Comments on: The River Tyne

By: Astec123

Astec123 — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 23:34:45 +0000

Cool, my reference was made for this, Nice! Couldnt help it I live south of the place. Love this site and come over to take a look often. I must admit this site is quite an education. Quite unique learning of geography this way. Anyway just thought it cool I got a mention.

By: Steve Walker

Steve Walker — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 07:52:32 +0000

Re: ST PADDY

The Tyne and Sydney Harbour bridge were
both designed and constructed by Teesside
based company (sadly no more) Dorman and Long.
(Stockton) The main factory entrance is still preserved
on the TEESDALE development site and shows the
true scale of the opertaion.

They were a principal steel maker in the golden
industrial age of the North east and supplied steel
to numerous bridges around the world. The tyne bridge
was actually concieved as a proving ground for the
longer (nearly twice as) and more ambitious sydney
harbour bridge, due to the similar geological and
geographic conciderations. There are some
fantastic pictures of its construction on google images.

By: woowoowoo

woowoowoo — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 05:17:34 +0000

excellent ground level shot of the swing bridge on flickr

By: Gabe

Gabe — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 02:36:50 +0000

Those Ship-shaped holes are so… pseudophallic…

By: cookie monster

cookie monster — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:53:59 +0000

I suspect its a railway thing!
Newcastle’s station is called Central Station and that line just to the rear of the pub heads straight in to …..you’ve guessed it….Central Station.
Railway Passage to the rear aswell!

By: BM of M

BM of M — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:21:30 +0000

We were playing a gig and someone recommended it.

we’d forgot the name of the pub and asked a punter.

what came out of his mouth was totally not ‘The Central’ - sounded more like the Severn but we were on the Tyne.

very confusing.

Not sure what it’s the centre of either?

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:00:30 +0000

The High Level Bridge is currently closed to road traffic for extensive refurbishment works…I think at one stage there was speculation that it might never reopen, but I believe the signs around the place imply that it will reopen next year…

By: cookie monster

cookie monster — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:46:13 +0000

Ah - ive been in that boozer too BM of M. There was a match on but there was just me and this old boy in there (i presume the rest of the population were actually at the game) and they just had the radio on no telly or sky or whatever. I’m usually quite good with accents but i could not understand a word this old boy was saying (he was completely leathered though).
Proper old skool pub!

By: BM of M

BM of M — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:38:30 +0000

I went to this amazing pub last week: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

It’s called the Central and is like the shape of a mini FlatIron Building. There was a dog with a makeshift insulation tape bandage around its foot.

It’s in Gateshead, just before you hit the Tyne Bridge.

Ground level here: http://www.monkchester.co.uk/gateshead_18.htm

There’s a pretty amazing new concert hall in Gateshead too near that blinking eye bridge. It’s just a building site on the google maps though.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:51:46 +0000

Could this be the El Ferdan Railway Bridge? Look at the shape of what appears to be an indentation on the western bank:
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

Compare:
http://www.unister.de/Unister/uploads/wissen/30000/30335_bild5_w2.gif

The cable-stayed road bridge is much easier to find:
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth