It is said that Robson composed his first tune, a hymn, at the age of thirteen and he entered it in a local competition, and won himself a prize.
He was the organist at St Andrew's Congregational Church, Camden Street, North Shields[1] and later at Backworth Chapel.
Some of his material was used on the famous local interest BBC radio show Wot Cheor Geordie, which ran from the early 1940s until 1956.
Jack Robson died in South Wellfield, Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, Northumberland but now Tyne and Wear in January 1957.
His many works include :- Geordie dialect words This article about an English poet is a stub.