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Arrested Robert Hall, Mugshot photograph, England

Arrested Robert Hall, Mugshot photograph, England

Name: Robert Hall.Arrested for: Larceny.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 9 November 1903.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-23-Robert Hall..The Shields Daily Gazette for 10 November 1903... More

Broadloon Mill Shops festive windows, England

Broadloon Mill Shops festive windows, England

This photograph is from the Robert Sanderson collection ( twm_news/sets/72157629336180520/with/6841098286/ ) ...which was Kindly donated to Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums. This is a festive window of the Broad... More

Brooches at Hoppings. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Brooches at Hoppings. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Two woman selling brooches at the Hoppings for 6d. (2 ½p in today's money). 1940's..The Hoppings is a popular fair in the North East of England, held in the last full week of June every year on Newcastle's Town... More

Swing ride - Hoppings, England

Swing ride - Hoppings, England

People enjoying themselves on the swing ride held at the Hoppings fair in Newcastle. 1940's..The Hoppings is a popular fair in the North East of England, held in the last full week of June every year on Newcast... More

Mickey Mouse Juvenile Ride - Hoppings

Mickey Mouse Juvenile Ride - Hoppings

Olga Rich at her 'Mickey Mouse' juvenile ride at the Hoppings. 1940's..The Hoppings is a popular fair in the North East of England, held in the last full week of June every year on Newcastle's Town Moor, spanni... More

Barbara Chadwick - Hoppings. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Barbara Chadwick - Hoppings. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Barbara Chadwick posing for the camera at the Hoppings at Town Moor. 1940s..The Hoppings is a popular fair in the North East of England, held in the last full week of June every year on Newcastle's Town Moor, s... More

Moon Rocket - Hoppings. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Moon Rocket - Hoppings. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

View of the 'Moon Rocket' attraction at the Hoppings in Newcastle, June 1945...The Hoppings is a popular fair in the North East of England, held in the last full week of June every year on Newcastle's Town Moor... More

Gilbert Chadwick - Hoppings. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Gilbert Chadwick - Hoppings. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Gilbert Chadwick at Newcastle's Town Moor Fair (Hoppings) in 1945...The Hoppings is a popular fair in the North East of England, held in the last full week of June every year on Newcastle's Town Moor, spanning ... More

Pinder's - Hoppings coat of arms

Pinder's - Hoppings coat of arms

1938 'Pinder's Big Zoo Circus Show' at the Hoppings...The Hoppings is a popular fair in the North East of England, held in the last full week of June every year on Newcastle's Town Moor, spanning around 40 acre... More

Pinder's Big Zoo Circus - Hoppings

Pinder's Big Zoo Circus - Hoppings

1938 'Pinder's Big Zoo Circus Show' at the Hoppings...The Hoppings is a popular fair in the North East of England, held in the last full week of June every year on Newcastle's Town Moor, spanning around 40 acre... More

The Haunted Castle - Hoppings

The Haunted Castle - Hoppings

'The Haunted Castle' attraction at the Hoppings festival in Newcastle...The Hoppings is a popular fair in the North East of England, held in the last full week of June every year on Newcastle's Town Moor, spann... More

Wonders of the East - Hoppings

Wonders of the East - Hoppings

'Wonders of the East' performers entertain the public at the Hoppings. 1940's..The Hoppings is a popular fair in the North East of England, held in the last full week of June every year on Newcastle's Town Moor... More

Drumming at the Circus - Hoppings

Drumming at the Circus - Hoppings

Performers of all descriptions came to the Hoppings to entertain the people of Newcastle. 1940's..The Hoppings is a popular fair in the North East of England, held in the last full week of June every year on Ne... More

Hoppings Performance. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Hoppings Performance. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Attractions at the Hoppings fair in Newcastle.1952..The Hoppings is a popular fair in the North East of England, held in the last full week of June every year on Newcastle's Town Moor, spanning around 40 acres ... More

