Steve Thompson

This is the Guildhall – my band played here many times in the 70’s

The Tyne Bridge – (puffs chest with pride) Kinda hard to do justice to in a picture just hurriedly pointing and clicking. You see evidence of it in many of these Tyne pics. It was the inspiration for Sydney Harbour Bridge which was also built with steel from this region. (chest swells even larger with … Read more

And now moving down from Byker to the quayside area of Newcastle My appointment (failed) was in the area to the right. The rest of the pics were shot in the area to the left on the North bank of the Tyne.

This is an interesting pub. I did not go inside (this trip) but I can tell you what is inside of great interest. The Juke Box remains stocked with a classic set of 60’s records.

4pm arrived in Newcastle – Byker to be precise. Only 4 hours late !! This is Byker Library (now named the Brinkburn Centre). It is 100 years old this year. Sadly there was a fire recently in the roofspace as you can probably see. I’ll learn more when I return to keep the appointment I … Read more