2013-07-31 Ernie

A rare sighting of a milkman. This one seems to survive because the Jewish community still like to have their milk delivered to the doorstep in bottles:

2013-07-30 Protestors at the Monument

I'm not sure what they were protesting about but "corporate greed" and "Tesco" featured widely on their placards:

2013-07-29 Low Fell flesh market

A gruesome sight on a brief visit to Low Fell:

2013-07-28 Coming soon to Wellington Street

The pictures say it all:

2013-07-27 Meet me on the corner

An impromptu meeting of Orthodox Jews on the corner of Bewick Road and Alexandra Road:

2013-07-26 Silence is golden

A mime artist in West Street. He is either very good at keeping still, dead or out to lunch:

2013-07-25 On the beach

Should have had the deck chairs out on the beach:

2013-07-24 Stray dog

A stray dog trying to find its way to the Little Theatre:

2013-07-23 Wengers/Yates

It looks fine from this side:

But not so good from the rear:

2013-07-22 Education Offices

The venue of my first job on leaving school. It was then the offices of the Gateshead Education Department and is now a Jewish College:

2013-07-21 Jackson Street

Jackson Street in 1967 when this was all the Co-op:

Picture courtesy of http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/

Jackson Street today:

2013-07-20 Shipcote Cinema

The Shipcote Cinema as it is today, Gateshead Snooker Club and a Health Club:

And as it was in 1960:

The second picture is courtesy of  http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/

2013-07-19 Miami Beach on Tyne

I'm not sure if this was a joke or just a reflection on the soaring temperatures:

And close up:

2013-A cool drink on a hot day

Just what the doctor ordered at the Union Rooms today:

2013-07-17 Mod

Spotted on Clayton Street. Look at those mirrors and that coat:

2013-07-16 A picture paints a thousand words

An ideal pursuit on a hot summer day:

2013-07-15 The leaning wall of Saltwell

It has taken a long time for the council to get to this stage but is it just me or is that wall leaning?

2013-07-14 Newcastle Gateshead

Bestriding the Tyne Newcastle and Gateshead together:

2013-07-13 Boer War Memorial Saltwell Park

"There is a Boer War memorial in the central section of the park around 100 metres south of Saltwell Towers. This consists of a bronze angel perched on a granite plinth and is dated 1905."

Beautifully kept by the Parks Department as can be seen:

2013-07-12 Newcastle Picture Theatre

Now HSBC:

Built in 1914:

And this is what it looked like then:

Final picture courtesy of Newcastle Libraries Flickr site.

2013-07-11 Reflections in Windows

Reflections on busking in the Central Arcade:

And the real thing:

2013-07-10 Old and new Gateshead

The old Town Hall and the relatively new Sage from Mulgrave Terrace:

2013-07-09 Walker Terrace

The fine old houses of the surviving side of Walker Terrace. The other side was less imposing and was demolished to make way for the Gateshead Metro Interchange:

2013-07-08 St. James Park

St. James Park viewed from Windmill Hills, sometimes referred to as the third cathedral of Newcastle:

2013-07-07 Ashfield House, Joicey Road

John Mawson of Mawson, Swan and Morgan fame had Ashfield House built for his family but he never got to live in it as he was killed in an explosion on the Town Moor before the house was finished:

This was how it looked in 1971 courtesy of isee.gateshead.gov.uk

2013-07-06 Doorsteps

The doorsteps of Clayton Street West:

And the whole block:

2013-07-05 The snapper snapped

The snapper snapped:

2013-07-04 Central Arcade with busker

The beautiful Central Arcade:

With classical busker:

2013-07-03 Blackbird taking a rest

A blackbird taking a break on the shed roof:

2013-07-02 Blue Tit in Saltwell Park

A young blue tit feeding in Saltwell Park bird feeding area:

2013-07-01 Fell Cottage

Fell Cottage surgery on Kells Lane, Low Fell: