Newcastle upon Tyne and Northumberland Daily Photo

. . This traditional barbers was established by John Scott in 1859 on Mosley Street, moving to its current premises on The Side in 1919....

. . . The Central Arcade in Newcastle was built in 1906. It has 3 entrances , one on each of Grainger Street, Grey Street, and Market Str...

. . A rather fine building, on Newgate Street, whose appearance has been marred, more than somewhat, by a take-away food establishment.

. . The Whitewall Gallery on Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, is one of a UK chain of galleries selling what I would call populist and f...

. . . It is appropriate that Grey's Monument is a regular location for the voice of religious and political activists, as Charles, E...

. . no doubt named due to its proximity to the adjacent Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas.... Amen Corners were usually areas within a c...

. . This picture shows the facades of two merchants' houses, dating from the 16 th and 17 th centuries, on Newcastle's Quayside....

. . . This building was built in 1792 as a Court and 'lock-up' serving as a place of temporary confinement for prisoners en route...

. . This photo shows one of two footbridges at Tynemouth Station. the station was opened in 1892 by the North Eastern Railway Company ; it ...

. . . Built 1837-40 by North Shields Master Mariners Asylum for 32 aged mariners and their dependants; John and Benjamin Green, architects....

. . King's School in Tynemouth was originally founded in Jarrow in 1860 but moved to its present site in 1860. It is a private co...

. . . The North Eastern Railway ( NER ) was incorporated in 1854, when four existing companies were combined; in 1923 it was was absorbed...

. . . a remnant of the old shopping ways when most communities had a local bakers, butchers and greengrocers shop.

. . the Globe Gallery on the corner of Saville Street and Howard Street in North Shields is an unexpected gem, well worth a visit for anyo...

. . . the Sir James Knott Memorial Flats were built on the north bank of the Tyne in North Shields in 1938 with funds provided by the Si...

. . . Trinity House of Newcastle upon Tyne first installed naviagtion beacons on the River Tyne in 1536. The building shown here was constr...

. . Pride of the Tyne , one of the two Tyne ferries, seen recently on a slipway at South Shields for maintenance .

. . Quaker’s Hole is a small area of wetland on the edge of Whitley Chapel village,a few miles south of Hexham in Northumberland. It covers...

. . Stan Laurel was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson on the 16 th June 1890. He grew up in Bishop Auckland, County Durham where his father w...

. . . . Maritime Chambers in Union Square, North Shields was built in 1806-7 as a subscription library for Tynemouth Literary and Phil...

. . This fine looking building is on the corner of Howard Street and Charlotte Street in North Shields. At least part of it was once the ol...

. . . . These pictures show the High and Low Lights on the north bank of the River Tyne at North Shields. Because of the difficulty of navig...

. . these windows are not what you might think ( click to enlarge )

. . The Salvation Army Citadel on Howard Street in North Shields was designed by John Dobson in 1811. It was built originally for a Church ...

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. . The Spanish Battery car park at Tynemouth is a popular spot for visitors taking in the view and also for the local gull population who...

. . Wm. Wight is to be found on the Fish Quay at North Shields and was founded after the Second World War by William Wight who provided the ...

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. . Unlike Scotland and Wales, England does not have a political assembly of its own to legislate on those matters that only affect people l...

. . The tugboat Rowangarth helps manoeuvre the Norwegian ore carrier R ainbow out of the Tyne. To the rear can bee seen the Bull Ring Do...