tooSavvy Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Metro Centre: .... long B4 it was..... my dad worked at Raine &co, steelworks - along the riverside beside the power station [see: The hearse, back lane, Get Carter] and the only road access was through the little iron bridge (still there) and over the yards railway lines... The salesmen, all in cortinas or mebbies a victor, would hoon up the road - under the bridge - and 'yumpp it' over the lines. Epic sight, allegedly!! The company rolled various profiles, from flat, out of Consett. They had a nice 'salvage' contract for the NCB. Old rail lines were delivered into the works, cut to length (various), heated and bent to a semi circle with the fishplate at the top. These went as supports for the main roadways underground. H&S... err... nope. The rollers for forming the steel strips should have a Pin&LockRing in the coupling.... As the lads were always swapping the forming rollers they just hoiked a heavy wire through (not a safe ring) and a guy was doing something down at the motor/clutch end and the wire hooked into his gansie pullover... my dad said the place was closed for a 'full clean up' Gahhhhhh thems was the good old days...... TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryoldcortina Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Metro Centre: .... long B4 it was..... my dad worked at Raine &co, steelworks - along the riverside beside the power station [see: The hearse, back lane, Get Carter] and the only road access was through the little iron bridge (still there) and over the yards railway lines... chaseracer, Christine, Grundig and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryoldcortina Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Grundig, Junkman, Jim Bell and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryoldcortina Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Junkman, Jim Bell, chaseracer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompei Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I grew up just outside Blaydon and can remember those terraces off Scotswood Road being pulled down and the hideous modernist buildings that replaced them. I moved to Hull when I was 18 so I'd love to see some old pics of the area. I had forgotten about Sven Books - used to live just round the corner on Sculcoates Lane (in a paper bag). Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryoldcortina Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Couple more... Newgate Street, 1965 Haymarket, 1956 Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryoldcortina Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 From a Newcastle Journal piece on the Meadowell riots, this was their header pic. Spot the obvious error. Junkman and catsinthewelder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryoldcortina Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 click the pic for the full set! oldcars and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HH-R Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 That ain't the meadow well? I can't work out what is on fire though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryoldcortina Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Yeah, the B1311 is Elswick Road and doesn't go near north shields.... I think it's the Dodds Arms pub on fire in the background. Hell of a mess the next day, I walked past it on my way into town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted January 4, 2016 Author Share Posted January 4, 2016 There hasn't been a good riot for a long time. I think we might be overdue. Junkman and bub2006 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 click the pic for the full set! Some great pictures there... What are these little tykes playing on then??...I thought Talbot, but I aint sure as certain things, like those bonnet vents don't look right to me... And Japanese I guess, but what?? Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 looks like it was once a Renault 9 Nicola H 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lord Sward Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 There hasn't been a good riot for a long time. I think we might be overdue. Riots work. FACT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 There hasn't been a good riot for a long time. I think we might be overdue. Witney might be a good place to start... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryoldcortina Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 No they don't! The pissing about and "improvements" the council did to the west end estates made them all more or less unliveable pretty quickly. We moved out in early '95 after enduring a full refit on the house without being moved out, and a serious rise in burglary during and afterwards because the pretty new doors and windows were shite. Mind you, I don't think it was a proper riot. It looked more like a load of looting and some strategic arson from where I was standing. pompei 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Datsun 180B Bluebird estate. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlo Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I've never been to Newcastle or Gateshead but I thought knocking down that car park was criminal. oldcars, Junkman, Jim Bell and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryoldcortina Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 it's worse when you look at what they built instead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted January 4, 2016 Author Share Posted January 4, 2016 Wey. If wa gannin awwa the watta: Bensham bank/Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted January 4, 2016 Author Share Posted January 4, 2016 Gateshead Sally. On ward christian shite. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted January 4, 2016 Author Share Posted January 4, 2016 Not far from Scary Towers. Consett front road? Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted January 4, 2016 Author Share Posted January 4, 2016 Jackson Street, Gateshead. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted January 4, 2016 Author Share Posted January 4, 2016 Big bus little bus tiny bus. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryoldcortina Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Not far from Scary Towers. Consett front road? Front street, with the Steel works in the background. Raise you Stanley Front street before zombie apocalypse bypass and pedestrian presinct. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted January 4, 2016 Author Share Posted January 4, 2016 Mick Jagger outside the Five Bridges Hotel in Gateshead. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted January 4, 2016 Author Share Posted January 4, 2016 Whickham Post Office (its small) Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryoldcortina Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 ^ That's out of the domesday project. Notice how the wall is freshly rebuilt just behind the old ladies? It still gets knocked down about once a year! Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted January 4, 2016 Author Share Posted January 4, 2016 Back north of the river for the last few of the day. The back of Micheal Parrish's on Shields Rd, Byker. Baltic on the Quayside (north shore) Marlborough Bus Station in Newcastle (now the Centre For Life) Bonus Mk1 Cav content peeping. Grundig and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompei Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Love these pics - takes me back! Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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