Northern Spire

[Mackem00]

It's just a shame we haven't preserved the history like Newcastle. I was looking at streetview earlier and I never noticed that CeX is built on a lovely old Victorian building. I never usually look up when I'm down the town but I shall from now on.

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You should like mate. There's some cracking little gems you wouldn't otherwise notice. The Bank of Scotland on the corner of High Street West being a good example.

 

[lurker]

HAWAY THE JOSEPH SWAN BRIDGE

 

[Cowvahlo]

Harsh

Would anyone mind as long as it was only him in the house though?

 

[vote quimby]

Would anyone mind as long as it was only him in the house though?

no

 

[Dagzd1973]

You should like mate. There's some cracking little gems you wouldn't otherwise notice. The Bank of Scotland on the corner of High Street West being a good example.

Aye it's amazing what you don't see until somebody points it out.

Few years ago I was standing at the busstop on Green Terrace (opposite Cooper Rose) and there was an old bloke in his 80's standing there looking up at something. So I curiously mooches over and stands next to him, and he says, "It's a bloody shame that mind", I look up, and there it was....

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I've probably walked past that place a million times and I've never once noticed how stunning that building is. He was right, bloody shame anarl.

 

[Spot]

Aye it's amazing what you don't see until somebody points it out.

Few years ago I was standing at the busstop on Green Terrace (opposite Cooper Rose) and there was an old bloke in his 80's standing there looking up at something. So I curiously mooches over and stands next to him, and he says, "It's a bloody shame that mind", I look up, and there it was....

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I've probably walked past that place a million times and I've never once noticed how stunning that building is. He was right, bloody shame anarl.

used to catch the Grindon bus opposite there back in the day spent many hours admiring that whilst freezing my knackers off

 

[Butcher's Coat]

It's just a shame we haven't preserved the history like Newcastle. I was looking at streetview earlier and I never noticed that CeX is built on a lovely old Victorian building. I never usually look up when I'm down the town but I shall from now on.

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Used to be "Mr Smith's" in the late 70's. I believe it was owned by Mike Emmerson of Finos fame.
Clobber and records downstairs with a café upstairs.
A caged swearing mynah bird was in the café too, adding fun to assembled shoppers.

 

[Paddy O'Dors]

Aye it's amazing what you don't see until somebody points it out.

Few years ago I was standing at the busstop on Green Terrace (opposite Cooper Rose) and there was an old bloke in his 80's standing there looking up at something. So I curiously mooches over and stands next to him, and he says, "It's a bloody shame that mind", I look up, and there it was....

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I've probably walked past that place a million times and I've never once noticed how stunning that building is. He was right, bloody shame anarl.

Listed building that one.

The old water board building is a topper anarl.

 

[TheWanderer]

It's just a shame we haven't preserved the history like Newcastle. I was looking at streetview earlier and I never noticed that CeX is built on a lovely old Victorian building. I never usually look up when I'm down the town but I shall from now on.

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Dropped the wifes car off down Hendon for an MOT last month, giving me a couple of hours to mooch round the town up from Hendon walking up High St East into Sunniside area, and I spent a lot of time looking up at some of the buildings, some used, some in need of repair. A crying shame. Modern shop frontages spoiling the buildings or buildings just left to go to shit.

Even some of the houses down the East End could be made ito something special. The houses on Toward Road could be superb, even the terrace houses in Peel St etc, put those houses in a nicer area and they'd be worth a fortune.

Great to see the old Gossips building brought back to life too, hopefully the old sweet shop gets some investment on the corner too.

 

[ouro]

Aye it's amazing what you don't see until somebody points it out.

Few years ago I was standing at the busstop on Green Terrace (opposite Cooper Rose) and there was an old bloke in his 80's standing there looking up at something. So I curiously mooches over and stands next to him, and he says, "It's a bloody shame that mind", I look up, and there it was....

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I've probably walked past that place a million times and I've never once noticed how stunning that building is. He was right, bloody shame anarl.

My mate reckons he went to school in there. Mind he is a confused old bastard, so may be wrong.

 

[shadowplay]

It's just a shame we haven't preserved the history like Newcastle. I was looking at streetview earlier and I never noticed that CeX is built on a lovely old Victorian building. I never usually look up when I'm down the town but I shall from now on.

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Corder and Sydenham House, they have their own Wiki page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corder_House_and_Sydenham_House

 

[Barnacle Boy]

Any sign of Wills and our Kate?
Saw @girojim there first thing setting up his union jack deckchair so he gets a good view

 

[Deleted member 6694]

My mate reckons he went to school in there. Mind he is a confused old bastard, so may be wrong.

Some info here about the Technical College here

Our history

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Here's a close up showing Technical College signage

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The photograph doesn’t do it justice. Was alternating between red, blue and green on Monday night. Looked class.

This is the remote control for it as it's just some cheap tat LED lighting from AliExpress Same goes for the Beacon Of Light

 

[shadowplay]

Hitler and the Council have a lot to answer for.

Plus the owners and landlords for not bothering with the upkeep in many cases.

 

[Deleted member 6694]

It's just a shame we haven't preserved the history like Newcastle. I was looking at streetview earlier and I never noticed that CeX is built on a lovely old Victorian building. I never usually look up when I'm down the town but I shall from now on.

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This is in Fawcett Street also, look at the clip of the brickwork and the bottom left window of the 6 windows!

Link to Fawcett Street Google Street View

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[makumstu]

Driving from Belfast to Dublin last week and can’t help but notice how similar it is to the Mary McAleese bridge over the Boyne Valley.

 

[EDGE]

Listed building that one.

The old water board building is a topper anarl.

And the Port building opposite where Joplings was.There are loads, people just need to look!

Dropped the wifes car off down Hendon for an MOT last month, giving me a couple of hours to mooch round the town up from Hendon walking up High St East into Sunniside area, and I spent a lot of time looking up at some of the buildings, some used, some in need of repair. A crying shame. Modern shop frontages spoiling the buildings or buildings just left to go to shit.

Even some of the houses down the East End could be made ito something special. The houses on Toward Road could be superb, even the terrace houses in Peel St etc, put those houses in a nicer area and they'd be worth a fortune.

Great to see the old Gossips building brought back to life too, hopefully the old sweet shop gets some investment on the corner too.

Trafalgar Square, Church from 1719, Donnison.

Aye I didn't realise we were such a high priority target for the German bombing raids either, obviously due to our ship-building prowess.

Nazi bastards coming over here and taking all our buildings!

But,but it's all the council's fault.

 

[The Lambton Worm]

The Royal Infirmary should've been converted into flats instead of being demolished and new flats built instead.

 

[Paddy O'Dors]

The Royal Infirmary should've been converted into flats instead of being demolished and new flats built instead.

Had some many add-ons it looked a bit of an eyesore by the end. From memory weren't the ceilings really high?

There was an auld barracks building down here that was demolished rather than converted cos the developer successfully argued keeping them warm efficiently was impossible with 14ft high rooms in 100 yo+ buildings.

 

[The Lambton Worm]

Had some many add-ons it looked a bit of an eyesore by the end. From memory weren't the ceilings really high?

There was an auld barracks building down here that was demolished rather than converted cos the developer successfully argued keeping them warm efficiently was impossible with 14ft high rooms in 100 yo+ buildings.

I would've only kept the main building. No idea about the high ceilings but I would've thought they'd be the same as any Victorian buildings.