Elisa Stewart - Hoppings. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Elisa Stewart - Hoppings. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Believed to be Elisa Stewart performing at the Hoppings, Newcastle. 1940's..The Hoppings is a popular fair in the North East of England, held in the last full week of June every year on Newcastle's Town Moor, s... More

Lee Bennett - Hoppings. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Lee Bennett - Hoppings. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Lee Bennett guessing people's ages at his 'I Guess Your Age' attraction at the Hoppings. 1952...The Hoppings is a popular fair in the North East of England, held in the last full week of June every year on Newc... More

Olga Rich - Hoppings. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Olga Rich - Hoppings. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Olga Rich at her 'Mickey Mouse' juvenile ride at the Hoppings. 1940's..The Hoppings is a popular fair in the North East of England, held in the last full week of June every year on Newcastle's Town Moor, spanni... More

Queuing for Rides at the Hoppings

Queuing for Rides at the Hoppings

Newcastle Town Moor 1952, people queuing for the rides at the Hoppings...The Hoppings is a popular fair in the North East of England, held in the last full week of June every year on Newcastle's Town Moor, span... More

The Chamber of Death - Hoppings

The Chamber of Death - Hoppings

Onlookers at 'The Chamber of Death' attraction at the Hoppings. 1940's..The Hoppings is a popular fair in the North East of England, held in the last full week of June every year on Newcastle's Town Moor, spann... More

I Guess Your Age - Hoppings

I Guess Your Age - Hoppings

Lee Bennett guessing a woman's age at his 'I Guess Your Age' attraction at the Hoppings. 1940's..The Hoppings is a popular fair in the North East of England, held in the last full week of June every year on New... More

Culine's Rodeo - Hoppings. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Culine's Rodeo - Hoppings. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

People enjoying themselves at 'Culine's Rodeo', watching their family and friends take part in the ride at the Hoppings. 1940's..The Hoppings is a popular fair in the North East of England, held in the last ful... More

Morpeth. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Morpeth. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

This is a Glass slide showing the Bridge Hotel in Morpeth, Northumberland. .The slide is from some time between the late 19th and early 20th century. It would have been viewed through a Magic Lantern, an early ... More

Bainbridge's window display, Newcastle 1960, England

Bainbridge's window display, Newcastle 1960, England

A window display of stockings and tights at Bainbridge's Department store (now John Lewis) in Newcastle...This photograph is from the Turners collection ..Date: 20/10/1960 ..Turners was established in Newcastle... More

Grainger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne

Grainger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne

We're inviting you to creatively caption this photograph for our Hidden Newcastle app. To submit your writing, go to www.hiddennewcastle.org ( http://www.hiddennewcastle.org ) ......(Copyright) We're happy for ... More

Elephant meets little girl

Elephant meets little girl

This image comes from a collection of glass slides of fairground scenes found in the stores at Discovery Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne. twm_news/sets/72157627692102509/ ( twm_news/sets/72157627692102509/ ) ..We ... More

Cheers lantern slide. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Cheers lantern slide. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

William Alfred Cocks of Ryton [1892-1971] Collection..Ryton Congregational Church Sunday School outing to an unidentified location [possibly West Wylam, Northumberland] in the countryside. nd [1904] ..William A... More

Potters Wheel coat of arms

Potters Wheel coat of arms

The blind visitors to Sunderland Museum are using a potter's wheel and clay.1913..“To them, their fingers are eyes”..From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised severa... More

Paine's Coliseum. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Paine's Coliseum. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

This image comes from a collection of glass slides of fairground scenes found in the stores at Discovery Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne. twm_news/sets/72157627692102509/ ( twm_news/sets/72157627692102509/ ) ..We h... More

Grainger Coffee Bar. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Grainger Coffee Bar. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

This photograph is from the Robert Hope collection ( twm_news/sets/72157628290550507/ ) ...Robert Hope was a resident of Newcastle upon Tyne. In the early 1970s he took out a bank loan to buy a Rolleiflex came... More

