rather foolish over their premature celebrations, resulting in much bad feeling towards the town of Newcastle.There are a number of 'custom house' songs, some celebrating the failure of the branch and others berating Newcastle's part in its rejection. It is clear that this version is of the latter, and although this song was printed in Newcastle it would not have been sold there, but rather in North Shields. This song is part of the John Bell Collection. ; A collection of broadsheets on various subjects, with accompanying press cuttings and manuscript notes in the hand of John Bell. | Publisher: | J. Marshall Newcastle upon Tyne | Rights holder: | rights holder : Newcastle University | Subjects: | customs house & customs duties industry and occupation | Temporal: | start=1801;end=1840; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:N0107001 | Go to resource |
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