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Steve Ellwood

@tynesnapper.bsky.social
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Retired, Local Historian, Snapper, Newcastle City Guide. Author of Newcastle in 50 Buildings, River Tyne, 50 Gems of Northumberland by Amberley Publishing.

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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 14h
#Benwell #NewcastleUponTyne The Benwell Bird sculpture by William Pym at the bottom of Colston Street, Benwell Newcastle upon Tyne which was unveiled in 1997. Photographed on this day 7th October 2000.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 14h
#Lisbon #Portugal Photographed 29th July 2026 the resting place of Guerra Junqueiro in Lisbon National Pantheon Portugal. Portuguese senior civil servant, member of the Portuguese House of Representatives, journalist, author, and poet. he lived between 1850 and 1923.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 15h
#NewcastleUponTyne Photographed 12th September 2026 Lucky's Bar Westmorland Road Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 15h
#NewcastleUponTyne Dog and Parrot pub Clayton Street West Newcastle upon Tyne and it's latest paint scheme, photographed 12th September 2026.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 16h
#Elswick #NewcastleUponTyne General internal views of the Grade II* Listed St Michael's RC Church Elswick Newcastle upon Tyne, photographed 12th September 2026. Designed by Dunn, Hansom and Dunn and built between 1889-91. More @ www.flickr.com/photos/steve...
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 16h
#Elswick #NewcastleUponTyne Photographed 12th September 2026 in St Michael's RC Church Newcastle upon Tyne the John and Sarah Smith Memorial Window.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#NewcastleUponTyne Photographed 12th September 2026 in St John the Baptist Church Newcastle upon Tyne the Dorothy Jane Atkinson Memorial Window. A nativity scene it also commemorates St Michael Archangel and is by Atkinson Brothers of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#Benton #NewcastleUponTyne #Burradon The grave of Driver Thomas William Hindhaugh 10577209 REME, who died in an accident 9th September 1943 aged 22 in St Bartholomew’s Church Benton Cemetery. Photographed 20th September 2026.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#NewcastleUponTyne #Gateshead This stained glass pane in All Saints Church, Newcastle upon Tyne on this day 6th September 2016. An image of the church surviving the Great Fire of Gateshead and Newcastle 6th October 1854. More @ flickr.com/photos/steve...
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#NUFC #NewcastleUponTyne Eddie Howe and his NUFC coaching staff take on Forest Hall Ladies' Walking Football Team at Newcastle United Foundation on this day 6th October 2022. More @ flickr.com/photos/steve...
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#NewcastleUponTyne How many folk still use this term❓- Market Street, Newcastle upon Tyne on this day 6th October 2022.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#NewcastleUponTyne Work continued to install supports to the facade of Carliol House, Newcastle upon Tyne. Photographed on this day 6th October 2022. Seeing the girders I was reminded of Irn Brew 👍
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#Killingworth Pre-demolition of Killingworth Shopping Centre piece in the North Tyneside Herald and Post on this day 6th October 1993 - Compulsory Purchase Order by North Tyneside Council.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#Gateshead #NewcastleUponTyne Memorial plaque to Charles Bertram J.P., in St Mary's Gateshead who perished in the Great Fire of Gateshead and Newcastle 6th October 1854. Photographed 7th February 2012.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#Lisbon #Portugal Port of Lisbon Portugal - The LNG Carrier (Liquid Natural Gas) ship Cadiz Knutsen IMO 9246578, photographed 29th September 2026.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#Wallington #Northumberland Wallington Hall Northumberland Grade I Listed Clock Tower photographed 14th September 2026. Built to a design by Daniel Garrett in 1754 and originally set to be a chapel.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#NorthGosforth #NewcastleUponTyne Sacred Heart Church North Gosforth Ground Floor West End Window photographed 18th September 2026.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#Benton #NewcastleUponTyne The resting place of Mary and Archibald Macdonald in St Bartholomew's Churchyard Benton Newcastle upon Tyne caught my eye 20th September 2026. Death notices in the Evening Chronicle of 11th February 1930 and 6th July 1937.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#SouthShields #Tynemouth The Red Arrows perform their display at the Great North Run 2008 - photographed from Tynemouth Castle on this day 5th October 2008.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#NewcastleUponTyne Foundation Stone of the Rutherford Memorial College, Bath Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne. The foundation stone was laid by Joseph Cowen 5th October 1892 and commemorates the building of The Rutherford Memorial College.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#NewcastleUponTyne Newgate Street Shopping Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne being demolished on this day 5th October 2016.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#NewcastleUponTyne A section of Hadrian's Wall outside of Neville Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne on this day 5th October 2017. It was known the remains existed but work on the building permitted another sight of the wall.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#NewcastleUponTyne Advert from the Newcastle Weekly Courant on this day 5th October 1883 and an excerpt from Kelly's Trade Directory of 1883. 'Latest Mourning Novelties' caught my eye.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#Lisbon #Portugal Photographed 28th July 2026 the final resting place of Joao De Deus (1830-1896) in the National Pantheon Lisbon Portugal -Saint Nuno of Saint Mary. Portuguese poet, pedagogue and editor.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#Wallington #Northumberland Photographed 14th September the Grade II Listed Owl House at Wallington Hall Northumberland. There is a claim that the landscaper and gardener Capability Brown designed the Owl House. Gazebo, c.1766.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#stainedglasssunday #NorthGosforth #NewcastleUponTyne Our Lord's Resurrection by Paul Gannon 1967 in the west end of Sacred Heart Church North Gosforth Newcastle upon Tyne photographed 18th September 2026. In memory of Margarita Jane Larking More @ www.flickr.com/photos/steve...
