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Might be a good idea to have a thread of old photos and historical issues, in addition to the Newcastle ones covered on the 'Historic Newcastle' thread. I have a few of Old South Shields that I will post in a couple of days.
 
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The 19th century clock which is being refurbished to its former glory, by local clockmaker John Pringle and Diana Bell.

The Ticket Office and Waiting Room is Grade II Listed - British Listed Buildings web site @ http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-240764-ticket-office-and-waiting-room-west-of-s





Courtesy of the Hexham Courant @ http://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/new...clock-29b9a21d-7f95-41dd-9591-57ca650ed406-ds
New lease of life for station clock
7 June 2017

A VICTORIAN clock at Haltwhistle Railway Station will be restored to its former glory as part of an investment scheme.

The double-sided clock has adorned the wall of the station’s former booking hall since it opened in 1838 – with one face on the inside of the building and the other on the outside overlooking the station’s eastbound platform. But the clock has been in a state of disrepair for several years, and has now been carefully dismantled ahead of a major overhaul.

The work has been orchestrated by Tyne Valley Community Rail Partnership and follows a refurbishment of the old booking hall’s interior earlier this year. The Grade II listed building is set for a new lease of life as an education centre to host the partnership’s railway education project, Switches and Crossings.

Now specialists Diana Bell, of Haltwhistle-based Mr George’s Museum of Time, and colleague John Pringle have been tasked with the delicate job of restoring the historic clock. Mrs Bell said: “It’s a fascinating old clock and all of the workings are original. Unfortunately, water has got inside and inevitably, the workings have become rusted. But it’s a privilege to work on a clock which is part of Haltwhistle’s heritage and we are enjoying the challenge of restoring it.” The Trust has funded the clock restoration.

The project to transform the booking hall into an education centre was supported by rail operator Northern and the Railway Heritage Trust. The new centre was officially opened on April 6, when dignitaries from the world of transport enjoyed a train ride along the Tyne Valley line from Newcastle to Carlisle.

http://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/new...clock-29b9a21d-7f95-41dd-9591-57ca650ed406-ds
 
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Hidden gems in Gateshead: Nine places you must visit in and around Gateshead

From today's Chronicle Live, copyright NCJMedia Ltd @ http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/hidden-gems-gateshead-nine-places-13156904
Hidden gems in Gateshead: Nine places you must visit in and around Gateshead
By Gordon Barr 9 June 2017

We all know about Gateshead’s iconic gems, but it also boasts some hidden gems that perhaps you - and Gateshead residents themselves, as one of our reporters has proved – know nothing, or little about. The Gateshead’s Great Outdoors campaign, run by Gateshead Council in partnership with Newcastle Gateshead Initiative, will be officially launched in a few weeks time. Today we visit those lesser known Gateshead attractions.

Old Hollinside Manor Hollinside Manor is an excellent example of a 13th century fortified manor house situated east of the Nine Arches Viaduct in the Derwent Walk Country Park. From its elevated position, there are commanding views of the surrounding countryside. It was the home of the Harding family for two centuries during which time the manor became known as the ‘Giant’s Castle’ since the men folk were very tall. The estate passed on to George Bowes of Gibside in 1730 for the sum of £10,000. The remains, the standing parts of which are Listed Grade I, include a ruined fortified hall house, an attached wing to the north east and associated earthworks.

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Crowley Iron Works
Path Head Water Mill
Thornley Woodland Centre
Milkwellburn Wood
Ryton Willows Nature Reserve
Nine Arches Viaduct
Clara Vale Nature Reserve
Birkheads Secret Gardens


Read more @ http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/hidden-gems-gateshead-nine-places-13156904
 
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The North East projects set to benefit from a £670,000 cash pot

From today's Chronicle Live, copyright NCJMedia Ltd @ http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/north-east-projects-set-benefit-13184036
The North East projects set to benefit from a £670,000 cash pot
Tony Henderson 15 June 2017

Four projects in South Tyneside have been awarded almost £670,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The successful projects are:

* Tyne and Wear Building Preservation Trust has been given £548,200 towards the restoration of St Hilda’s Colliery Headstock in South Shields.

* Arbeia Roman Fort in South Shields - £71,800 goes to Tyne and Wear Museums and Archives for what is one of the most extensively excavated sites in the north of the Roman Empire.

* The National Trust receives £9,900 for its East Coast War Channels project, based at Souter Lighthouse at Whitburn.

* Forgotten folklore, fairy tales and proverbs- £39,700 goes to the Compact for Race Equality in South Tyneside for this project.

Read more @ http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/north-east-projects-set-benefit-13184036
 
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On This Day In History - 16th June 1823

John Sykes writing in his Local Records for this day on history, 16th June 1823:

Whilst some workmen were digging in the ruins of the ancient dormitories of Tynemouth Priory, overlooking Prior's Haven, for the purpose of making a receptacle for gunpowder, a flat stone was turned up, which had been placed with the letters downwards, as if it had been wrought into the structure a second time.

