2013-10-31 SHADEE

I wonder what that us all about:

2013-10-30 The Fleet's In

Model boat day on Saltwell Park lake:

2013-10-29 Carriage Proprietor

A wonderful old sign in Percy Street Newcastle:

2013-10-28 Busker

You get a better class of busker in the Central Arcade:

2013-10-27 The Side

I've spent many a happy hour in the Empress and a small fortune in the barber's next door:

2013-10-26 Shop around

Everybody thought it had been abandoned years ago:

But it has now:

2013-10-25 These Boots

Boots is moving into Trinity Square:

2013-10-24 Tyne Valley

This picture was taken in the late 70s by a friend of mine from School Street:

2013-10-23 Shadow gate

Just because I like it:

2013-10-22 Town Wall

The Town Wall is a fairly recently opened pub situated in Bewick House Pink Lane which was built in 1884:

2013-10-21 Black Swan

A yard off Westgate Road which specialises in arty things. It was named after a former pub at that number but it was later discovered that the numbering system was changed and the Blacl Swan was much further down the road:

2013-10-20 Isaac Walton's

The last remaining shop of several run by Isaac Walton:

2013-10-19 R. A. Dodds

The original R. A. Dodds, butcher that I remember was on Saltwell Road but there also shops in Felling and Whickham. I must have walked under this sign in the Grainger Market hundreds of times but only noticed it today:

2013-10-18 Monument Busker

I have seen her before in the Central Arcade and she has a beautiful voice:

2013-10-17 The Clock

Northern Goldsmiths clock on the corner of Clayton Street West and Westgate Road minus its base:

2013-10-16 Jackson Street

Looking down Jackson Street from High West Street:

2013-10-15 Metro Arena

The Metro Arena seen from Windmill Hills on a misty day:

2013-10-14 High West Street

Since the Taste of China there has been no Chinese restaurant in the centre of Gateshead but it looks as though a new one is opening:

2103-10-13 Passing the folks along the road

The blue plaque in honour of Geordie Ridley author of the Blaydon Races on Gateshead High Street:

2013-10-12 Gorilla

A passive gorilla guards the entrance to the rear of the Vermont Hotel:

2013-10-11 It's a gas

I bet this guy us not very popular today:

2013-10-10 It's a job!

Somebody's got to do it:

2013-10-09 Alien Lights again

The low autumn brings out the alien lights again:

2013-10-08 Scotswood Bridge

Scotswood Bridge and the Tyne Valley viewed from Derwentwater Road:

2013-10-07 Newcastle Skyline

Looking from Derwentwater Road over to St.James's Park:

2013-10-06 Cross House

My dad's favourite watering hole in days gone by. Sadly, it seems to be closed more than open these days:

2013-10-05 Prince Consort Road

The view south towards the Central Library in the 60s:

And today:

Old picture courtesy of Gateshead Libraries.

2013-10-04 Flight delay

All flights were delayed due to rain:

2013-10-03 Reflection on The Sage

The main entrance to the Sage building with a reflection of the Tyne Bridge:

2013-10-02 Kells Lane changes

This is what it looked three years ago:

And today:

2013-10-01 Bottle Bank

Adderstone Group has been granted planning permission on appeal to build a two story office and shops building on this corner site: