concrete, sand, rocks and industrial waste taken by iambigred.

The outdoor pool in Tynemouth, now long closed and filled in with concrete, sand, rocks and industrial waste.

Oct.15, 1993 taken by TedSher.

Northumberland Street, October 15th 1993. “The Oxford Street of the North”

I just had to blog this, it’s such a contrast between 12 years ago and now. A lot has changed; pedestranisation now rules over the car, road maps are now interactive and mobile telephones are common.

Having said that a lot has remained the same; the character of Newcastle, the popularity of one of the countries busiest shopping streets and the shops are still in their prime locations

More from tedsherarts.

Sorry for the absense in the updates over the past few months, I’ll try and get into adding new photos every 2/3 days and get the website back on track again. I’ll probably upgrade to Wordpress 2 in the next few weeks and get a better theme sorted out.

Exploding Sage taken by iambigred.

The NewcastleGateshead winter festival came to a close this evening with a spectacular fireworks display.

Here fireworks came shooting from the Sage in Gateshead across the Tyne towards the crowd on the Newcastle quayside.

Bonfire Night #2 taken by ellen.w.

Walker Park, Newcastle.

welcome to newcastle taken by iambigred.

If you look to your left hand side, travelling North, the train curves around the bend to roll across the River Tyne. Here you get your first glimpse of Newcastle’s industrial past and the marvelous architecture in the distance.

The view on the right is completely different…

out of the 1,000 jobs…. taken by iambigred.

Out of the 1,000 jobs…. I wonder if the ‘newspaper seller’ is one of them

The usual indistinguishable yell of chhhhhhrooooooooooonicle was missing today, with the chronicle man nowhere to be seen.

tunnel, originally uploaded by iambigred.

Wondering why photographers like alleyway and tunnels so much, and apart from some pseudo-Freudian stuff about birthing or penetration, I think it’s something to do with the challenge about producing the right depth of field. This particular place is also endowed with vivid sunshine colours and rather sweet tagging. Vera was here, allegedly.

Chinatown taken by teotwawki.

Standing 11.3m high arch and based on a Chinese Royal Palace style, the majestic arch entering Stowell Street

A workforce of engineers were sent from Shanghai to Newcastle to design and construct the arch.

The ceremonial arch has been eagerly awaited for a long time and this is an important milestone.