Look at Life - The Trade Winds Blow - North East Industry - 1964

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Look at Life - The Trade Winds Blow - North East industry in the 1964
Another Look at Life Documentary - from Business & Industry Volume 7 - The Trade Winds Blow - A trip to the north-east of England and a look at its precarious position in modern industry.

The Start and End of the film features Shipping.

A number of ships are featured and those that are recognised are as follows:

British Strength - Bulk Carrier
Built 1948 at Harland & Wolff Belfast
8580 gt 12278dwt
Length - 463 feet; Breadth - 62 feet; Depth - 34 feet; Draught - 27 feet
Diesel Engine Maximum Speed - 12knots
Scrapped in 1966

Regent Eagle - Tanker
Built 1959 at Blythswood Shipbuilding Co, Glasgow
12834 gt 18764dwt
Length - 571 feet; Breadth - 72 feet; Depth - 39 feet; Draught - 31 feet
First Owner - Regent Petroleum Tanker Co Ltd London
Other names/Owner:
1969 - Texaco Gloucester; - Texaco Overseas Tankerships London
1981 - Five Lakes; Fuego Shipping Ltd, Panama
Broken up 25 September 1984 (Chittagong)

Seakite - registered Panama (No further info available)

AHMADI - no further information available

Timeline of North East Of England from 1960 to 1968

1960 - T DAN SMITH (NORTH-EAST)
T Dan Smith is beginning a four year term as leader of Newcastle City Council. He begins demolishing slums and redesigning the city with the Eldon Square shopping complex at its centre, his aim being to drag Newcastle into the 20th Century. Later he head s the Northern Economic Planning Council and his influence spreads across the region. However, Smith's career ends in dishonour in 1974 when he is jailed for six years for corruption. He takes the former leader of Durham County Council Andrew Cunningham and architect John Poulson down with him.

1962 - OIL REPLACES COAL (BILLINGHAM)
Coke ovens at Billingham Chemical works have been replaced by new plants utilising the Steam Naphtha process which uses crude oil. This is a much cheaper process for producing ammonia.

1962 - NEW DOCK (MIDDLESBROUGH)
Tees Dock opens, replacing the old Middlesbrough Dock further downstream.

1962 - NEW ICI PLANT (TEESSIDE)
ICI has purchased land at Seal Sands near the mouth of the Tees on which to develop a new chemical plant.

1963 - BEECHING AXE (BRITAIN)
A third of Britain's railway tracks are to be dismantled. Dr Richard Beeching, chairman of the British Transport Commission, has decided. In the North-East this means the closure of 95 stations and halts, the disappearance of branch lines like the Darlington-to-Barnard Castle and the Northallerton-to-Ripon and the loss of thousands of jobs.

1963 - NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY GOES ALONE (NEWCASTLE)
Durham University's King's College, Newcastle, has become the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and will now be independent of the University of Durham.

1963 - NEW TOWNS (KILLINGWORTH)
Northumberland County Council begins the construction of Cramlington New Town. Last year Killingworth new town was begun and next year Washington will begin.

1965 - MOTORWAY OPENS (DARLINGTON)
The Darlington bypass, following the route of the old Merrybent railway, is the first section of the new A1(M) motorway which will become the main road through the North-East.

1966 - DARLINGTON WORKS CLOSED (DARLINGTON)
Darlington railway workshops in North Road close, a victim of the Beeching Axe. It ends an important industrial era in the town and means the loss of 2,150 jobs.

1966 - HARTLEPOOLS MERGE (HARTLEPOOL)
The Hartlepool Order merges Old Hartlepool with West Hartlepool.

1966 - SLUM CLEARANCE (NORTH-EAST)
Slum clearances and urban redevelopments take place in the region's urban areas during the 1960s. Clearance of Cannon Street and Newport Road in Middlesbrough takes place in this year.

1966 - WORLD CUP (BRITAIN)
Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough and Roker Park, Sunderland are venues for World Cup matches. England eventually defeat Germany 4-2 in the final at Wembley with a team which includes the Ashington-born brothers Jack and Bobby Charlton.

1966 - SHIPYARD CLOSURES (NORTH-EAST)
Between 1960 and 1966 six shipyards closed in the region.

1967 OCTOBER 19, - TYNE TUNNEL (TYNESIDE)
The Tyne Tunnel is officially opened by Her Majesty the Queen. Work started on the tunnel in 1961 and it is a continuation of the A1(M) motorway.

1967 - STEEL MERGER (MIDDLESBROUGH)
Dorman Long, South Durham Steel and Iron Company, Stewarts and Lloyds announce a £311m merged company which becomes part of the British Steel Corporation.

APRIL 1968 - TEESSIDE CREATED (TEESSIDE)
The County Borough of Teesside is been created uniting the Durham towns of Stockton and Billingham with the Yorkshire towns of Redcar, Thornaby and Middlesbrough.

1968 - OIL REFINERIES AT TEESMOUTH (MIDDLESBROUGH)
In the past four years three oil refineries have been built at the mouth of the River Tees to supply the chemical industry.

1968 - DLI DISBANDS (DURHAM)
The Durham Light Infantry is disbanded.

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