Thomas Kerr was a Tyneside writer, journalist and songwriter of the middle and late 19th century.
[1] Kerr was born in Black Gate, Newcastle, in the shadow of the old castle.
He was also one of the regular writers for a period of over seven years of the "An Awd Trimmer" column.
The articles which he wrote for this column included several hundred local songs, some his own writing, some by others.
Around 1879 he moved back to Newcastle to full-time employment with a local daily newspaper.