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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

1987/88: Go-ahead Northern 'Our business is running buses...'

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

The places to be seen in the naughties! Baja Beach Club & Buffalo Joes, Gateshead Quays.

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

1971: Demolition of Maria Street, Benwell, #Newcastle upon Tyne

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

1978: Eldon Square Shopping Centre, #Newcastle upon Tyne

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

2002: Manager Sir Bobby Robson shelters under an umbrella during the pitch inspection before the match between Barcelona and #NUFC in the UEFA Champions League, Second Phase, Group A match at Nou Camp in Barcelona, Spain, the game would be postponed and played the following day.

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

St James' Park from Leazes Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne. #NUFC 📸 @tyneflashback.bsky.social

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

“That's All Folks" The Warner Brothers multiplex Cinema at Manors, #Newcastle, closed in 2004, incredibly it had been open for just 15 years!

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

1977: Grainger Market, #Newcastle, decorated with plenty of Union Jack flags for the Queen's Silver Jubilee. 📸 flic.kr/p/7dBAhq

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Wet 'n' Wild was the UK's largest indoor water park when opened on 19 July 1993. It was situated at Royal Quays North Shields, and featured numerous slides, a wave machine, and rapids. It closed in 2019, and remained abandoned until 2024 when demolition work began.

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

1995: Tyne Bridges at sunset 📸 Newcastle Libraries

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Trinity Square, #Gateshead, a prominent example of Brutalist architecture. Despite its cinematic fame and architectural significance to some, the car park, surrounding shops and indoor market were controversial and ultimately demolished starting in July 2010

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

1998: Construction of The Angel of the North, #Gateshead 📸 Don Mcphee/The Guardian

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

1986: 😷 Underground at Eldon Square Bus Concourse, #Newcastle upon Tyne

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

1994: A Tyne & Wear Metro train for St James is pictured arriving at Tynemouth Station many years before the full restoration of the station.

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

1988: ‘Mini’ Busways service 10 pictured at a busy #SouthShields Market. 📸 Alan Urquhart

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

1979: Marshall B47D bodied AEC Swift is seen as Tyne & Wear PTE fleet no. 1854 at Prospect Row, #Sunderland, with service 108 for the Docks. 📸 flic.kr/p/2o4FEeX

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

1986: The Shieldsman, Shields Ferry, on a sightseeing tour of #Newcastle Quayside during the Cutty Sark Tall Ship Race. 📸Tony McCann

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

1995: Busways Mercedes minibuses, such a familiar sight on the streets of Tyneside during the 1990’s.

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

1986: 47643 waits to leave #Newcastle Central with the 11:24 Newcastle to Liverpool Lime Street. 📸 flic.kr/p/2mwgGkd

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

1981: #Newcastle Central Station. 📸 flic.kr/p/aDujfu

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

1997: Busways was chosen by Stagecoach as the first location for trials of the Magic Bus concept. The purpose of the operation was to compete with emerging smaller competitors, and provide a low-fare alternative to the main services. 📸 Brian H

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

1977: A Tyne and Wear PTE Scania Metropolitan is pictured on Neville Street as it passes #Newcastle Central Station. 📸 flic.kr/p/2jNfh1m

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

1940's/50's #Newcastle upon Tyne 📽️North East Film Archive

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

1964: Pilgrim Street, #Newcastle upon Tyne. 📸 flic.kr/p/2i6NeC2

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

1963: A Metro-Cammell DMU calls at the up platform of Washington station 📸 Stations UK

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

11th August 1980: Tyne & Wear Metro trains pictured on the first day of passenger service at Tynemouth, Benton & Monkseaton stations. 📸 flic.kr/p/qRNhYU

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

A 'Tyneside electric' driver at South Gosforth, 1960s Image: Armstrong Railway Photographic Trust

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

1984: Tyne & Wear PTE buses pictured on Percy Street as they pass the Handyside Arcade, #Newcastle upon Tyne. 📸 flic.kr/p/9Lf5LG

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

1976: North Shields Railway Station, pictured four years before its closure and rebuild for conversion to the Tyne and Wear Metro system. 📸 flic.kr/p/2hWTGEn

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

1981: Queen Elizabeth II Bridge pictured shortly after it’s official opening. 📸P. G. Wright

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

1977: A Tyne & Wear PTE Leyland Atlantean standing at temporary bus stop on Blackett Street, #Newcastle upon Tyne 📸 flic.kr/p/9h4fbR

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

1969: Blackett Street - New Bridge Street, #Newcastle Upon Tyne

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

1986: Worswick Street bus station, #Newcastle upon Tyne. 📸 Trevor Ermel

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

1996: Blackett Street, #Newcastle upon Tyne. 📸 Trevor Ermel

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

1980's: A wintery scene in #Newcastle upon Tyne, 2 Scania Metropolitans and a Leyland Atlantean are pictured on Bewick Street in the snow. 📸 flic.kr/p/2kYADcQ

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

1977: Demonstrating this was once a large station, a Class 101 DMU is seen calling at platform 8 of Manors, Newcastle, with an anti-clockwise service around the North Tyneside loop. 📸 Graeme Phillips

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Tyneside Flashback @tyneflashback.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

1986: With deregulation looming soon after, this photograph shows how integrated public transport was on Tyneside as a Metro arrives at Wallsend alongside a bus standing in the adjoining bus station. Both in matching corporate PTE livery. 📸 flic.kr/ps/234CgX