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#Benton #ForestHall #NewcastleuponTyne Photographed 20th September 2026 in St Bartholomew’s Church Benton the grave of Private George Morgan who died 21st November 1914 aged 28. A coal miner by profession he served with the Tyneside Irish Northumberland Fusiliers and died at home in Forest Hall.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#NewcastleUponTyne On this day, 3rd October 2009 when naval vessels still had a run ashore in Newcastle upon Tyne. BNS Crocus - M917.Tripartite Mine Hunter of the Belgian Navy.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#SouthShields Herd Groyne Lighthouse, South Shields on this day 3rd October 2003. Red and white livery has now changed to red only.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#SouthShields MV Fitzcarraldo berthed at South Shields on this day 3rd October 2003. Built in Norway as a ferry it was later purchased by the Walk the Plank (theatre company) as a touring theatre ship. Sold in 2010 to Dutch owners who planned to turn it into a floating nightspot.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Elsdon #Northumberland The pulpit of St Cuthbert's Church Elsdon Northumberland photographed on this day 3rd October 2017. Carved from Caen stone and imported cream-white limestone from Normandy, France.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Cadiz #Spain Torm Titan IMO 9712319, Oil Tanker photographed 28th July 2026 in the Port of Cadiz Spain.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Cadiz #Spain Cadiz Spain this Carousel between the Cathedral de Cádiz and the Church of Santiago Apostol photographed 20th July 2026.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Wallington #Northumberland Wallington Hall Northumberland the 1930's furnished Kitchen photographed 14th September 2026. More @ www.flickr.com/photos/steve...
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#NorthGosforfth #NewcastleUponTyne Sacred Heart Church North Gosforth, St Mark and St Matthew Window photographed 18th September 2026. St Mark was designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones (St. Mark) and St. Matthew by Ford Madox Brown. Manufactured and installed by Morris & Co between 1872 and 1875.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Benton #NewcastleUponTyne Two brothers who served and gave their lives in the First World War, Trooper Norman Henry Carlyon and Private Philip Richards Carlyon, buried in St Bartholomew’s Church Benton. Photographed 20th September 2026.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#Southampton The general cargo ship Arklow Clipper IMO 9757137 inbound to the Port of Southampton 18th July 2026.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#SantaCruz #Tenerife #Spain Berthed in Port of Santa Cruz Tenerife the bulk carrier Queen Bee IMO 9407512, photographed 24th July 2026.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#LasPalmas #GranCanaria #Spain The Spanish Navy Meteoro-class offshore patrol vessel Relámpago P43 in the Las Palmas Naval Base, Port of Las Palmas Gran Canaria Spain photographed 25th July 2026.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#Cadiz #Spain Photographed 28th July 2026 in the Port of Cadiz Spain Tarifa Primero a specialised mobile caisson dock/plant or floating platform used in major maritime civil engineering projects, At the time under contract to Dragados.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#Cadiz #Spain Photographed 28th July 2026 in Cadiz Spain the school Colegio Público Campo del Sur on Calle Concepción Arenal. Built between 1930 and 1938 based on designs by municipal architect Antonio Sánchez Esteve. The school is public and is for children from 3 to 12.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#Wallington #Northumberland William bell Scott's Renaissance style medallion portrait of Admiral Lord Collingwood circa 1865 in the central hall of Wallington Hall Northumberland, photographed 14th September 2026.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#NorthGosforth #NewcastleUponTyne Photographed 18th September 2026 in Sacred Heart Church North Gosforth Newcastle upon Tyne the Chancel Organ In a space previously occupied by the high altar the 1865 organ was relocated as part of the reordering of the church More @ www.flickr.com/photos/steve...
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#Benton #ForestHall Photographed 20th September 2026, the resting place and memorial to Private John Connor in the churchyard of St Bartholomew's Benton Born in Felling he was a miner living in Forest Hall when he enlisted 2nd November 1914 joining A Company 24th Northumberland Fusiliers
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#SouthShields #Port_of_Tyne The Pilot House, Lawe Top, South Shields on this day 13th May 2001. Now a residential property, image from 2nd October 2014 showing conversion work.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#Jarrow Photographed on this day 2nd October 2014 Grade II Listed Jarrow Bridge which used to be the link to St Paul's Monastery. Repaired 1781-3 by Wm Allison, mason; widened 1826 for turnpike. Ashlar sandstone. Single arch over river, 1 small flood arch on south.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#Port_of_Tyne #NorthShields HMS Archer P264 passing through the locks at Royal Quays Marina, North Shields on this day 2nd October 2008. Launched in June 1986.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#Cadiz #Spain 13th century medieval gateway that connects the Plaza de la Catedral with the historic Barrio del Pópulo in Cadiz Spain, photographed 28th July 2026. Named after Virgen de la Rosa which stood next to the gate but is no longer in existence.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#NewcastleUponTyne Cate Watkinson - Wakenshaw Memorial Window, taken on this day 1st October 2015 at St Mary's Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#NewcastleUponTyne Smokey Joe 2nd hand shop on Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne - empty on this day 1st October 2015 but now a convenience store.
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