It was a cold and windy start but we soon warmed up! We started our journey outside of St Mary’s Heritage. Richard explained how the police man had walked down the street where we were standing and spotted the fire for the first time.

We continued our journey along the Quayside crossing from Gateshead to Newcastle, just like the people of 1854. We acted out different scenes as if we had all gone back in time!!

We finished off our day by exploring St Mary’s Heritage and changing the lyrics of London’s Burning to Gateshead’s Burning and The Quayside’s Burning, then performed them to an audience.