| The Staith House won the coveted gong at the Great British Pub Awards. |
| And representing the North East will be Newcastle's Bridge Tavern, North Shields' Staith House, and County Durham's South Causey Inn. |
| And the Staith House on the Fish Quay in North Shields won Star Pub of the Year. |
| A tackle hooked to one of the baulks of timber forming the staith was being hauled at by five women and two men! |
| The longships will be racing then from King's Staith and the riverside will be full of other Vikings and traders. |
| The new strategy, to help cope with the town's growing popularity, involves restricting the flow of traffic at St Anne's Staith, Haggersgate, Pier Road and Khyber Pass. |
