Now that I do remember, Ron, or at least I do now!!
Cannot find any trace of 'Gibsons' though.
The Port of Tyne Handbook for 1976 states that there were 'Six privately owned water boats operating throughout the Port'
Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo three more to find
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Paul Hood. + WSS Tyneside Branch Hon Sec.