Weighing a pig in the Grainger Market, England

Weighing a pig in the Grainger Market, England

This photograph is from the Robert Hope collection/ ( twm_news/sets/72157628290550507/ ) ...Robert Hope was a resident of Newcastle upon Tyne. In the early 1970s he took out a bank loan to buy a Rolleiflex cam... More

Boxes, England coat of arms

Boxes, England coat of arms

This photograph is from the. Robert Hope collection/ ( twm_news/sets/72157628290550507/ ) ..Robert Hope was a resident of Newcastle upon Tyne. In the early 1970s he took out a bank loan to buy a Rolleiflex cam... More

Grainger Coffee Bar. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Grainger Coffee Bar. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

This photograph is from the Robert Hope collection ( twm_news/sets/72157628290550507/ ) ...Robert Hope was a resident of Newcastle upon Tyne. In the early 1970s he took out a bank loan to buy a Rolleiflex came... More

Weighing a pig in the Grainger Market, England

Weighing a pig in the Grainger Market, England

This photograph is from the Robert Hope collection/ ( twm_news/sets/72157628290550507/ ) ...Robert Hope was a resident of Newcastle upon Tyne. In the early 1970s he took out a bank loan to buy a Rolleiflex cam... More

Boxes, England coat of arms

Boxes, England coat of arms

This photograph is from the. Robert Hope collection/ ( twm_news/sets/72157628290550507/ ) ..Robert Hope was a resident of Newcastle upon Tyne. In the early 1970s he took out a bank loan to buy a Rolleiflex cam... More

Miniature Railway, South Shields, England

Miniature Railway, South Shields, England

Children riding on the miniature railway at South Shields Amusement Park, August 1950 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/5197L)...This photograph is part of a set that has been created to celebrate the opening of South Tynesi... More

Speculation Place, Concord, England

Speculation Place, Concord, England

View of Speculation Place, Concord, late 1960s (TWAM ref. 5417/409/4)...2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the creation of Washington New Town. It was officially established on 24 July 1964 and since then the ... More

Glebe Colliery, Washington. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Glebe Colliery, Washington. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

View of Glebe Colliery, May 1965 (DT.TUR/2/36063NN)...2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the creation of Washington New Town. It was officially established on 24 July 1964 and since then the area has witnessed ... More

Washington Arms and Village Green, England

Washington Arms and Village Green, England

View of the Washington Arms and Village Green, May 1965 (TWAM ref. 5417/243/1)...2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the creation of Washington New Town. It was officially established on 24 July 1964 and since t... More

Fatfield from Penshaw Station, England

Fatfield from Penshaw Station, England

View to Fatfield from Penshaw Station, May 1965 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/36063WW)...2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the creation of Washington New Town. It was officially established on 24 July 1964 and since the... More

Front Street, New Washington, England

Front Street, New Washington, England

View of Front Street, New Washington, May 1965 (TWAM ref. 5417/409/1). This is now part of Concord Village...2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the creation of Washington New Town. It was officially established... More

Washington Village Green, England

Washington Village Green, England

View of Washington Village Green and War Memorial, May 1965 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/36063P)...2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the creation of Washington New Town. It was officially established on 24 July 1964 an... More

The 'Iron Ore' ready for launch

The 'Iron Ore' ready for launch

Aerial view of the Southwick Yard of Austin & Pickersgill Ltd and the surrounding area, 8 July 1959 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/22435B). The image shows the ore carrier ‘Iron Ore’ ready for launch...Tyne & Wear Archive... More

Launch of the 'Eidanger' - Public domain image of a steam ship or boat

Launch of the 'Eidanger' - Public domain image of a steam ship or boat

View of the tanker ‘Eidanger’ afloat on the River Wear after launch, built by Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd, 1 July 1938 (TWAM ref. DS.LG/4/PH/3/1 pg23)...Tyne & Wear Archives is proud to present a selection of im... More

Opening of Washington Liberal Club

Opening of Washington Liberal Club

This is a photograph of the opening of Washington Liberal Club by David Steele. This photograph was taken at some point in the 1970's. ..Reference: 5417/326/1..This collection of images has been assembled in su... More

Philips Factory. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Philips Factory. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

This is a photograph of the exterior of the Philips Factory in Washington, UK. The photograph was taken at some point in the 1970's...Reference: 5417/240..This collection of images has been assembled in support... More

Nissan Plot. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Nissan Plot. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

This is a photograph of the Plot of land reserved for Nissan in Washington, UK. It was taken at some point in the 1970's or early 1980's. ..Reference: 5417/79/2..This collection of images has been assembled in ... More

Cycle Race in the Town Centre

Cycle Race in the Town Centre

This image Documents a Cycle Race in Washington, UK. The photograph was taken at some point in the late 1960's or early 1970's. ..Reference: 5417/146/1..This collection of images has been assembled in support ... More

Cycle Race in the Town Centre

Cycle Race in the Town Centre

This image Documents a Cycle Race in Washington, UK. The photograph was taken at some point in the late 1960's or early 1970's. ..Reference: 5417/146/1..This collection of images has been assembled in support ... More

Mawson, Swan & Morgan, England

Mawson, Swan & Morgan, England

This photograph is from the Swan Collection of Tyne & Wear Museums, held at the Discovery Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne...Sir Joseph Wilson Swan was a British Physicist, Chemist and Inventor. Swan lived at Unde... More

The plates must be made perfectly flat

The plates must be made perfectly flat

This photograph, taken in the Hawthorn Leslie yard, Hebburn is captioned 'The plates must be made perfectly flat'...Reference: 2931-43-15..This image is taken from an album produced by the world famous shipbuil... More

World Unicorn, England. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

World Unicorn, England. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

This is a view of World Unicorn ready for launch by Swan Hunter, 1973...Image reference: DS.SWH/4/PH/5/28/2..This image is part of a small selection of photographs from our outstanding shipbuilding collections,... More

A John Lewis Partnership shop window, England

A John Lewis Partnership shop window, England

This is a photograph of a shop window display in Bainbridge, part of the John Lewis Partnership. It was taken in Newcastle upon Tyne at some time in the 1970's...Image reference: DT/TUR/CN/10765/B..This collect... More

Jackie Stewart Sunglasses, England

Jackie Stewart Sunglasses, England

This is an example of product photography of Jackie Stewart Sunglasses, taken in Newcastle upon Tyne at some time in the 1970's...The image is part of a collection capturing the changing face of Fashion in Newc... More

Prototype Metro Cars - Birmingham Factory, England

Prototype Metro Cars - Birmingham Factory, England

This photograph shows a prototype rail car being constructed at a Birmingham Factory at some time in 1975. .The photograph is taken from a collection of black and white contact prints documenting the developmen... More

Looking down Grey Street, Newcastle, 1958, England

Looking down Grey Street, Newcastle, 1958, England

View along Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, looking down toward the Theatre Royal, April 1958 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/4/976/8)...Tyne & Wear Archives presents a series of images taken by the Newcastle-based photogra... More

Launch of 'G.M. Livanos' at the North Sands shipyard

Launch of 'G.M. Livanos' at the North Sands shipyard

Launch of the bulk carrier 'G.M. Livanos' at the North Sands shipyard of J.L. Thompson & Sons, 26 April 1968 (TWAM ref. DS.JLT/4/PH/1/723/2/1)...This set celebrates the achievements of the famous Sunderland shi... More

The cure is at hand - A black and white photo of a man looking in a store window

The cure is at hand - A black and white photo of a man looking in a st...

The husband finds the answer to his problems at a Turners shop in Newcastle. No more sitting in front of a screen for him (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/28465H)...You can read a blog relating to these images here www.twmu... More

'Nicola' getting a coat of paint

'Nicola' getting a coat of paint

View of ‘Nicola’ shortly before launch from the Southwick yard of Austin & Pickersgill Ltd, mid December 1967 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/52047B). She's getting a coat of paint and you can now see her name...This set c... More

The tanker 'Gomphina' under tow on the River Wear

The tanker 'Gomphina' under tow on the River Wear

View of the tanker ‘Gomphina' being towed by the tugboat ‘President’ after launch from the North Sands shipyard of J.L. Thompson & Sons Ltd, 14 October 1947 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/876B)...Tyne & Wear Archives is p... More

HMS Champion in dry dock, England

HMS Champion in dry dock, England

HMS Champion in dry dock at the Hawthorn Leslie shipyard, Hebburn, 5 June 1915 (TWAM ref. 4471/3)...HMS Champion was a C-class light cruiser and one of the first vessels of the Light Cruiser Squadron in action ... More

Haymarket area, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1950, England

Haymarket area, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1950, England

View of Haymarket and Percy Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, March 1950 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/4403E). Taken from by the Church of St Thomas the Martyr...You can see an aerial view of this area taken two years earlier... More

Clayton Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1961, England

Clayton Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1961, England

View of a bus turning left at the junction of Clayton Street and Newgate Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, May 1961 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/26647H)...Tyne & Wear Archives presents a series of images taken by the Newcast... More

Looking down Northumberland Street, 1961, England

Looking down Northumberland Street, 1961, England

View looking down Northumberland Street from near Barras Bridge, Newcastle Upon Tyne, June 1961 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/26858A)...You can also see an aerial view of Northumberland Street dating from 1948 here twm_n... More

Trolley bus heading up Northumberland Street, 1961, England

Trolley bus heading up Northumberland Street, 1961, England

View of Northumberland Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, May 1961 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/26647K)...You can also see an aerial view of Northumberland Street dating from 1948 here twm_news/15345407391/ ( ...twm_news/153454... More

Newcastle Co-operative building, Newgate Street, 1961, England

Newcastle Co-operative building, Newgate Street, 1961, England

View of Newgate Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, May 1961 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/26647E). This street has seen significant changes since this photograph was taken with the development of Eldon Square Shopping Centre a... More

Newgate Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1961, England

Newgate Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1961, England

View of Newgate Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, May 1961 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/26647D). Looking up towards Percy Street...Tyne & Wear Archives presents a series of images taken by the Newcastle-based photographers T... More

Turners celebrate the Queen's coronation, 1953, England

Turners celebrate the Queen's coronation, 1953, England

View of Turners' shop on Blackett Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, May 1953 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/4/360). The decorations were in place to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II...Tyne & Wear Archives presents ... More

Children from Sunderland’s School for the Blind with a selection of war souvenirs

Children from Sunderland’s School for the Blind with a selection of wa...

When the First World War began Sunderland Museum and Art Gallery had been established for 68 years. The Director in 1914 was the formidable J. A. Charlton Deas who is remembered principally for his pioneering w... More

Wills Tobacco Factory, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1950

Wills Tobacco Factory, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1950

Aerial view of the Wills cigarette factory, built for W.D. & H.O. Wills, the British cigarette manufacturer, March 1950 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/4448G)...The factory closed in 1986 and was redeveloped in the late 19... More

Grey Street, 1955, England

Grey Street, 1955, England

View looking up Grey Street towards Grey's Monument, Newcastle upon Tyne, October 1955 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/14539D)...You can see an aerial view of this area from 1963 in another of our sets twm_news/15408514332... More

Grey's Monument, 1955, England

Grey's Monument, 1955, England

View along Grey Street towards Grey's Monument, Newcastle upon Tyne, October 1955 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/14539C)...You can see an aerial view of this area from 1963 in another of our sets twm_news/15408514332/in/s... More

Bessie Surtees House, Newcastle, 1958, England

Bessie Surtees House, Newcastle, 1958, England

View of Bessie Surtees House, Sandhill, Newcastle upon Tyne, April 1958 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/4/976/4)...Tyne & Wear Archives presents a series of images taken by the Newcastle-based photographers Turners Ltd...The... More

