Author Archives: Mick Dawson

NEMT – Sea Cadets’ Boat

Posted on September 10, 2025 by Mick Dawson

Image taken from the NEMT Spring Newsletter which was circulated amongst its members in April 2025 and it does not matter whether Dave is asleep or not because he gives it scale which indicates that the boat that they are … Continue reading →

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Post Views Update

Posted on August 27, 2025 by Mick Dawson

A month ago the counter for nemaritimetrust.co.uk passed 110,000 late on the 27th and this morning read 116,040 at 12:30 i.e. about 6000 a month while in March it was 8,500 which represents a drop of 30% interest in the … Continue reading →

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Commentary on the Gremlin’s Tale

Posted on August 15, 2025 by Mick Dawson

It was a rather tongue in cheek message because by mid 2024, I realised that he had deliberately removed the history of NEMT with regard to them restoring vessels and NFHT looking after them once they had been restored that … Continue reading →

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Email Exchange, 5th August 2025

Posted on August 6, 2025 by Mick Dawson

On Tue, 5 Aug 2025, 17:39 Mick Dawson, <mick.dawson@nemaritimetrust.co.uk> wrote: Dear Alec, I was most upset to find after I had travelled all the South Shields last Saturday to see how your volunteers were getting on with the restoration of … Continue reading →

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Gremlin’s Tale

Posted on August 5, 2025 by Mick Dawson

For the attention of the Chairman of NEMT On Saturday, the second of August, I decided to travel down from Amble to visit the North East Maritime Trust (NEMT) to see how their team of volunteers were progressing with the … Continue reading →

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Notes on the Legacy References

Posted on July 23, 2025 by Mick Dawson

1. NEMT, were given and still have a flat from which they get an income of about £10k per annum as part of the Legacy but contrary to Gordon’s wishes, NFHT, now known as Northumbria Fishing Heritage get none at … Continue reading →

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The Legacy

Posted on July 15, 2025 by Mick Dawson

In 2016 a pair of flats in the Heaton/Jesmond area of Newcastle were bequeathed and to be shared equally between both NEMT and NFHT, by Gordon Brown who passed away in May that year. At that time the pair would … Continue reading →

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NEMT: Misinformation from 18-Jun-24

Posted on June 18, 2025 by Mick Dawson

On June 18th 2024 the Chair of the North East Maritime Trust wrote to myself, Dave Parker, the three Trustees of the Northumbrian Fisheries Heritage Trust and the three Trustees of trust of which he was the Chair. I responded … Continue reading →

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Review of Events in Early ’24.

Posted on June 14, 2025 by Mick Dawson

From: Alec Renwick <alec.renwick@nemaritimetrust.org.uk>Sent: 18 June 2024 00:09To: Peter W; Mick Dawson; Branson, Richard; PAUL; David ParkerCc: Kevin Lund <kevin.lund@nemaritimetrust.org.uk>; Dr Griffiths, SueSubject: NEMT Website

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Misrepresentation by NEMT’s Chair

Posted on June 14, 2025 by Mick Dawson

Mr Renwick, the Chairman of NEMT gained total control of nemaritimetrust.co.uk by the simple deceit of persuading an agent for the Website Provider, TSOHost, in early 2024, to make him its administrator, while at the same time denying its owner, … Continue reading →

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