Tyne and Wear HER(13366): North Shields, Vicarage Street, No. 7 - Details
13366
N Tyneside
North Shields, Vicarage Street, No. 7
North Shields
NZ36NE
Domestic
Dwelling
House
Modern
C20
Extant Building
Robert Westall (1929-1993) was born here. He was a teacher, but his first published book 'The Machine Gunners' of 1975 won the Carnegie Medal. He wrote many other novels, often on the theme of war or the supernatural, and many reference places in North Shields.
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6797
NZ35186797
North Tyneside Council and Nexus, North Shields Heritage Trail, board 16 'Famous Sons & Daughters'; http://openplaques.org/plaques/10781