#Elswick #NewcatleUponTyne On this day 6th June 1926 the Montague Pit Disaster Memorial was unveiled in St John's Elswick Cemetery Newcastle upon Tyne. Piece from the Sunday Sun 6th June 1926 and images taken 30th January 2022.

#NewcastleUponTyne A view of the Bigg Market Newcastle upon Tyne on this day 6th June 2011.

#NewcastleUponTyne Front page of the Evening Chronicle on this day 6th June 1944. D Day Landings.

#NorthShields The Seine Boat, photographed on this day, 6th June 2014. The pub was originally named Ridges Inn and was built in 1939 by Benjamin Peel Ltd for William McEwan & Co. Now a supermarket.

#Florida Fort Matanzas, Antasia Island, St Augustine, Florida, USA photographed on this day 6th June 2005. Built by the Spanish between 1740 and 1742. Restored by the US Government in 1916 and now a National Monument.On the Matanzas River accessible by boat. More @ www.flickr.com/photos/steve...

#Florida The resting place in St Augustine Cemetery, Florida, USA, Captain George C. Powers (1827-1884), Confederate Army, commanding officer of Company I of the 10th Florida Infantry. Confederate Army. Photographed on this day 5th June 2005.

#Florida Oldest Wood School House in the USA -St Augustine, Florida, photographed on this day 5th June 2005. Built circa 1800-1810 as a home and used in part as a school by Juan Genopoly, the last lesson being held on 1864. oldestwoodenschoolhouse.com

#NewcastleUponTyne Heber Tower and Chinese Garden Stowell Street Newcastle upon Tyne on this day 4th June 2015. Black and White photograph of the Heber Tower courtesy of the Jack and Geoff Phillips Collection.

#NewcastleUponTyne Hopefully it is still there, art installation 'Flowering of the Lort Burn' in Leazes Park snapped on this day 4th June 2015 to show the position of the burn as it enters the lake.

#Gateshead St Mary's Church Gateshead photographed 16th August 1987. Following arson attacks in 1979 and 1983 it was at this stage awaiting restoration.

#Amsterdam This one took my eye in Amsterdam in 2007. Above the doorway of the Sint Olofskapel on Zeedijk, Amsterdam. Chapel dating from1440. Restored in the 1990's and reopened as a conference centre.

#NewcastleUponTyne Anyone recall Di Marco Italian Caffe at 93 Grey Street, snapped here on this day 3rd June 2012? Closed sometime before 2021.

#NewcastleUponTyne Sparks fly in Newcastle upon Tyne on this day in history, 3rd June 1816. Reported by John Sykes.

#Gateshead #Newcastle A little piece of Gateshead and Newcastle upon Tyne history reported by John Sykes - On this day in history 3rd June 1754.

#NewcastleUponTyne On this day 3rd June 2011, Norwich Union House on the corner of Westgate Road ands Pudding Chare. It would meet the wrecking ball in 2015 and has now been replaced with student accommodation.

#NewcastleUponTyne On this day 3rd June 2011 - Grade II Listed House Carpenter's Hall at 100-108 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne. Company meeting hall, now with shops. 1805-12, for Company of House Carpenters. Late C19 shops.

#NewcastleUponTyne On this day 3rd June 2011 - the Grade II Listed 1 Charlotte Square, Newcastle upon Tyne. William Newton built the houses at numbers 1 and 2 specifically for his own family, number 2 being for his father Robert and 1 for himself and his wife Dorothy.

#Wallsend On this day 3rd June 2015 - Allen Memorial Methodist Church, Wallsend, built in 1904, named after John Allen who was a chemist who was associated with the alkali trade, owning Heworth Shore Alkali Works. He was South Shields born 1791 and died 1860.

#Sunderland #Wear The Amphibious Assault Ship HMS Bulwark L15 alongside the Port of Sunderland on this day 3rd June 2007.

#Blyth HMS Blyth M111 in the Port of Blyth, Northumberland on this day 3rd June 2001. Open to the public and loads of kids climbing all over the Mine Hunter.

#Wallsend Tin Mission - Wallsend Spiritualist National Union Church on Park Road, Wallsend, photographed on this day 3rd June 2015.

#Wallsend This fine looking building on Park Road, Wallsend is the former Castner Memorial Institute. Built at a cost of £4,000 by Sir G.T. Beilby of Glasgow who was a director of Castner Kellner Alkali Company which had a works in Wallsend. Photographed on this day 3rd June 2015.

#NewcastleUponTyne Former Bay Horse - Big Lamp Newcastle upon Tyne. Bay Horse was on the corner of Westgate Road and Buckingham Street and closed in 1993. 1965 and 1995 images courtesy of Newcastle Libraries Flickr Photostream.. 2002 image mine.

#NewcastleUponTyne Cross House, Westgate Road and Fenkle Street Newcastle upon Tyne Allegorical Figures photographed 19th May 2002. Dating from 1914 and from the architects Cackett and Burns Dick. Figures are representative of industry, maritime links and health.

