Description courtesy of Website of Walker Parish Church.
1st February 2023
12th February 2021
Robert Chambers' Grave.
Robert Chambers (1831-1868), from Pottery Bank, Walker, was one of the most successful oarsmen in the 1850s and 1860s when professional rowing was Tyneside's major spectator sport. A protégé of the legendary Harry Clasper, he specialised in single sculls.
His most famous feat occurred on the Tyne in 1859 when he managed to pull back his opponent's seemingly unassailable hundred-yard lead to win the race. He later went on to win the World Sculling Championship, the first Tynesider to do so. When he died of tuberculosis five years later, he was given what at that time was the most elaborate funeral ever accorded to a sportsman in the area; over fifty thousand people lined the route from Pottery Bank to Walker Cemetery.
His most famous feat occurred on the Tyne in 1859 when he managed to pull back his opponent's seemingly unassailable hundred-yard lead to win the race. He later went on to win the World Sculling Championship, the first Tynesider to do so. When he died of tuberculosis five years later, he was given what at that time was the most elaborate funeral ever accorded to a sportsman in the area; over fifty thousand people lined the route from Pottery Bank to Walker Cemetery.
Parakeets.
Wild Ring-necked Parakeets are becoming an ever increasing sight in parks and cemeteries here in the east end of Newcastle.
5th January 2010
18th February 2006
More Information:
- Sitelines - Walker, Christ Church
- Sitelines - Walker, Christ Church, churchyard (Walker Cemetery)
- Sitelines - Walker, Christ Church, Robert Chambers Memorial
- Sitelines - Walker, Christ Church, churchyard, grave of Daniel James
- Sitelines - Walker, Christ Church, churchyard, grave of Thomas James
- Sitelines - Walker, Christ Church, churchyard, grave of William Short
- Sitelines - Walker, Christ Church, monument to Walker Colliery disaster
- Sitelines - Walker, Christ Church, monument to Walker Iron Works disaster
- Walker Parish Church
- Public Monuments and Sculpture - Monument to Robert Chambers
- Wikipedia - Robert Chambers (oarsman)
- North East Rowing Online - Robert "Honest Bob" Chambers (1831 - 1868) Timeline
See my other photos around Walker:
- Walker - AP Appledore Shipyard - Abandoned
- Walker - Church Walk Shopping Centre
- Walker - Neptune Energy Park
- Walker - Scrogg Road War Memorial
- Walker - St Anthonys Estate & Welbeck Rd
- Walker - St Anthonys School
- Walker - Walker Comprehensive School
- Walker - Walker Road
- Walker - Wharrier St School Demolition
- Walker - Woodside Avenue
- Walker Park
- Walker Riverside Park
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