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BBC News
27-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Headstone honours 'forgotten' Jarrow football star Mary Lyons
A female football superstar from World War One has been honoured 46 years after her Lyons was born in Jarrow in 1902, and in 1918 at the age of 15 made her England debut, scoring a goal which ensured a win against went on to play in other matches including cup finals, but by the time she died in 1979 her achievements had been forgotten and she was buried in an unmarked grave in Jarrow organisation Friends of Jarrow Cemetery was at the forefront of getting recognition for the town's forgotten football hero and after discovering her final resting place - and has now installed a permanent headstone. A ceremony for the unveiling of the headstone was attended by local dignitaries including two local ex-England Lionesses. During World War One, many munitions factories set up football teams for female employees, including Palmers Shipbuilding Company in who began work at the factory aged 14, joined the Palmers team but was soon seconded to Blyth Spartans, before playing for England, and then captaining the Palmers team to win the Munitionettes' Cup historian Stewart Hill said: "So by the age of 16, Mary had won two cup finals, scored in one, captained her team in the other - only two finals were ever played - and became the youngest-ever England player and goal scorer."What a brilliant achievement."Imagine what she would be like today, given the modern game and opportunities." Not much is known about her subsequent history, but when she died in 1979 she was buried in an unmarked grave along with three other resting place was discovered by Friends of Jarrow Cemetery, and was given a temporary wooden cross last year, but it has now been marked with the stone that lists her achievements. Ex-Lionesses Christine Knox, who won ten England caps in the 1970s and 1980s, and Aran Embleton, the first millennial Geordie Lioness, attended the unveiling Embleton said: "I am proud to have been invited to recognise Mary who, like the incredible Bella Reay of Blyth Spartans and other women of their generation, played women's football until it was banned by the FA in 1921."Players like Christine and I, and the current Lionesses, stand on the shoulders of these brilliant working class women from more than 100 years ago." Follow BBC Newcastle on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
Yahoo
05-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Town's £5.8m market piazza nears completion
Work to improve a seaside town's Market Place is nearing completion, with stalls returning to a refurbished piazza on Saturday. The £5.8m regeneration in Great Yarmouth town centre began in June last year with new paving, benches, lighting and planters being installed. The two-day market – which opens on Saturdays and Wednesdays - has been based on the north-side of the Market Place while work has been carried out, but will move back to its usual home in the piazza. The Conservative leader of Great Yarmouth Borough Council, Carl Smith, said he was "delighted" the stalls were able to return. "This marks a significant step in our ambitious plans to improve the area for residents, visitors and traders," he said. "The Market Place is really coming together and will complement the covered market and improve the offer for shoppers, as well as providing a better environment for our stallholders," he added. The council said a small amount of work would remain to be completed after Easter and it hoped the refurbishment would attract more people to the town centre. It began after more than £5m was spent on building a new covered market. Meanwhile, work on converting the former Palmers department store into a library and learning hub is nearing completion, with it expected to open in the next few weeks. Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. Town's new anti-social behaviour rules implemented Market traders owe nearly £20,000 in rent Shopping centre put up for sale by administrators Great Yarmouth Borough Council
BBC News
05-04-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Great Yarmouth's £5.8m market piazza nears completion
Work to improve a seaside town's Market Place is nearing completion, with stalls returning to a refurbished piazza on £5.8m regeneration in Great Yarmouth town centre began in June last year with new paving, benches, lighting and planters being two-day market – which opens on Saturdays and Wednesdays - has been based on the north-side of the Market Place while work has been carried out, but will move back to its usual home in the Conservative leader of Great Yarmouth Borough Council, Carl Smith, said he was "delighted" the stalls were able to return. "This marks a significant step in our ambitious plans to improve the area for residents, visitors and traders," he said."The Market Place is really coming together and will complement the covered market and improve the offer for shoppers, as well as providing a better environment for our stallholders," he added. The council said a small amount of work would remain to be completed after Easter and it hoped the refurbishment would attract more people to the town began after more than £5m was spent on building a new covered work on converting the former Palmers department store into a library and learning hub is nearing completion, with it expected to open in the next few weeks. Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