A part of the stone was broken off at each end, and the letters lost ; those remaining were almost illegible. Another stone, which looked like the upper end of a hoodstone (or fire-place hudstone), had some rude carvings, or ornamental scrolls round the semicircular end, and what may have been the front. Pieces of small round columns, and parts of stones belonging to groin work, were also turned up amongst the cement of these ancient walls.

The halfmoon battery, erected during the great rebellion, is within a few yards of this place.
 
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The Horseless Carriage, Bridge Street, Warkworth

This is the Grade II Listed The Horseless Carriage on Bridge Street, Warkworth, photographed 10th May 2017.

British Listed Buildings web site @ https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101041730-the-horseless-carriage-warkworth#.WUT62MaQxtR





Images hosted on https://www.flickr.com/photos/steve-ellwood/albums/72157682269253463
17/02200/LBC | Listed Building Consent for various external and internal alterations to the property. | 5 Bridge Street Warkworth NE65 0XA
Reference 17/02200/LBC
Alternative Reference PP-06163325
Application Received Wed 21 Jun 2017
Application Validated Wed 21 Jun 2017
Address 5 Bridge Street Warkworth NE65 0XA
Proposal Listed Building Consent for various external and internal alterations to the property.
Status Registered
https://publicaccess.northumberland...s.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=ORUHK3QSHO700
 
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St. Michael's Pant, Market Street, Alnwick

This is the 18th century Gothic style pant on Market Street, Alnwick, photographed 3rd May 2017.

The Warrior Saint, Michael stands at the top of the pedestal, lancing a winged dragon. The pant spout feeds a large trough of water and when I was taking the photographs a local filled his bottle with the water, so its drinkable, I didn't however try it myself. Indeed there is a lcal story that the waters from the pant have therapeutic properties and have in the past been usedd to treat exzema.

As can be see on the sign, the preset pant replaced an earlier one, the current one dating from 1765. In the past it was also known as The High Pant.

British Listed Buildings web site @ https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101041464-st-michaels-pant-alnwick#.WUfAKcaQxtQ




















Images hosted on https://www.flickr.com/photos/steve-ellwood/albums/72157685148194606
 
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Castlegate House, 1 Castle Street, Warkworth

This is the Grade II Listed Castlegate House, 1 Castle Street, Warkworth, photographed 10th May 2017.

It is believed to have originated in the late C17 and eventually became a public house called “The Queen’s Head”. Around 1863, it returned to being a domestic dwelling, passing through several families and into the ownership of the Duke of Northumberland.

Undergoing building work as per this planning application on the Northumberland County Council planning portal:

17/01358/LBC | Listed Building Consent: Remove cement mortar, replace with lime mortar in a mix of 1:3 hydralic lime NHL3.05 to graded sand to the house first floor west elevation and to rear yard internal south elevation boundary wall and east elevation boundary wall. Work to stonemason. No stonework to be replaced. | 1 Castle Street Warkworth Morpeth Northumberland NE65 0UW
Reference 17/01358/LBC
Alternative Reference Not Available
Application Received Wed 12 Apr 2017
Application Validated Thu 04 May 2017
Address 1 Castle Street Warkworth Morpeth Northumberland NE65 0UW
Proposal Listed Building Consent: Remove cement mortar, replace with lime mortar in a mix of 1:3 hydralic lime NHL3.05 to graded sand to the house first floor west elevation and to rear yard internal south elevation boundary wall and east elevation boundary wall. Work to stonemason. No stonework to be replaced.
Status Decided
Decision Application Permitted
Decision Issued Date Tue 20 Jun 2017
https://publicaccess.northumberland...s.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=OOCJDRQS0J400

British Listed Buildings web site @ https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101041702-castlegate-house-warkworth#.WVdsvOmQxtQ


Image hosted on https://www.flickr.com/photos/steve-ellwood/albums/72157683604389430
 
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Castlegate House, 1 Castle Street, Warkworth

This is the Grade II Listed Castlegate House, 1 Castle Street, Warkworth, photographed 10th May 2017.

It is believed to have originated in the late C17 and eventually became a public house called “The Queen’s Head”. Around 1863, it returned to being a domestic dwelling, passing through several families and into the ownership of the Duke of Northumberland.

