Chod North East. Spotting through time.

[MiniMinorMk3]

Anyone recognise this Sankeys depot?

[Jim Bell]

Peak Sunderland. Rail station. Summer of 2019. 

 

[Dabooka]

That building behind was my old office for a while about twenty years ago. Used to fall straight into a pub most days, often then going to Crowtree to play 5 a side afterwards.

Miserable town but happy times

[Jim Bell]

Haymarket Newcastle. 65

[Jim Bell]

Northumberland Street. Newcastle. 

 

[Jim Bell]

Quayside Newcastle, 67

[chaseracer]

20 hours ago, Jim Bell said:

Northumberland Street. Newcastle. 

 

I think those are 'Newcastle 900' banners, so 1980.  You can almost smell the newness in that beige Cortina.

Have a gratuitous pic of Eldon Square when it was funky...

[Jim Bell]

Ravensworth Road, Gateshead. 

[Jim Bell]

15 hours ago, chaseracer said:

 

Have a gratuitous pic of Eldon Square when it was funky...

 

 

It really went downhill once they took the pencils out. 

 

[gm]

those giant pencils were great - a trip to town wasn’t complete without a climb on the pencils  

[High Jetter]

I don't get the idea of those pencils, what's the point? 😀

[tooSavvy]

..... Where's the point, Shirley?

🚙💨

[Jim Bell]

Stockton Road Sunderland 1982

 

[Jim Bell]

Fawcett Street, Sunderland. 

 

[chaseracer]

3 minutes ago, Jim Bell said:

Stockton Road Sunderland 1982

 

Government-approved 'full meal', even then...

[R Lutz]

On 13/02/2025 at 21:52, Jim Bell said:

Washington Cinema 

 

I've spent many an evening or afternoon in there. Funeral parlour now. Nice Ital. 

[R Lutz]

On 14/02/2025 at 21:24, Jim Bell said:

Peak Sunderland. Rail station. Summer of 2019. 

 

A large chunk of my childhood was spent on those awful vibratory bastards. They replaced Mercedes units. That on has just lost its red colour scheme 

[MiniMinorMk3]

Newton Road High Heaton 1909. Very early Newcastle BB reg no. BB registrations were issued from January 1904.

[MiniMinorMk3]

Winthrop Laboratories Limited, Fawdon 1957. This site belongs to Accord Healthcare now. I worked there in 2003 when it was run by Sanofi working on some expansion and upgrading.

 

[Jim Bell]

3 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Winthrop Laboratories Limited, Fawdon 1957. This site belongs to Accord Healthcare now. I worked there in 2003 when it was run by Sanofi working on some expansion and upgrading.

 

My old man worked at Stirling/Winthrop when I was a lad. Mam worked next door at Rountree at the time. 

[MiniMinorMk3]

Just now, Jim Bell said:

My old man worked at Stirling/Winthrop when I was a lad. Man worked next door at Rountree. 

That was one of the great things about working there, the smells that came from the Rountree factory.

[Jim Bell]

Carley Hill, Sunderland 2014. 

 

[tooSavvy]

On 17/02/2025 at 12:54, MiniMinorMk3 said:

That was one of the great things about working there, the smells that came from the Rountree factory.

The 'metal tins' (of Rowntrees sweets) were printed up on tin sheets running through printing presses built at my factory, Crabtree of Gateshead @Team Valley estate.

🚙💨

[R Lutz]

On 17/02/2025 at 12:41, MiniMinorMk3 said:

 BB registrations were issued from January 1904.

My Trade Plates were 'BB'

[Jim Bell]

North end of the Tyne bridge 1965

 

 

 

[Jim Bell]

Houghton Le Spring. 80s

 

 

[Jim Bell]

Newbottle 1980s

 

 

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

70's septic or Aussie Chrysler stage right 

[Jim Bell]

Fire at Hardy's Store in  Sunderland, May 2002. 

The fire caused upwards of four hundred pounds worth of improvements to the city centre. 

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

The Carriage, Jesmond 1982