Handyside Arcade, Percy Street, #Newcastle upon Tyne

1987/88: Go-ahead Northern 'Our business is running buses...'

Early 1960's: #Newcastle Quayside.

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The places to be seen in the naughties! Baja Beach Club & Buffalo Joes, Gateshead Quays.

1971: Demolition of Maria Street, Benwell, #Newcastle upon Tyne

1978: Eldon Square Shopping Centre, #Newcastle upon Tyne

1998: #Gateshead High Street

1971: Northumberland Street, #Newcastle upon Tyne

2002: Manager Sir Bobby Robson shelters under an umbrella during the pitch inspection before the match between Barcelona and #NUFC in the UEFA Champions League, Second Phase, Group A match at Nou Camp in Barcelona, Spain, the game would be postponed and played the following day.

St James' Park from Leazes Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne.
#NUFC

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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

📸 Don Mcphee/The Guardian

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

📽️North East Film Archive