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Celebrated poet's family tribute to grandparents who used Shields Ferry on their wedding day
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. Chronicle Live is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 4 Oct 2026, 17:52 UTC. The headline in use is “Celebrated poet's family tribute to grandparents who used Shields Ferry on their wedding day”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Award-winning writer Noel Connor made a visit to mark this familial link, with the couple travelling on the River Tyne crossing in October 1848
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Celebrated poet's family tribute to grandparents who used Shields Ferry on their wedding day
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