Model maker at work at the North Sands shipyard

Model maker at work at the North Sands shipyard

Model maker at work at the North Sands shipyard of J.L. Thompson & Sons, February 1962 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/28432K)...This set celebrates the achievements of the famous Sunderland shipbuilding firm Joseph L. Tho... More

'Silverbriar' at night. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

'Silverbriar' at night. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

View of the cargo ship ‘Silverbriar’ at night, February 1948 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/1232W). She was launched at the North Sands shipyard of J.L. Thompson & Sons, Sunderland, 21 May 1947. ..This set celebrates the ... More

Coastal Defence Mounting at the Scotswood Works

Coastal Defence Mounting at the Scotswood Works

8 inch Coastal Defence Mounting in 12 Shop, Scotswood Works, Newcastle upon Tyne, 11 June 1942 (TWAM ref. DX1529/1)...‘Workshop of the World’ is a phrase often used to describe Britain’s manufacturing dominance... More

Southwick Shipyard of Austin & Pickersgill Ltd

Southwick Shipyard of Austin & Pickersgill Ltd

Aerial view of the Southwick shipyard of Austin & Pickersgill, Sunderland looking down the River Wear, May 1965 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/36078A)...This set of aerial images is intended as a short historical tour of ... More

George Clark’s Engine Works, Southwick

George Clark’s Engine Works, Southwick

Aerial view of George Clark’s Engine Works, Southwick, August 1959 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/22581C). To the west side of Queen Alexandra Bridge you can see part of the Southwick Shipyard of Austin & Pickersgill Ltd. T... More

Moore's Pearl White Peroxide Toothpaste - TWCMS:G3780

Moore's Pearl White Peroxide Toothpaste - TWCMS:G3780

A box containing a tube of Moore's Pearl White Peroxide Toothpaste. The tube and box are white, black and red in colour. ..Length: 130 mm .Width: 41 mm.Depth: 24 mm..Manufactured 1914 - 18. ..Copyright Statemen... More

Oxydol Soap Powder - TWCMS:G3776

Oxydol Soap Powder - TWCMS:G3776

Box of Oxydol Soap Powder, blue, orange and white in colour. ..Length: 96 mm.Width: 127 mm .Height: 127 mm..Manufactured by Thomas Hedley and Co Ltd, in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK. 1914 - 1... More

Newcastle from the Swing Bridge, England

Newcastle from the Swing Bridge, England

View of the Castle Keep, Newcastle upon Tyne from the Swing Bridge, November 1963 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/32626L)...Tyne & Wear Archives presents a series of images taken by the Newcastle-based photographers Turner... More

Lobby of the Paramount Theatre, Newcastle

Lobby of the Paramount Theatre, Newcastle

View of the lobby at the Paramount Theatre, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, September 1931 (TWAM ref. DX1677/1/1)...The Odeon Cinema opened on Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne on 7 September 1931. It as... More

Paramount Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Paramount Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, England

View of the exterior of the Paramount Theatre, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, September 1931 (TWAM ref. DX1677/1/1)...The Odeon Cinema opened on Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne on 7 September 1931. It... More

Inside Newcastle Central Station, 1948, England

Inside Newcastle Central Station, 1948, England

View inside a busy Central Station, Newcastle upon Tyne, May 1948 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/1514). Adverts for toothpaste and toffee vie for attention...Tyne & Wear Archives presents a series of images taken by the N... More

Newcastle Central Station, England

Newcastle Central Station, England

View of Newcastle Central Station from the Castle Keep, c1930s (TWAM ref. DF.ATK/16/1/1)...The postcard is unused...This set celebrates the many postcards in our collections. The people, places and events they ... More

Enjoying the Hoppings. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Enjoying the Hoppings. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Children enjoying a slide at the Hoppings on Newcastle Town Moor, June 1973 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/61856F)...The Hoppings is a popular fair in the North East of England, held in the last full week of June every ye... More

The cargo ship Saxonia at Readhead's shipyard

The cargo ship Saxonia at Readhead's shipyard

View of the cargo ship ‘Saxonia’ at the jetty of John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields, February 1964 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/4/2507B)...This set celebrates the achievements of the shipyard of John Readhead & Sons.... More

