Chod North East. Spotting through time.

[PhilA]

I think it was law for those Cortinas to have one rear light that the orange had gone white. Not both. Only one.

 

Phil

[Spottedlaurel]

Sooth sheelds boss.

 

Nice 180B too.

[Jim Bell]

Shields Road, Byker.

[Jim Bell]

Boldon Lane, Sooth Shields.

[richbraith]

Boldon Lane, South Tyneside.

Funny how Renault 14s so frequently pop up in old photos, people tend to forget nowadays that they were once quite a common sight.

[Jim Bell]

Ye Olde Bigg Market.

 

[Jim Bell]

Ye Oldier Forth Banks. Now home to Newcassels premier Police Station and holding cells. Pain in the arse in the ice or when you have a shit handbrake and the traffic is crawling.

[Jim Bell]

Bottom of Grey St, before the river. Forget what its called.

 

SOC will know.

 

[Jim Bell]

Sooth Shields at the Chi I think. Pre T&W Metro but post Mk2 Cav.

 

[Jim Bell]

Haymarket looking North toward the (not Honda) Civic Centre.

[mercrocker]

Bottom of Grey St, before the river. Forget what its called.

 

SOC will know.

 

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Unexpected Thunderbird!

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Bottom of Grey St, before the river. Forget what its called.

SOC will know.

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Now I see why the shopping centre in Tyneside is called The Metrocentre.

Metros were 3 times as popular as Thunderbirds- that is a proven fact.

Edited to add one of the Metros is in fact a Fiesta pretending to be a Metro.

Still twice as popular as Fiestas,Astras,Thunderbirds,Audi 80s and Escort Vans, indisputable FACT.

[Jim Bell]

The bloke that owned that Tbird lived on Low Friar St I think. It was always parked up there anyway and was well known around the town. Back when seeing an american car on the road was very rare.

[tooSavvy]

Sooth Shields at the Chi I think. Pre T&W Metro but post Mk2 Cav.

 

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Hmm... I cannot for the life of me place this road/bridge combo.....

 

The A1018 is Sunderland/SSh road and appears to be making a 'priority' Left Turn (blue signpost) but with traffic lights? Sign post shows no crossing 'T' at the junction ahead... but a minor right of way, straight on.

Might be a 'one way at a time' bridge road width??

 

nope.... has me baffled!!

 

*AneeHoo*... I did make a comment (some while ago) about standing on the 'Get Carter' car park, near the top of the stairwell - where the guy gets chucked over - you could see a 'Huge Hole' being dug & a 3 storey building appear but all below street level......

 

Told Ja So......

 

 

 

TS

[overrun]

Now I see why the shopping centre in Tyneside is called The Metrocentre.

Metros were 3 times as popular as Thunderbirds- that is a proven fact.

Edited to add one of the Metros is in fact a Fiesta pretending to be a Metro.

Still twice as popular as Fiestas,Astras,Thunderbirds,Audi 80s and Escort Vans, indisputable FACT.

 

Everything up here is or was called 'Metro'!

 

Metrocentre

Metroland (sorry, not what you think!)

Metro train service

Metro Radio

Metro Arena (sponsored by the radio station)

Metro!

[scaryoldcortina]

Bottom of Grey St, before the river. Forget what its called.

 

SOC will know.

 

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Junction of dean street and side, under the railway arch.

[mjrose78]

Moar bosses. Eldon Square Co2 asphyxiation station. As was.

Great thread. And my bus home, the 87 (or 88). It's dirtier than I remember down there. Old Haymarket bus station that is...

 

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[kinkersaab]

Some cracking old pics on this thread. Glad i looked in. One tends to just look for stuff in ones own area

 

Whilst this thread will be followed by NE England folk, does Any one remember a firm called blagdons? Something to do with oil barrels? Its a name i hadent heard since the late 80s,but am sure i heard it mentioned the other day somewhere . My grandad used to work for them.

I also , for a short while when i was 3 or so , lived in south sheilds whilst my dad was doing his masters ticket. All i can remember is the chap next door had a mk10 jag and an allegro, i think he was called keith. both cars were white, and the allegro was always on ramps in the street, a street like many in these pics There was a fruit shop near by, and i use to get a red apple for a treat. Ah, i love the memories old pics bring back. sorry for the rammble.......

[kinkersaab]

Also, we still deal with custombuilt, Roger he is called, we bought a few from him just before christmas, i think he has now retired.

[JeeExEll]

Some cracking old pics on this thread. Glad i looked in. One tends to just look for stuff in ones own area

 

Whilst this thread will be followed by NE England folk, does Any one remember a firm called blagdons? Something to do with oil barrels? Its a name i hadent heard since the late 80s,but am sure i heard it mentioned the other day somewhere . My grandad used to work for them.

I also , for a short while when i was 3 or so , lived in south sheilds whilst my dad was doing his masters ticket. All i can remember is the chap next door had a mk10 jag and an allegro, i think he was called keith. both cars were white, and the allegro was always on ramps in the street, a street like many in these pics There was a fruit shop near by, and i use to get a red apple for a treat. Ah, i love the memories old pics bring back. sorry for the rammble.......

All really interesting period pics and I'm definitely not living locally. Thanks for all posts.

[scaryoldcortina]

Hmm... I cannot for the life of me place this road/bridge combo.....

 

The A1018 is Sunderland/SSh road and appears to be making a 'priority' Left Turn (blue signpost) but with traffic lights? Sign post shows no crossing 'T' at the junction ahead... but a minor right of way, straight on.

Might be a 'one way at a time' bridge road width??

 

nope.... has me baffled!!

 

 

 

The rail lines at the south shields end are in a cutting... maybe it's sunderland.

[Guest Lord Sward]

It doesn't look rough enough for Sunderland.

[Jim Bell]

Im going to guess that its somewhere along here, pre-western approach bypass and that the road no longer exists.

 

[scaryoldcortina]

https://goo.gl/maps/WXVWt3YuLYv

 

Here, maybe?

[Jim Bell]

https://goo.gl/maps/WXVWt3YuLYv

 

Here, maybe?

Could be.

[overrun]

Also, we still deal with custombuilt, Roger he is called, we bought a few from him just before christmas, i think he has now retired.

 

Custombilt is gone, now. So that ^ explains it!

 

It doesn't look rough enough for Sunderland.

 

Good thing Sunderland* benefitted hugely* from the formation of Tyne and Wear, eh?

Still, at least the phone boxes and horses are safe.

[tooSavvy]

https://goo.gl/maps/WXVWt3YuLYv

 

Here, maybe?

.... Urban streetlights and a church steeple yon side of embankment....

 

If it is running Ncl/Sland BR - past the dogs and 'tile sheds'- I cannot hook it up to Sunderland/SSh link road.

 

GrrrGrrr there goes my #unt count, up again

 

Cunt

 

 

TS

[Jim Bell]

Whitley Bay.

 

 

Then.

 

 

 

 

Now.

[Jim Bell]

Grey street running south of Greys Monument.

 

[Jim Bell]

Grey Street.