Chod North East. Spotting through time.

[Jim Bell]

Sunderland Road, South Shields. 

 

[Jim Bell]

Ocean Road South Shields

[Jim Bell]

The fake Tyne Bridge, Sunderland. 

 

[Jim Bell]

Sunderland Dancing Rink 1987.

 

 

[Jim Bell]

Harton Village South Shields. 

 

 

 

 

[Jim Bell]

Cradlewell, Jesmond, Newcastle. 

 

 

 

 

[Jim Bell]

Park Avenue shops, South Shields. 

 

[tooSavvy]

Quite a traffic nightmare the 'dene underpass' [Corner House, Coast Rd]... Shoot thru now, gone in 20secs.

Worthwhile realignment, to be fair....

Bet they thought the church was going to topple.. lol

[Jim Bell]

Few from South Shields. 

Talbot Road.

 

 

Albermarle Street. 

 

[Jim Bell]

[Jim Bell]

Sunderland bridge AGEN

[Jim Bell]

South Shields 

 

Ocean Road durning the high tide. Yes, that's the sea. 

 

 

George Potts St. 

 

 

Somewhere down the front?!

[Spottedlaurel]

Interesting variety at Ridgeway Garages. Looks like a Galant in there (just seen the Mitsubishi symbol above the entrance doors). Maybe a 240 or 260Z at the far end?

[overrun]

On 10/24/2019 at 9:03 AM, Jim Bell said:

The fake Tyne Bridge, Sunderland. 

 

I prefer the fake Sydney Harbour bridge in Newcastle.

Scumcastle finished theirs first (cos it’s smaller), but the Aussie one was planned and started first.

Carry on.

[Jim Bell]

I agree. Smaller ones are much worse. 

[jonny69]

You know how sometimes you open a thread and think wtaf this is excellent how have I managed to miss this? This is one of them and I’ve somehow managed to miss it every time for 4 whole years. Up to page 5 and making sure I keep it in an open tab so I can finish reading later...

[MorrisItalSLX]

5 hours ago, Jim Bell said:

Ocean Road durning the high tide. Yes, that's the sea. 

I imagine that Mini dissolved before it made it back home.

[Maurice Marina]

Love the South Shields ones as I lived In Harton Lane and used to walk up through Harton Village as a school kid. Worked in the Trebon one summer. Mohamed Ali came past in a bus. 

 

[Maurice Marina]

Not sure the rink is 1987 tho...

[Amishtat]

On 11/26/2019 at 11:43 AM, Jim Bell said:

Sunderland bridge AGEN

Late registration madness on that 3 litre too, I've never seen one later than a K

[Cavcraft]

On 11/26/2019 at 11:43 AM, Jim Bell said:

Sunderland bridge AGEN

 

That picture has got everything going on. 127.9/3.

[Jim Bell]

Chichester Road South Shields. 

 

 

 

 

Ferry landing South Shields. 

 

[Jim Bell]

Sports Week parade, Ocean Road. Just look at that Louvre. 

[Jim Bell]

Dean Road South Shields. 

[Jim Bell]

The pre tunnel ferry. 

 

 

 

 

[Jim Bell]

I didn't know the Metro (City) went to Fowler St. 

 

[richbraith]

6 hours ago, Jim Bell said:

The pre tunnel ferry. 

 

 

 

 

When did the tunnel open Ben?  I'm aware I could just google this but...

[Jim Bell]

26 minutes ago, richbraith said:

When did the tunnel open Ben?  I'm aware I could just google this but...

@richbraith

Completed 67 and opened in 68 man. 

That was the first one anyway.  

Tyne Tunnel 2 opened 2011. 

[richbraith]

What was the difference between 1 and 2?

I remember going through it on a day trip to Northumberland with my parents and a couple they were friends with, in a mk1 Granada.  I think it would be early 1985.  Can somehow remember stopping in Morpeth and going into a shop and there was a copy of a car mag with the brand new Renault Supercinq on the cover.

[Jim Bell]

17 minutes ago, richbraith said:

What was the difference between 1 and 2?

I remember going through it on a day trip to Northumberland with my parents and a couple they were friends with, in a mk1 Granada.  I think it would be early 1985.  Can somehow remember stopping in Morpeth and going into a shop and there was a copy of a car mag with the brand new Renault Supercinq on the cover.

The difference between the two Tyne Tunnels?

Ones very old and ones very new?

One runs north only and one runs south only, both have two lanes and they're right next to each other. 

Before the second tunnel opened it was one tunnel with one lane North and one lane South. 

Sorry if I mis-understood the question.