Billy@67
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Local history mad
The west end of Old Hartley village, near Seaton Sluice with the Delaval Arms & Black Bull public houses in the distance c1915.
Tubing a steam condenser at North Eastern Marine Engineering Company, Wallsend on 16th July 1924.
Newcastle upon Tyne Quayside on a January day in 1970 by Peter Haling.
The site of the original St Thomas the Martyr no less!
The Quayside at Newcastle has featured a number of old churches through the centuries, but one often forgotten about is the Chapel of St Thomas the Martyr. It was situated here, next to the Swing Bridge. Its earliest reference is in 1248, only 80 yrs after his death. The fella…
Was attached to the Royal Navy Reserve at HMS Calliope (Gateshead) and went on to be renamed HMS Northumbria. Scrapped in Blyth. Dave Morton ran this piece on its collision with the Swing Bridge - Chronicle Live. chroniclelive.co.uk/news/history/w…
HMS Quainton of 1959 docked next to the Guildhall, Newcastle in 1972 by Peter Halling. Dreadful paint scheme on the Watergate Building.
A mechanical coal cutter being moved into position at Ashington Colliery, Duke pit c1935 under the light of an open flame carbide lamp. By Johnny Johnson chief photographer to the Ashington Coal Company.
I so love working with Old Magic Lantern Slides. Professional images can be cropped and restored to a very high standard, like this one of Grainger Street, Newcastle. The pile of horse dung to the left of the tram and the people standing on the corner are recognisable .
RMS Mauretania Leaving the Tyne for the first time in 1907. Built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson on the River Tyne, for the Cunard Line. Original Slides cost me money, I love to share for everyones enjoyment . Feel free to share but please don't copy and pass as your work.
140 years ago W S Parry, a photographer from Newcastle pressed the shutter button and captured an image that is fascinating. The building of Alfonso XII in the Wigham Richardson Shipyard. Zoom in,see all the little stories captured within the shipyard. Simply breathtaking.
Some information here Billy - she cedrtainly had a bit of a life! William J Taylor 1879 tynebuiltships.co.uk/W-Ships/willia…
SS W J Taylor in for repairs at the Wallsend slipway, Newcastle upon Tyne in March 1880. Builder was CW Dodgin & Co of Low Lights, North Shields in 1872. Ship was sunk & raised off the bottom I believe.
A young lady reading a book in an immaculate Leazes Park, Newcastle upon Tyne on 18th June 1894.
'Hero of 62 disaster' at New Hartley Colliery where 204 lives were lost Mr Fenwick Charlton, 91 of North Shields proudly wears the medal awarded for his work in the failed rescue in January 1927. Only known photo of a Hartley Disaster rescuer wearing his medal.
One of the two 18th Century underground railway tunnels that took bottles from Seaton Sluice glass works down to the harbour, & empty waggons back to the works. The tunnels were last accessed in 1980.
Earsdon Post Office c1910, Northumberland with a great display of stove enamelled advertising signs Now converted to a house.
Royal Station Hotel, Newcastle in June 1893, possibly the entrance lobby. The door at right next to the post box is etched with the word 'Telephone'
King George V & Queen Mary during their visit to William Doxford's shipyard at Sunderland on 15th June 1917. Admiral Sir Alfred Grant (with beard) & Sir Eric Geddes & other staff officers. They also visited the Tyne shipyards.
Randall Williams 8HP, 3 speed Fowler showman's loco 'Lord James' of 1909, at the Newcastle upon Tyne Festival in June 1912.