Undergoing building work as per this planning application on the Northumberland County Council planning portal:

17/01358/LBC | Listed Building Consent: Remove cement mortar, replace with lime mortar in a mix of 1:3 hydralic lime NHL3.05 to graded sand to the house first floor west elevation and to rear yard internal south elevation boundary wall and east elevation boundary wall. Work to stonemason. No stonework to be replaced. | 1 Castle Street Warkworth Morpeth Northumberland NE65 0UW
Reference 17/01358/LBC
Alternative Reference Not Available
Application Received Wed 12 Apr 2017
Application Validated Thu 04 May 2017
Address 1 Castle Street Warkworth Morpeth Northumberland NE65 0UW
Proposal Listed Building Consent: Remove cement mortar, replace with lime mortar in a mix of 1:3 hydralic lime NHL3.05 to graded sand to the house first floor west elevation and to rear yard internal south elevation boundary wall and east elevation boundary wall. Work to stonemason. No stonework to be replaced.
Status Decided
Decision Application Permitted
Decision Issued Date Tue 20 Jun 2017
https://publicaccess.northumberland...s.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=OOCJDRQS0J400

British Listed Buildings web site @ https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101041702-castlegate-house-warkworth#.WVdsvOmQxtQ


Image hosted on https://www.flickr.com/photos/steve-ellwood/albums/72157683604389430
17/03303/LBC | Listed Building Consent - Repair/refurbishment of existing windows; Installation of railings | Castlegate House 1 Castle Street Warkworth Morpeth Northumberland NE65 0UW
Reference 17/03303/LBC
Alternative Reference Not Available
Application Received Tue 12 Sep 2017
Application Validated Tue 19 Sep 2017
Address Castlegate House 1 Castle Street Warkworth Morpeth Northumberland NE65 0UW
Proposal Listed Building Consent - Repair/refurbishment of existing windows; Installation of railings
Status Registered
https://publicaccess.northumberland...s.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=OW9K7WQS0J000
 
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Paperhaugh Bridge

The Grade II Listed Paperhaugh Bridge, spanning the River Coquet, photographed 17th July 2017.

The 5 span bridge, built by the Duke of Northumberland in 1862, later to be adopted by the Northumberland County Council in 1888.

Recently work was carried out by the Council to stabalise the bridge after years of flooding - see planning application @ https://publicaccess.northumberland...s.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=OAVNXJQS0HJ00

British Listed Buildings web site @ Pauperhaugh Bridge over the River Coquet, Brinkburn, Northumberland













Diagram courtesy of the planning documents on the Northumberland County Council planning portal.


Images hosted on http://GeordiePhotographs.fototime.com/Pauperhaugh/Pauperhaugh Bridge
 
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A canny bag of crisps

The first Tudor advertisement featuring the Dunston Rocket has appeared on the Forum before but I don't think the whole story has been told.

The shop used in the first ad was this one on the corner of Westminster Street and Saltwell Road in Gateshead. It was my local newsagent when I was growing up. There is a mysterious story attached to the people who owned that shop which will have to wait for another time:

sobers by alfred stone, on Flickr

This poor quality still shows it is definitely the same shop but Terry was coming down Westminster Street too fast to get a decent shot:

Canny bag 2 by alfred stone, on Flickr

By the time they decided to film the sequel the original shop had changed hands and name so the producers improvised for "Terry's Return":

canny bag 3 by alfred stone, on Flickr

Everybody assumed it was the same shop but one day I was walking from Howdon Station to work at Press Production Systems and was amazed to see my local newsagent in Gateshead right in front of me. The next time I walked that way it was the Eagle Joinery on the corner of George Street and Gladstone Street which is now a house:

Canny bag by alfred stone, on Flickr

I have since discovered that Eagle Joinery's amended shop front was used in a number of period dramas over the years.
 
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The first Tudor advertisement featuring the Dunston Rocket has appeared on the Forum before but I don't think the whole story has been told.

The shop used in the first ad was this one on the corner of Westminster Street and Saltwell Road in Gateshead. It was my local newsagent when I was growing up. There is a mysterious story attached to the people who owned that shop which will have to wait for another time:

sobers by alfred stone, on Flickr

Thanks Alf, really good stuff!

I have added a link to your post above into the INDEX (joining other related links) under "T" for Tudor Crisps.
 
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I was in Warkworth earlier this month on a red hot day and saw the buildings in Steve's posts, and also visited the beach and caravan park, where my mother used to go to 60 years, and does recall catching a train from Newcastle to Warkworth in 1957 for her holidays. I researched this on Disused Stations and there was indeed a station on the ECML that served the village until 1958:

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/w/warkworth/
 
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Warkworth



There is a coincidence, I was just talking to a cousin yesterday our holidays in Warkworth in 1950 and 1951 I think. There was a shortage of everything just after the war even caravans and the first year we stayed in a converted single-decker bus. The radiator of the bus can just be seen on the left of this picture with a logo which might possibly say Northern.

Warkworth about 1950 by alfred stone, on Flickr

The following year there was a bigger group of us and we had the luxury of a converted double-decker bus. It would be another five years before one of our relatives bought a caravan and we got to stay in it at Haggerston. I think there were about 20 caravans on the site at the time and the only entertainment was of our own making like plodging in the stream that ran around the perimeter of the site. My youngest granddaughter and family are at Haggerston this week and their caravan is almost as big as my house.

Caravan at Haggerston by alfred stone, on Flickr

I will stop there before this descends in to a parody of a Monty Python sketch.
 
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