JawD 8 Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 Jaw D apparently there's a point in the Simonside Hills near Rothbury where you can see the entire coastline from Whitley to Berwick, is this true? How do you get to it? Doesnt ring a bell like. Can't recall seeing any of the coast on the walks Ive done. Not to say you can't like but it was take some vantage point and a clear day to see the coast from there. Is it not Simonside Crag? Well thats the highest point around there, Tosson hill i think it is. I just cant recall any coastal view. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest alex Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 Looked it up and yes it is the place. Easy to access too Stevie if you're interested. I haven't been up there for fucking years. Clicky here for how to get there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JawD 8 Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 Looked it up and yes it is the place. Easy to access too Stevie if you're interested. I haven't been up there for fucking years. Clicky here for how to get there. Loads of good walks around there like. Also get a few ralley's going on as well. We usually walk over simonside and/or thrunton if around Rothbury or head through and up to the Cheviots (Windy Gyle) as we've done more recently. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tooj 16 Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 Found these on my phone that I took a couple of months ago. Shame about the light issues on the one with the sandcastle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tooj 16 Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/gallery/2012/mar/29/19th-centrury-newcastle-in-pictures#/?picture=388048802&index=0 Just stumbled across this. Wow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Happy Face 27 Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 Think someone posted them when they went up. Wonder where number 9 is from, should be identifiable with a church behind a rugby club. Thought it might be Percy park RFC with Christ Church behind, but think the proximity of them is too close. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tooj 16 Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 Think someone posted them when they went up. Wonder where number 9 is from, should be identifiable with a church behind a rugby club. Thought it might be Percy park RFC with Christ Church behind, but think the proximity of them is too close. Possibly Cullercoats? If it is my mate lives right next to there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 Think someone posted them when they went up. Wonder where number 9 is from, should be identifiable with a church behind a rugby club. Thought it might be Percy park RFC with Christ Church behind, but think the proximity of them is too close. Have to say, that was what I was thinking when I saw that pic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Happy Face 27 Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 Possibly Cullercoats? If it is my mate lives right next to there. If it is I just bought a house behind that church.....they'd have to be playing right on the seafront though, perhaps where that park is now. EDIT: Talking shite, the bell tower is on the sea side, so it could be Tynemouth Park they're playing on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Monkeys Fist 7,060 Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 Could # 9 be RGS playing fields, the church being the one at the top of Osborne Rd. ( St. George's I think)? #s 5-7 are of Paddys Market , where the current Quayside market is. My mother used to say our bedrooms were " like Paddy's market" when we were kids Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Monkeys Fist 7,060 Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 I was sent a link to an online collection of over 1000 pics of Newcastle taken from 1940-1970s by one bloke, Laszlo Torday, a Hungarian chemical engineer who moved here in 1940 There's alot to wade through, but there are some fascinating pictures. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JawD 8 Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 Brilliant them like MF. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alex 5,660 Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Aye, those are class. Nice one, MF. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ADP 0 Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Came on to post link to those pictures which has just come up on my FB feed. Fascinating stuff, no logic behind it but it makes me feel proud for some reason. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Monkeys Fist 7,060 Posted September 6, 2013 Report Share Posted September 6, 2013 Just found this pic of the Tyne Bridge under construction ( Moot Hall and City Hall , now the Vermont, in the background ). Health and Safety my arse! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PaddockLad 2,664 Posted September 6, 2013 Report Share Posted September 6, 2013 I just stumbled upon this guy's photos, there are a lot, may stimulate some memories for lercals and exiles alike. http://www.fototime.com/ftweb/bin/ft.dll/h...4E097D0D715519A etc etc, hundreds of 'em. 100 toontastic points to whoever names the 4 in the bath? The lad who sits at the next desk to me says the lad on the far right is Jeff Wrightson. They played together for Wallsend BC. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Monkeys Fist 7,060 Posted September 6, 2013 Report Share Posted September 6, 2013 Did we ever decide who the lad on the left is- its not Howey? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dr Gloom 2,942 Posted September 6, 2013 Report Share Posted September 6, 2013 nice snaps MF, thanks for sharing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
essembeeofsunderland 363 Posted September 7, 2013 Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 nice chest hair him on the left Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Toonpack 172 Posted September 7, 2013 Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 Great stuff MF, spent loads of time down the fish quay when a nipper, remember some of those boats, especially the bigger trawlers, there were two of them almost identical, green hulls, cream upper-works and red funnels and lots of rust, I all but saw that particular photo in colour when it came up, mental old git !!! Oh Aye, Brimms cranes were red Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Meenzer 3,959 Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 Not a photo but I stumbled across this slice of Gosforth history (well, recent-ish history) today. Smashing. http://www.royaltycinema.com/last-reel-at-the-royalty-part1.shtml Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Howmanheyman 4,461 Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 I saw this pic the other day and somehow it would've been completely erased from my memory had I not seen it these years later. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Monkeys Fist 7,060 Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 What the fuck were they for? I remember seeing them about, but never figured out their purpose. Were they cabins for replacement drivers to sit in and build up their stroppiness? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Howmanheyman 4,461 Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said: What the fuck were they for? I remember seeing them about, but never figured out their purpose. Were they cabins for replacement drivers to sit in and build up their stroppiness? Sounds as plausible as owt else? Edited October 22, 2020 by Howmanheyman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Monkeys Fist 7,060 Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 Cracking “sheds”. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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