A short history of the Sir James Knott Memorial Flats

Old Low Light Heritage Centre volunteer, Syd Cairns, shares his interest in the story behind the building of the Sir James Knott Memorial Flats, which have stood overlooking the River Tyne near North Shields since before World War Two. This video presentation is captioned. Research, written and presented by Syd Cairns Additional research and Production by David J Hirst ๐—ข๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ข๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€: โ—พ Sir James Knott - shipowner, entrepreneur, philanthropist โ—พ Rediscovering Rowland - a talk by Kris Grey

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