October 2023. Gateshead. Gateshead is brilliant, isn’t it ? Cheap hotels, proper fry ups, and in Saltwell Park it has one of the great public spaces. We spent Sunday morning in Saltwell, a wondrous rambling place with little zoo, eco shop, artisan coffee and rose gardens. In Guildford you’d pay £12.50 for such a park;… Continue reading THE ANGELS OF GATESHEAD
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BUS, BUS, BUS, BUS, MAGIC MICRO BUS – A GATESHEAD GREAT
October 2023. Gateshead. An absolute deluge of posts coming up from Newcastle; old favourites, new favourites, that bloke from the 1975 AND Les Dennis. Saturday night sees the hotels either side of the Tyne fill up and double their prices; the Durham House Hotel is probably too far from the Toon for tottering hen parties… Continue reading BUS, BUS, BUS, BUS, MAGIC MICRO BUS – A GATESHEAD GREAT
FIVE BRIDGES (OR IS IT SEVEN ?)
31st May 2023. Firstly, an apology to reader Mr John Watson, who has sent me a stern Paddington stare, the equivalent of a 90 day Parliamentary ban by the Privileges Committee, I’d written “The in-laws had always wanted to visit Beamish, the living history museum just outside Newcastle“, when of course Beamish is very much part… Continue reading FIVE BRIDGES (OR IS IT SEVEN ?)
HIT THE TOON
31 May 2023. The in-laws had really wanted to visit Newcastle (in FIL’s* case, for the first time since before The House of the Rising Sun was No. 1) on their visit to Sheffield. It did at least take a couple of days out of their ten (10) day visit, and I needed five ticks… Continue reading HIT THE TOON
STUFF CARTER – GATESHEAD GETS A’HEED
Yes, I really have done a post on Gateshead without leading with the Angel at the top. But don’t worry, she’ll be back. Oh yes. This is a prototype, modelled (possibly) on Mrs Ethel Milburn of Benton. It’s on display in Shipley Art Gallery, where I was the only visitor. You can’t give art away… Continue reading STUFF CARTER – GATESHEAD GETS A’HEED
GATESHEAD’S PUB BUSKERS
As you’ll know, all the best bits of Newcastle are actually in Seaton Sluice. But Gateshead has its attractions too, including some of the darkest, scariest roads outside of Harare (but better pub windows). I was too early to make the BALTIC cutting-edge Christmas ceramics workshop, so had to make do with a couple of new… Continue reading GATESHEAD’S PUB BUSKERS
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