The Cookson 10k - North Shields Poly

25/08/2026

Ah Dolly man, it's a poorer world without you in it.

Wear your Dolly shirts with pride this week Cookson'ers and stick on 'Here You Come Again' and play it loud and sing along and have a little cry

Love ya Dolly ❤️

30/05/2026

Good Afternoon Cookson'ers

I hope you're all enjoying the sunshine and been out showing off your Dolly t shirt far and wide

Well here's the moment you've all been waiting for !

Here it is - The Whole Gallery from the amazing Sarah Atkinson Photography
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Your email address -
Password: Cookson

Photo collection by Sarah Atkinson Photography

22/05/2026

Hey there you Cookson'ers ....
(Done in the voice of Sloth from the Goonies)

I hear Dolly shirts have been spotted far and wide, they've been seen on the metro, on the bus, in school staff rooms and some people are even wearing them out running ! I'm guessing parkrun will be a Dolly'fest this weekend. I'll have my shirt and pink Dolly socks on at Whitley parkrun

Anyway, the amazing Sarah Atkinson Photography has sorted the first batch of photos and here they are for you to have a good look through, as always there are some beauties.

I might even give a prize for best race face

And yes I am well aware I need a shave and a haircut

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AkPL9Jtnt/

20/05/2026

And relax ......

I will catch up on messages and feedback tomorrow but for now a huge thank you to everyone for coming along

It was a great night and I am wrecked!

20/05/2026

One hour to go people, one bloody hour, panic !!

Let's get the party started and go for some Daft Punk and One More Time

20/05/2026

I'm busy, I forgot 2 hours, damn it !!

It's (about) 2 hours to go and we've gone for 2 Door Cinema Club and Undercover Martyn

1 hour to go will be coming soon, maybe ....

20/05/2026

3 hours to go.......

And now we go for (3 is) The Magic Number by De La Soul. We very nearly went for a De La shirt a few years back but I just couldn't get the design right and I switched to Beastie Boys instead

Oooooo I wonder what will be 2 hours to go

20/05/2026

Four hours to go ....

Let's get ready with Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons (you see what I did there?)

Now I'm thinking ahead to 3, 2 and 1 hour to go and wondering if I've set myself up for failure here 😬

I mean ultimately it won't matter as I'll forget in about 10 minutes and then have a mad panic later realising I've forgotten all about this...

20/05/2026

Good Morning Cookson'ers

It's Cookson Day, Merry Cookson !!

Final race email has gone out so please read it as it's got important stuff in it about roads and parking.

It's also got other pointless stuff in it about Snow singing Informer "I lick he boom-boom down"

Just another shout out that Rake Lane has roadworks at Foxhunters roundabout and is down to one lane and traffic moving slowly and both Foxhunters carparks are out of use, so you need to park elsewhere. The email has the nearest ones listed. Please head along in plenty of time to get parked and get to the start.

Race starts at 7:15 on the dot .....

Informer, ya no say daddy me Snow me I go blame
I lick he boom-boom down
'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow
me stab someone down the lane

19/05/2026

This is the kind of energy I'm looking for tomorrow ...