View of the Tyne Bridge from Gateshead

View of the Tyne Bridge from Gateshead

View of the Tyne Bridge from Gateshead, 2 February 1928, showing the two halves getting closer together (TWAM ref. 3730/15/6)...The Tyne Bridge is one of the North East’s most iconic landmarks. These photograph... More

Preparing for the launch of two Wear hopper barges

Preparing for the launch of two Wear hopper barges

View of Wear Hopper 3 and Wear Hopper 4 being prepared for launch at the shipyard of John Crown & Sons Ltd, Sunderland, 5 October 1959 (TWAM ref. DS.CR/4/PH/1/246/2/1). These hopper barges played a vital role o... More

The Black Gate, Newcastle upon Tyne, England

The Black Gate, Newcastle upon Tyne, England

View of the Black Gate, Newcastle upon Tyne (TWAM ref. DX872/2). The date written beside the image is 1875...(Copyright) We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons. Please ... More

Black Gate and the Castle Keep, Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Black Gate and the Castle Keep, Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Postcard of St Nicholas Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, showing the Black Gate and the Castle Keep, c1923 (TWAM ref. DF.ATK/16/2)...The postcard is unused...This set celebrates the many postcards in our collection... More

View of the Tyne Bridge from Gateshead, England

View of the Tyne Bridge from Gateshead, England

A view from Gateshead of the Tyne Bridge under construction, 9 February 1928 (TWAM ref. DX57/1/32)...The postcard is unused...This set celebrates the many postcards in our collections. The people, places and ev... More

The Tyne Bridge under construction, England

The Tyne Bridge under construction, England

A view along Newcastle Quayside showing the Tyne Bridge under construction, 9 February 1928 (TWAM ref. DX57/1/31)...The postcard is unused...This set celebrates the many postcards in our collections. The people... More

Wearmouth Bridge, Sunderland. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Wearmouth Bridge, Sunderland. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Postcard of the Wearmouth Bridge, Sunderland, c1930 (TWAM ref. DF.ATK/16/16/1). The postcard is unused...This set celebrates the many postcards in our collections. The people, places and events they show can gi... More

Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Postcard looking up Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne towards Grey's Monument, early 20th Century (TWAM ref. DF.ATK/16/5)...The postcard is unused...This set celebrates the many postcards in our collections. The... More

View from Newcastle Central Station, England

View from Newcastle Central Station, England

A view of the largest railway crossing in the World, taken from Central Station, Newcastle upon Tyne, c1930 (TWAM ref. DF.ATK/16/1/2)...The postcard is unused...This set celebrates the many postcards in our col... More

Zeppelin raid on Blyth, 14 April 1915

Zeppelin raid on Blyth, 14 April 1915

Postcard of a Zeppelin raid on Blyth, 14 April 1915. The event took place but the airship has been inserted into the picture and the image is a fake (TWAM ref. 517/32)...The postcard is addressed to Mr Liddle, ... More

Unloading chromite into railway waggons

Unloading chromite into railway waggons

Discharging East African chromite from an ocean liner into a railway waggon at the Corporation Quay, Sunderland, July 1949 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/3177C)...This set of images celebrates the 300th Anniversary of the... More

Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Looking along Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, towards the Haymarket, May 1961 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/26766A)...Tyne & Wear Archives presents a series of images taken by the Newcastle-based photographers Turner... More

Blackett Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1960, England

Blackett Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1960, England

View along Blackett Street, Newcastle upon Tyne from near Grey's Monument, May 1960 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/24387C)...Tyne & Wear Archives presents a series of images taken by the Newcastle-based photographers Turn... More

A cargo liner from East Africa at the Corporation Quay, Sunderland

A cargo liner from East Africa at the Corporation Quay, Sunderland

View of the passenger / cargo ship Kenilworth Castle at the Corporation Quay, Sunderland, July 1949 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/3177D)...This set of images celebrates the 300th Anniversary of the establishment of the P... More

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