A Blue Plaque dedicated to Professor Paul Younger has been unveiled

A Blue Plaque honouring the life of Professor Paul Younger has been unveiled at the Paul Younger Energy Centre, in Hebburn.

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00:00There's the icing on the cake for us really. Obviously there's the Paul Younger Energy Centre

00:04but lots of people ask who is Paul Younger, they don't really know. So it occurred to us if it had the blue plaque

00:11people who are walking past find out a little bit more about them and why there is an energy centre named after him

00:20and a little bit about the man himself.

00:22Paul had an international reputation as a hydrogeologist. He was very successful in his fields and he was recognised professionally

00:33and obviously all that was fantastic. For us he was also our brother and father of our nephews

00:41and sadly missed by us all because of that really he's death a bit too early from cancer really.

00:50So we were very pleased to have this in his memory and who knows what else he might have done if he had more time

00:59but certainly he managed to achieve a very substantial amount in his lifetime.