North Shields 800 T shirts are on sale now - wear yours with pride!

🎸 Have you ordered your NS800 T-shirt yet?

Help us honour a true musical legend from North Shields— Hilton Valentine, guitarist of The Animals and the man behind the unforgettable riff in “The House of the Rising Sun.”

A partnership with I Love North Shields is celebrating 800 years of North Shields by raising funds for a commemorative bench in Northumberland Park — a place Hilton loved deeply.

💬 “There’s no big story here. He just loved North Shields.” – Germaine Valentine

✨ Why Hilton?
🎶 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee (1994)
🎶 “House of the Rising Sun” — ranked #123 on Rolling Stone’s Greatest Songs of All Time
🎶 Wrote “River Tyne” in honour of his hometown

Let’s create a quiet place, a musical legacy, a tribute from the town that shaped him.

👕 Limited-edition NS800 T-shirt – £20
📧 Order: ilovenorthshields@outlook.com
📍 Local pickup in North Shields

All profits go to the memorial bench.
Wear it with pride. Share it with love.💙

🔗 More info: Read the I Love North Shields article here