Tyne and Wear HER(11184): North Shields, Chirton Dene, 'The Tide is Turning' - Details
11184
N Tyneside
North Shields, Chirton Dene, 'The Tide is Turning'
North Shields
NZ36NW
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
Street Furniture
Sculpture
Modern
C20
Structure
1994 by Alec Peever and writer Linda France. A metal relief texts in an artificial pond at the south end of the Dene: "THE TIDE IS TURNING". And a retaining wall with soft yellow stone tablets which each carries a word from the following quotation: "IF WATER WERE WORDS WHAT WOULD THE TYNE SAY?".
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Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 163-4