North Blyth Rowing Club

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North Blyth Rowing Club was based at the Seven Stars pub in North Blyth. The Seven Stars pub was situated in a small row of houses which were all demolished in the 1970s and replaced by the Alvance (formerly Alcan) bulk silica loading jetties.

Seven Stars pub, HQ of the North Blyth Rowing Club


AQUATICS. North Blyth Rowing Club.—The first open boat handkap In connection with the North Blyth Rowing Club will be on the river Blyth this afternoon, over the half-mile course from the Wave Trap to a point opposite the club's headquarters, the Seven Stars Inn. Good prizes are offered for the event, and as the competitors are all local men, some Interesting racing is expected. There are fifteen entrants, including Jno. Bewick, Old Hartley • Joseph Kennedy, Cambois ledward Davis. Blyth; William Daviaosi, Link End; ilobert Wheatley, Lambois; Thomas Hopper, Lob End; (horse Smith. Llowpen quay; Thome Hudson, Link End; William Osborne, Hartford Colliery: Christopher Hogg, L'amboie; Willi m Watson, emboli; ; and William Young, Myth. The first beat is timed to start at 1 o'c:ock, and the opening round will be gone through. The ben- Map will be conc lu ded a fortnight to-day.