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Re: Tyne Bridges
« Reply #36 on: Tuesday 11 September 18 15:35 BST (UK) »
Interesting stuff, will have a read through that later. Thanks

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Re: Tyne Bridges
« Reply #37 on: Friday 14 September 18 09:12 BST (UK) »
Yes very interesting - thanks Christeen.
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Re: Tyne Bridges
« Reply #38 on: Wednesday 10 October 18 19:22 BST (UK) »
The Tyne Bridge.  I always stood up in the train when coming home in the 1960s as it crossed the High Level Bridge.  Looked out of the carriage window down river, and there was the Tyne Bridge.  Once it crossed the halfway mark I knew I was home. :)  In those years the river was full of ships.
Today, the Tyne Bridge has been featured on both channels in the news, showing black and white Pathe newsreels.  Seen it 3 times today at different times.  It does not look a massive bridge when viewed in 'real-life' but the newsreels showed workers on the top arch, as it was about to be connected to the other arch.  They looked like ants, and not a sight of scaffold in place. !!!  Having seen it 3 times today, and the last with BBC North-East, I noticed what appeared to be a large black and white scarf hanging down on the upriver side.   'Toon' scarf ??  As the newsreel is in black and white, -  I hope it was not a Sunderland scarf.!! :o

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Re: Tyne Bridges
« Reply #39 on: Wednesday 10 October 18 19:48 BST (UK) »
Knott - Northumberland; Yorkshire (?Bridlington.)
Fenwick, Johnston - Northumberland.
Dixon; Hutchinson - York.
Shaw - ? Glasgow
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