Chod North East. Spotting through time.

[Blake's Den]

  On 17/07/2023 at 09:26, Jim Bell said:

 

 

 

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That looks like a pair of fake legs!

[gm]

loads to see in this very interesting documentary about the Tyne and Wear Metro

 

 

[Blake's Den]

  On 20/07/2023 at 20:25, gm said:

loads to see in this very interesting documentary about the Tyne and Wear Metro

 

 

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That's great! Thanks for sharing it.

[tooSavvy]

I may have mentioned this B4 🤔

When the Central Mway was built, long B4 Metro, some large cement voids were incorporated into the substructure = eventually they were broken open to let track run through 🚉

[chaseracer]

Yep - incorporated into the tunnels from Jesmond through Monument to Central Station.  Nice bit of integrated forward planning.

[Jim Bell]

And the cement was all substandard due to political corruption. SCANDAL 

[Nullzwei]

  On 24/07/2023 at 07:45, chaseracer said:

Yep - incorporated into the tunnels from Jesmond through Monument to Central Station.  Nice bit of integrated forward planning.

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Indeed, just after Jesmond metro station straight under the central motorways version of spaghetti junction.

 

[chaseracer]

  On 24/07/2023 at 07:22, tooSavvy said:

I may have mentioned this B4 🤔

When the Central Mway was built, long B4 Metro, some large cement voids were incorporated into the substructure = eventually they were broken open to let track run through 🚉

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https://www.skyscrapercity.com/threads/diversion-building-the-cme-central-motorway-east-from-1972-to-1975-and-using-it-thereafter.999987/

Get comfy...

[Jim Bell]

Vine street Sunderland I think. 

[Jim Bell]

A smattering of Tyne and Wear service busses. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Dabooka]

Old buses really are a thing of beauty.

That No 1 was my old route back home, in that direction, although mine were more modern Atlanteans (?) in the main.  I’m sure the Tyne and Wear Omnibus Corp (?) which was a short lived driver owned cooperative used singles decers like that, in blue and white.

[Jim Bell]

  On 17/08/2023 at 21:00, Dabooka said:

Old buses really are a thing of beauty.

That No 1 was my old route back home, in that direction, although mine were more modern Atlanteans (?) in the main.  I’m sure the Tyne and Wear Omnibus Corp (?) which was a short lived driver owned cooperative used singles decers like that, in blue and white.

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[Nullzwei]

  On 17/08/2023 at 09:41, Jim Bell said:

A smattering of Tyne and Wear service busses.

 

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Newcastle polytechnic now Northumbria Universities library being built in the background.

[chaseracer]

  On 18/08/2023 at 08:27, Nullzwei said:

Newcastle polytechnic now Northumbria Universities library being built in the background.

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I spent some time (but not enough!) in there...

[Jim Bell]

Shop at Binns!!

 

Old busses at Tynemouth front street. 

[Jim Bell]

Metro City at South Shields MSCP

 

[Jim Bell]

Bleakest Sunderland. 

[sdkrc]

What is this lad? Citroen LNA?

[High Jetter]

Peugeot 104?

[chaseracer]

Late 104 SL.

[tooSavvy]

  On 30/08/2023 at 20:28, Jim Bell said:

Metro City at South Shields MSCP

 

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Ahhh...... 'petrol thefts' were a thing, for a while.

Parkup >> all day away on train,at work >> return late. = MT

*Poss wrong carpark - it was the one by the station🤔

Twas a thing, aye.... 😕

[Jim Bell]

Whitley Bay Caravan Park. 

[Jim Bell]

The Groat Market and Bigg Market, Newcastle. 

 

 

[Jim Bell]

Gallowgate, Newcastle

 

[Jim Bell]

Nun Street, Newcastle. 

[High Jetter]

Newkey looks so inviting...

[chaseracer]

  On 01/09/2023 at 21:40, Jim Bell said:

Whitley Bay Caravan Park. 

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Is that a J-reg? 😁

[chaseracer]

  On 01/09/2023 at 21:43, Jim Bell said:

Nun Street, Newcastle. 

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Bloody hell, Farnons... that takes me back...!

[chaseracer]

  On 01/09/2023 at 21:41, Jim Bell said:

...Bigg Market, Newcastle. 

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More than a few messy nights out there, in the mid-80s.  Are the underground bogs still operational?

[Jim Bell]

  On 02/09/2023 at 20:17, chaseracer said:

More than a few messy nights out there, in the mid-80s.  Are the underground bogs still operational?

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This is gonna sound like a joke, but no. They redeveloped the underground bogs into a bar. 

 

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/bigg-market-toilets-wine-bar-17102481.amp