Tyneside Flashback

St James' Park from Leazes Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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“That's All Folks" The Warner Brothers multiplex Cinema at Manors, #Newcastle, closed in 2004, incredibly it had been open for just 15 years!

1977: Grainger Market, #Newcastle, decorated with plenty of Union Jack flags for the Queen's Silver Jubilee.

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Wet 'n' Wild was the UK's largest indoor water park when opened on 19 July 1993. It was situated at Royal Quays North Shields, and featured numerous slides, a wave machine, and rapids. It closed in 2019, and remained abandoned until 2024 when demolition work began.

1995: Tyne Bridges at sunset

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Trinity Square, #Gateshead, a prominent example of Brutalist architecture. Despite its cinematic fame and architectural significance to some, the car park, surrounding shops and indoor market were controversial and ultimately demolished starting in July 2010

1998: Construction of The Angel of the North, #Gateshead

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1986: 😷 Underground at Eldon Square Bus Concourse, #Newcastle upon Tyne

1994: A Tyne & Wear Metro train for St James is pictured arriving at Tynemouth Station many years before the full restoration of the station.

1988: ‘Mini’ Busways service 10 pictured at a busy #SouthShields Market.

📸 Alan Urquhart

1990: #Sunderland Station

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1979: Marshall B47D bodied AEC Swift is seen as Tyne & Wear PTE fleet no. 1854 at Prospect Row, #Sunderland, with service 108 for the Docks.

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1993: Pilgrim Street, #Newcastle upon Tyne

1986: The Shieldsman, Shields Ferry, on a sightseeing tour of #Newcastle Quayside during the Cutty Sark Tall Ship Race.

📸Tony McCann

1995: Busways Mercedes minibuses, such a familiar sight on the streets of Tyneside during the 1990’s.

1986: 47643 waits to leave #Newcastle Central with the 11:24 Newcastle to Liverpool Lime Street.

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1981: #Newcastle Central Station.

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1997: Busways was chosen by Stagecoach as the first location for trials of the Magic Bus concept. The purpose of the operation was to compete with emerging smaller competitors, and provide a low-fare alternative to the main services.

📸 Brian H

1977: A Tyne and Wear PTE Scania Metropolitan is pictured on Neville Street as it passes #Newcastle Central Station.

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1940's/50's #Newcastle upon Tyne

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1950’s: #Newcastle Central Station

1964: Pilgrim Street, #Newcastle upon Tyne.

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1963: A Metro-Cammell DMU calls at the up platform of Washington station

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1940's: Newcastle City Centre

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11th August 1980: Tyne & Wear Metro trains pictured on the first day of passenger service at Tynemouth, Benton & Monkseaton stations.

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A 'Tyneside electric' driver at South Gosforth, 1960s

Image: Armstrong Railway Photographic Trust

1984: Tyne & Wear PTE buses pictured on Percy Street as they pass the Handyside Arcade, #Newcastle upon Tyne.

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1976: North Shields Railway Station, pictured four years before its closure and rebuild for conversion to the Tyne and Wear Metro system.

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1981: Queen Elizabeth II Bridge pictured shortly after it’s official opening.

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