navigation lights

Navigation Lights on the River Tyne near Bill Quay

VR

this is an old Victorian, now unused, post box on the International Paints site at Gateshead on the River Tyne. International paints are part of the AzkoNobel Group which is a Global Fortune 500 company.

Clara Vale Lodge Banner

 

In 1889 two shafts of Clara Vale Pit ,in County Durham, were sunk by the Stella Coal Company. In 1897 the pit produced 180,000 tons of coal and at its height employed nearly a thousand men.  The pit was nationalised in 1947and  was closed in 1966 for economic reasons. The old lodge banner hangs in the Community hall which was once the village school.

Tyne View

Clara Vale

steps

steps on the breakwater  at South Shields on the River Tyne

invoices

In the North East Maritime Trust in South Shields, 19th Century invoices pertaining to River Tyne establishments. 

a back lane in Sandyford

back lanes like these run behind rows of terrace houses and are a common feature in Newcastle. This one is in the Sandyford area.

Bast Art in the Ouseburn

Bast  is a Brooklyn based street artist who currently has an exhibition  at the Lazarides Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne. he has been busy down in the Ouseburn valley where this picture was taken.

Liddle-Henzell Glass-works

marking the site of the glass-works in the Ouseburn valley, Newcastle upon Tyne

roofs

near Wallsend on Tyne

The Kittiwake Tower

  The Kittiwake Tower is in in Gatehead on the south bank of the River Tyne.

Harbour Master

The Port of Tyne's Harbour Master's launch passing the Akzo Nobel works on the River Tyne.

underpass

an underpass near Scotswood Road  , Newcastle upon Tyne.

Quaylink

a bus stop on Newcastle's Quayside for the Quaylink bus service.

The service was originally operated with hybrid diesel-electric buses but these  were replaced in August 2010 with new low-emission diesel buses.

Inksomnia

I love the name of this tattoo parlour which is located  in a western suburb  of Newcastle upon Tyne

Masonic 'Briael' Place

In the graveyard of Newburn Church, the  tombstone of Tomas and  Elizbeth Callender from 1792. The symbols hint strongly that Tomas was a Freemason from Newcastle upon Tyne

The Bridges Festival

the dark waters of the River Tyne were beautifully  illuminated by lights and fireworks on Saturday evening as part of the Newcastle Gateshead Bridges Festival. There are seven bridges which cross the gorge between the two.

The RMS Mauretania

In a house on the banks of the River Tyne a replica of a  painting of the RMS Mauretania is underway. The original painting The Mauretania leaving Tyne 1907 was painted by T. M. Hemy can now be seen at The Discovery Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne.

The Mauretania was built on the River Tyne at the Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson  yard in Wallsend . She was launched on 20 September 1906 and at that time was the largest and fastest ship in the world. She held the speed record across the North Atlantic for twenty-two years.

Swing Bridge repairs

Newcastle's Swing Bridge is undergoing some repairs to the decking on its West pier . The Swing Bridge has been in operation since 1876 and most of its working parts are original.

phone home

somewhere in Tynemouth

The Boathouse Inn

This photo of the Boathouse Inn at Newburn shows the height flood-waters  reached during the great flood of 1771 which swept away all the bridges across the River Tyne except for the one at Corbridge, Northumberland which stands to this day.

at Tyne Dock

Hitachi diggers on the dock at the Port of Tyne

Jurys Inn

A new Jurys Inn is under construction on the Gateshead side of the River Tyne, near the Baltic Gallery

Duco

The Duco plant on Newcastle's river side is part of the French Technip Group and is built on the site of the old Vickers Armstrong naval yard in Walker.

The  Duco plant manufactures 'umblilicals' for the off-shore Gas and Oil industries.

The St. Oswald

The St Oswald is a fishery Protection Vessel operated by the  Northumberland Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (NIFCA)  . It is seen here entering the River Tyne yesterday.

The St Oswald was built at Hepworths Boatyard on the Humber in 2001. The vessel is 21 metres in length with a 6 metre beam and is powered by twin 500kw Caterpillar engines. 

Newcastle Summer Beach

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Newcastle's Quayside has had a beach installed for the summer

new bike hire scheme

A new bike hire scheme was launched in Newcastle upon Tyne on Friday . This bike rack is on The Side under the shadow of the magnificent Tyne Bridge

Bessie Surtees House

see: Bessie Surtees House

the loneliness of the long distance runner

on Newcastle's quayside this evening.The wondeful building shown is the Sage concert hall which is currently hosting the Summer Tyne Americana Festival.

mud flats

Mud flats exposed at low tide on the River Tyne near Lemington.