#NorthShields On this day 2nd June 2015, Royal Navy Mk10 Landing Craft at Western Quay, North Shields. Heading back from the Battle of Jutland Memorial in Scapa Flow and had called in to the Tyne for a break.

#Benton #Walker William and Sarah Reay Tablet St Bartholomew's Benton photographed 24th August 2000.

#NewcastleUponTyne Vulcan by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi - Central Square Forth Street Newcastle upon Tyne, photographed 23rd August 2000.

#Blyth Former Queens Head Hotel Kings Street Blyth Northumberland, colour image taken on this day 1st June 2015.

I love both sides. We’ve just walked up Grey Street this afternoon after lunch at Malmaison on the Quayside

#Blyth The Blyth and Tyne Hotel, 38 Regent Street, Blyth - photographed on this day 1st June 2015. B&W from the Jack and Geoff Phillips Photographic Collection. The pub is named after the Blyth & Tyne Railway.

#Blyth Former Custom House, Ships Chandlers and Warehouse, Blyth. Custom House at 32 Ridley Street was built in 1880. The Ships Chandlers and Warehouse at 30 Ridley Street/8 Tate Street dates from the early 1900's. Images taken on this day 1st June 2015.

#Wallsend Wallsend Simpsons Hotel closed on this day 1st June 1981 due to it no longer making a profit - being only one thirds occupied. According to this piece from the Evening Chronicle of 8th May 1981 most of the residents had been found alternative accommodation.

#NewcastleUponTyne Newcastle upon Tyne reflection - 1st November 2005.

#NorthShields Low Lights Tavern Brewery Bank North Shields in darker times, photographed 10th November 2005.

#NewcastleUponTyne Grey Street Newcastle upon Tyne, 14th May 2026. Which side of the street do you prefer?

#NewcastleUponTyne 100 Grey Street Coffee & Wine Bar Newcastle upon Tyne photographed 14th may 2026. Part of the Theatre Royal - Enjoy coffee by Baristocracy Coffee Roasters, bakery treats, indulgent chocolate snacks, Eden Fine Wines, handcrafted cocktails, beers and spirits.

#Fenham #NewcastleUponTyne Thomas Fordyce reports on the discovery of an 'illicit distillery' in Fenham Newcastle upon Tyne on this day 31st May 1822.

#WillingtonQuay Echo by Fiona Gray at the North Tyneside entrance to the Tyne Pedestrian Tunnel, photographed on this day 31st May 2021.Echo by Fiona Gray at the North Tyneside entrance to the Tyne Pedestrian Tunnel, photographed on this day 31st May 2021.

#Tynemouth #NorthShields #SouthShields Sunday Sun of 31st May 1953 gives details of other anomalies of pub closing time's between Tynemouth and South shields resulting in the 'Beer Boat".

#NewcastleUponTyne Thomas Fordyce reporting on a fire at John Atkinson's coach building business in High Friar Street Newcastle upon Tyne on this day 31st May 1839.

#NewcastleUponTyne Flynn's Bar, Quayside Newcastle upon Tyne, photographed 1st July 2006. Went on to become Charts and now a Persian restaurant called Dood.

#NewcastleUponTyne A missed shop in the Grainger Market Newcastle upon Tyne, Robinsons Booksellers, photographed on this day 30th May 2006.

#NewcastleUponTyne A view of Newgate Street Newcastle upon Tyne at its junction with Grainger Street and Bigg Market, 20 years ago, photographed on this day 30th May 2006. Boots the Chemist on one corner and Greggs on the other.

#NewcastleUponTyne 20 years ago, a visit to Black Gate Newcastle upon Tyne on this day 30th May 2006.

#NewcastleUponTyne Thomas Fordyce gives this report on his Local Records for this day in history 30th May 1858, Catholics versus Orangemen at St Anthony's Newcastle upon Tyne.

#NewcastleUponTyne The Forth Hotel Pink Lane Newcastle upon Tyne photographed 14th May 2026

#NewcastleUponTyne Newcastle Chinese Christian Church Artwork, Forth Lane photographed 14th may 2026.

#NewcastleUponTyne Alec Saunders (ALECLDN) Swansong mural Pink Lane Newcastle upon Tyne photographed 14th May 2026. This points the way to The Black Swan arts venue, “Studio Sights”, and the theatre and music venues of NX and The Tyne Theatre, “Stage Lights”.

#NewcastleUponTyne Alec Saunders (ALECLDN) Swansong” mural Pink Lane Newcastle upon Tyne photographed 14th May 2026. This points the way to The Black Swan arts venue, “Studio Sights”, and the theatre and music venues of NX and The Tyne Theatre, “Stage Lights”.

#NewcastleUponTyne Mosaic Tap 25 Pink Lane Newcastle upon Tyne photographed 14th May 2026. mosaictap.com/beer