Authors: Ben Ruhe
Date Submitted: November 30, 2003
Article Type: Journal

“We’re a friendly club,” one member of the North East Kite Fliers commented. Others nearby concurred. One produced an unasked for but much appreciated cup of tea for a guest as evidence of the general good will.

Twenty years old and with 70 members, North East is unofficial host to the annual Sunderland weekend kite festival, one of the largest and best-run kite celebrations in England.

The club embraces an area bounded by Counties Northumberland and Durham and the Tyne and Wear metropolitan region. It is just southeast of Scotland.

In typical English fashion, members tend to be highly articulate and slyly witty. Brief sketches of some of those attending the Sunderland event last July make the point.

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