Tyne and wear

A metropolitan county in the far northeast of England, Tyne and Wear is named for the rivers that run through its two main cities, Newcastle and Sunderland. Coal mining and ... Read more

Beamish Museum in County Durham is planning a new 1950s town - and your home could be replicated

“Morning Brothers & Sisters. Happy Friday ! MLLH&R”

The tunnels between Howdon and Jarrow were first proposed in 1937, but it wasn’t until the Tyne Tunnel Act granted construction before Royal Assent in 1946, opening in 1951. The tunnels where designed to alleviate heavy traffic generated by the shipyards concentrated on the north and south river banks and allowed workers greater access to […]

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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 a series of images taken by the Newcastle-based photographers Turners Ltd. The firm had an excellent reputation and was regularly commissioned by local businesses to take photographs of their products and their premises. Turners also sometimes took aerial and street views on their own…

Tyne & Wear Transport Flashback

Since 1980, the Metros have undergone two major refurbishments, had three different colour schemes, have carried 1.5 billion passengers, and travelled 1.9 million miles

As she let slip from the quay at Portsmouth, few would realise that the HMS York was once the fastest destroyer in the Royal Navy, with a proud service record, having assisted in the invasion in Iraq, patrolling the waters of the south Atlantic and rescuing British citizens trapped in The Lebanon in 2006.