Metro – Metro.co.uk: News, Sport, Showbiz, Celebrities from MetroUK shopping centre that ‘boggles the mind’ getting major £6,000,000 revamp
World news | The GuardianAlmshouse to haunted student digs: historic Newcastle building to become affordable homes https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/20/historic-newcastle-building-keelmans-hospital-affordable-homes #Newcastle #Housing #TyneAndWear #Heritage #NorthOfEngland #UkNews #Culture #Society #Cities #Architecture
Gavin LenaghanI was already aware from its earlier announcement that the #SideGallery wasn’t reopening its former physical premises at Side, #Newcastle. But still, the sight of this does rather cement it 😭
(In all seriousness, best of luck to the business now based here… it’s a wonderful space 👌)
BottleWorksUKThe collection of original vintage photographs from across the world and local to the North East of England is available to browse and discuss at BottleWorks on Riverside Walk, Lower Ouseburn Valley, NE6 1LX 10:00-19:00 hrs daily until Tue 04 Nov.
The rare photos, limited prints, plus a magic lantern display each evening, are provided by the Art From the Lens Gallery
https://www.clickinhistoryphotography.com
#ouseburn #tyneandwear #newcastle #history #photographs #photography #vintagephotos #vintagephotographs
The Art From the Lens Gallery is a celebration of visual storytellers from 1840s onwards through a collection of original vintage photographs from across the world and local to the North East of England. Rare photos, limited prints, plus a magic lantern display each evening.
Open 10:00-19:00 hrs daily at BottleWorks @BottleWorksUK on Riverside Walk, Lower Ouseburn Valley, NE6 1LX. Free exhibition.
Donald R Noble
England’s ‘Queen of the North’ gets a bad rap, but I promise it’s a belter — B-List Britain
Ma Quest 
The Stan Laurel statue. Standing in Dockwray Square, North Shields.
He lived in North Shields for a while as a child where his father was a theatre manager.
The statue looks over the River Tyne towards South Shileds.
#NorthShields #Statue #Art #History #Film #Movie #stan-laurel #Stan #laurel-hardy #TyneAndWear #RiverTyne
He lived in North Shields for a while as a child where his father was a theatre manager.
The statue looks over the River Tyne towards South Shileds.
#NorthShields #Statue #Art #History #Film #Movie #stan-laurel #Stan #laurel-hardy #TyneAndWear #RiverTyne
moongoldShocking survey reveals extent of poverty and pressure faced by Metro cleaners - #rmt
https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/shocking-survey-reveals-extent-of-poverty-and-pressure-faced-by/
"A new RMT survey of Tyne and Wear Metro cleaners has laid bare the devastating impact of outsourcing, with the vast majority of staff reporting poverty pay, lack of sick pay, and rising workloads under private contractor Churchill."
The face and structure of working people's poverty in the UK today.
Well worth your time.
