Emerson Chambers, Blackett Street, Newcastle on Tyne.

Hard to believe this is the north of England.

Detail of the South African War Memorial, Haymarket, Newcastle.

Shades of the dead; detail of 'The Response' a memorial to the 5^th Northumberland Fusiliers. At St Thomas, Barras Bridge, Newcastle on Tyne.

Detail of 5^th Northumberland Fusiliers memorial, St Thomas, Barras Bridge, Newcastle on Tyne.

5^th Northumberland Fusiliers memorial and the Civic Centre, Barras Bridge, Newcastle on Tyne

The Hancock Museum, Barras Bridge, Newcstle on Tyne.

The Hancock Museum, Barras Bridge, Newcstle on Tyne.

Reflection of a Newcastle University building.

Detail of the Devonshire Building, Newcastle University.

The Hancock Museum, Barras Bridge, Newcstle on Tyne.

One of the domes of the Central Exchange Building, Newcastle on Tyne.

The spire of the Cathedral of St. Nicholas, Newcastle on Tyne.

Cathedral of St. Nicholas and the Black Gate, Newcastle on Tyne.

The Moot Hall, Newcastle on Tyne.

The High Level Bridge, Newcastle on Tyne.

Underside of the railway deck, High Level Bridge, Newcastle on Tyne.

The mighty Tyne Bridge, Newcastle, springs from it's north hinge. The road deck is at the top of picture.

The southern end of the High Level Bridge, Newcastle on Tyne, looking north.

We see the curve of the railway deck merging with the road deck below.

The western footway of Robert Stephenson's High Level Bridge, Newcastle on Tyne, looking north.

This structure contains a truly remarkable amount of metal.

Detail of the High Level Bridge, Newcastle on Tyne.

Bridge ECM7 3, Clavering Place, Newcastle on Tyne.

Bridge ECM7 3, Clavering Place, Newcastle on Tyne.

The Cathedral, Newcastle on Tyne, from the wrong side of the tracks.

Sign outside Stephenson Locomotive Works, off Forth Street, Newcastle on Tyne.

Queen Elizabeth II Metro Bridge, Newcatle, from the north bank of the Tyne.

A bus on the Tyne Bridge, seen through the northern approach to the High Level Bridge, Newcastle on Tyne.

Turnbull's warehouses (now flats), from Tuthill Stairs, Newcastle on Tyne.

A pier of the High Level bridge, Newcastle on Tyne, with Watergate Buildings below the Tyne Bridge.

Neptune, flanked by fishwives. The Fish Market, Sandhill, Newcastle on Tyne.

The Swing Bridge, Newcastle on Tyne.

The Swing Bridge reflected in the river Tyne, Newcastle.

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Part of the Moot Hall, from Sandhill, Newcastle on Tyne.

Castle stairs runs between the two buildings in front of us; the side of the Fish Market is left of picture.

A gull landing at it's nest on the cliffs of the Tyne Bridge.

I imagine that in days gone by someone with pointy stick was employed to move them on.

All Saints Church from Quayside, Newcastle on Tyne.

The pier of the Tyne Bridge is the dark band on the left, the parapet and chimneys of Exchange Buildings in in the forground.

The portico of All Saints Church from Quayside, Newcastle on Tyne, looking up King Street.

The Lion and the Unicorn, Customs House, Quayside, Newcastle on Tyne.

Anchor bolt, Gateshead Millennium Bridge.

Cooperative Wholessale Society warehouse, Quayside, Newcastle on Tyne, with the stays of the Gateshead Millennium Bridge in the foreground.

The northern bearing of the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, showing the bridge deck in the foreground.

One of the bizarre aspects of Newcastle on Tyne's townscape is the juxtaposition of gee whizz 60's and 70's town planning with ancient buildings. This is the Holy Jesus Hospital up against a ferroconcrete underpass and Swan House.

The Holy Jesus Hospital, City Road, Newcastle on Tyne.

Turning our gaze 180° (see D1010737) from the horrors of the Central Motorway East roundabout, we could almost be in a sleepy market town.

The Tyne Bridge, Newcastle.

Just looking over the edge makes me feel ill.

Looking over the chimneys of Exchange Buildings, Lombard Street, Newcastle on Tyne, to the Sage Music Centre.

Sun reflected in the river Tyne at Newcastle.

The Swing Bridge, Newcastle on Tyne.

The spire of St Nicholas, Newcastle on Tyne, looking across Dean Street from the east.

Milburn House, The Side, Newcastle on Tyne.

On the right, C. A. Harrison's addition to Stephenson's viaduct carries the east coast main line to the north.

City Campus East, Northumbria University, Newcastle on Tyne.