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Tyne Anew, North Shields

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Source of the South Tyne (Sculpture)

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Man with Potential Selves, Newcastle

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Give and Take (Sculpture), Newcastle

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The Hundred Year Stone, Derwent Water

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Hedley Woodside Township, 1848

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Statues and Memorials

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Meta Culpa (sculpture)

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Satterthwaite Civil Parish

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Grizedale, Cumbria

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Advocate, Forth Street, Newcastle

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Family Sculpture, Gateshead

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Hedley Civil Parish, Northumberland

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Hedley Township, Northumberland, 1848

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Hedley on the Hill

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Hedgeley Township, 1848

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St John's Parish, Newcastle, 1848

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St Andrew's Parish, Newcastle, 1848

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All Saints Parish, Newcastle, 1848

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West Heddon

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East Heddon

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Heddon-on-the-Wall Parish, 1848

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Heddon-on-the-Wall Civil Parish

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1679

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Hawkwell House

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Tyne Anew, North Shields

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"Tyne anew"

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Tyne Anew

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Latest 25 comments
Simon Cotterill - Thanks for adding those details Lawrence!

Added to 049188:Abandoned tram track Lemington Unknown c.1947 - 5 days, 23 hours ago
Simon Cotterill - The Illustrated Chronicle published photos which were usually sent in by the families of the soldiers and most were published with just the minimal info you see; name, rank, place and status (kille...

Added to J Errington - 15th DLI - Murton Colliery (Missing) - 1 week, 1 day ago
Simon Cotterill - Thanks for adding this Rory - I've used Jesmond Metro Station loads of times - yet never seen or noticed this! I saw the details at https://www.nexus.org.uk/art-transport/commissions/garden-front-r...

Added to Garden Front, Newcastle Jesmond - 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Simon Cotterill - Thanks for sharing those interesting details Frank - great find!

Added to 051952:The Fairholme Club Benwell Unknown 1929 - 3 weeks, 2 days ago
Simon Cotterill - Thanks very much for that correction Dave - title now updated. Wasn't too clear in the scanned book. I see that it was built in 1872 and remains in use as a place of worship. https://www.mywesleyan...

Added to Penrith Methodist Chapel, Wordsworth Street - 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Simon Cotterill - Amazing aerial views of Codger Fort, great to see it from this perspective! thanks for sharing them.

Added to Codger Fort - 2 months, 1 week ago
Simon Cotterill - Ostmen (coal traders) Seal c.1600. The old freemen were divided into several companies or fraternities, of which the Ostmen were one. Also, called Hostmen or Hoastmen - spelling was a lot more flu...

Added to The Seal of the Fraternity of the Ostmen of the Towne of Newcastle upon Tyne - 2 months, 1 week ago
Simon Cotterill - Thanks for sharing that Barbara.

Added to Joseph Carruthers - 6th DLI - Consett (Wounded) - 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Simon Cotterill - Thanks very much for those comments Paul - I'll pass them on to Newcastle Libraries (the source of the photo and description). There was a caption for another photo of Gosforth High Street written ...

Added to 023228:High Street Gosforth?? c.1895 [See Comments] - 3 months, 1 week ago
Simon Cotterill - Thanks for sharing your memories Tony. Glad you weren't on the "Nil (beer) by Mouth" list!

Added to Former Sanderson Hospital, Gosforth - 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Simon Cotterill - Hi John, thanks for sharing that. Interesting to see the different spellings; Historic England use "Heber" in the listing, but older sources such as Richardson (1826) and Mackenzie (1827) use "Herb...

Added to Plaque re the Herber Tower - 10 months, 1 week ago
Simon Cotterill - Thanks for sharing that Oswald - bet it was too cold for the blue tits to steal any of the milk!

Added to Well beside Prendwick Burn - 1 year, 3 months ago
Simon Cotterill - "WALLSEND NURSE DIES ON ACTIVE SERVICE....Nurse Sylvia Stephenson, eldest daughter of Mrs M Stephenson and the late Alderman Chris Stephenson, of The Green, Wallsend, has died of dysentery in a mil...

Added to Sylvia Stephenson - Nurse - Wallsend (Died of dysentery) - 1 year, 4 months ago
Simon Cotterill - "WALLSEND MINER'S BRAVERY ON THE FIELD. The first deputy to join the Colours from the Yard seam of Wallsend gas pit has been promoted to the rank of corporal for conspicuous bravery under heavy she...

Added to Corpl Stafford - Wallsend (promoted for bravery) - 1 year, 4 months ago
Simon Cotterill - Hi George, thanks for adding these details for Captain Turnbull to Co-Curate - was he a relative of yours?

Added to J Turnbull - 8th DLI - Chester-le-Street (Wounded) - 1 year, 4 months ago
Simon Cotterill - CWGC info notes: Stevenson, Albert 1st/8th Bn. Durham Light Infantry Died 05/11/16 Died in France Age: 29 Service no: 2507 Son of Henry and Amelia Stevenson, of 62, Albert St., Grange Vil...

Added to Albert Stevenson - Army - Grange Villa - 1 year, 5 months ago
Simon Cotterill - Thanks Martin for yet more great info!

Added to G. W. Layton - 6th D.L.I. - Spennymoor - (Killed) - 1 year, 5 months ago
Simon Cotterill - T.S. Duddy, Durham Light Infantry, DCM

Added to 1916-02-12 (Feb) B 01 - 1 year, 5 months ago
Simon Cotterill - Seaman J Egglestone RN of Spennymoor (Missing)

Added to Egglestone, J - R.N - Spennymoor - Missing - 1 year, 5 months ago
Simon Cotterill - R Wilkinson, 14th DLI, of Spennymoor

Added to Wilkinson, R - 14th D.L.I - Spennymoor - Killed - 1 year, 5 months ago
Simon Cotterill - George Knott of North Shields - Captain of the SS Spennymoor. See his story at http://www.newmp.org.uk/article.php?categoryid=99&articleid=1627&displayorder=77

Added to Captain Knott - steamer Spennymoor - lost at sea - 1 year, 6 months ago
Simon Cotterill - Thanks for this additional info Martin!

Added to JT Cant - 2nd DLI - Kirk Merrington (Killed) - 1 year, 6 months ago
Simon Cotterill - Thanks for sharing all that information Martin. Was he a relative of yours?

Added to S Scaife - 6th DLI - Durham (Killed) - 1 year, 6 months ago
Simon Cotterill - This is Callers furniture store in Newcastle, which also did festive displays.

Added to fenwicks window - 1 year, 6 months ago
Simon Cotterill - Thanks for sharing that Jonathan. Hard to imagine the loss to your family at that time, and your Great Uncle making that sacrifice at just age 19.

Added to WW Parkinson - 8th DLI - Hamsteels Colliery (Missing) - 1 year, 6 months ago

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