Jarrow is located on the South side of the River Tyne in South Tyneside and is remembered as being the starting point of the famous Jarrow March against unemployment in 1936. Jarrow is also the home to Bede’s World, which is a museum dedicated to the life of the Venerable Bede. The following photo slideshow show pictures of the town centre and the surrounding areas of …

Here are the matches for the Olympic Football Tournament taking place at St. James’ Park Thursday 26 July: Men’s Group B matches Mexico v Korea Republic & Gabon v Switzerland Sunday 29 July: Men’s Group D matches Spain v Honduras & Japan v Morocco Tuesday 31 July: Women’s Group F & G matches Canada v Sweden & France v Colombia …

A Consultant Heart Surgeon at the Freeman Hospital arrives at Geordie’s bed & draws the curtain “How are you doing Mr Smith?”, he asks Geordie “Wey not to bad Doctor ye knaa, cannit grumble” “Well I suppose you could Mr Smith, I have been looking at your latest test results and you have a tremedous amount …

Paul Mann sent us an email wondering if the directory would be interested in giving some space to mentioning his new novel, The Leek Club, which is just out on Kindle. It’s about ‘Sex, violence, betrayal and leeks and growing up Geordie in the 1950′s he tells us in the email. Well with that kind of introduction how could we not …

Tynemouth is situated at the mouth of the River Tyne between North Shields & Cullercoats. Tynemouth Village had long been established in the shelter of the fortified Priory & now consists of Tynemouth Itself, King Edwards Bay & The Tynemouth Priory. which was first built as a Monastery in the 7th century, later fortified but taken by the Danes …

Gosforth is situated to the north of Newcastle Upon Tyne and has been part of the City of Newcastle Upon Tyne Metropolitan Borough Council since 1974. Most of the High Street architechture date from that latter part of the 19th century. At the far end of Gosforth behind the Gosforth Shopping Centre & the Job Pulman public house is …

The Stanley Arms in North Shields has been renamed by it’s new owners to “The Fleet” and is due to open on April Fools day the *2nd of April 2012 Situated on the corner ot Stanley Street in North Shields the Stanley Arms was closed when Northumbrian Police objected to the renewal of it’s liquor licence.   …

Paul Gascoigne “trying” his hand on the rap music scene with a song called Geordie Boys. «« Back To Geordie Wannabe Pop Stars

Woodhorn Colliery Museum is just off the A189 Coastal Route east of Ashington, Northumberland around 25 minutes from Newcastle in the south and Alnwick in the north and just off the National coast & castles cycle routes. The museum shares the past lives of coal mine workers with original buildings and equipment from the former coal mine including th winding house, …

Druridge Bay is a 7 mile long coastal bay stretching from Amble in Northumberland through to Cresswell that includes 3 and a half miles of pristine beach and shady sand dunes along with a huge freshwater lake surrounded by woods and countryside. You can take a pleasant walk around the huge lake & through the meadows set …

The following slideshow currently shows around 160 photos of the city of Newcastle Upon Tyne. Ten top facts about Newcastle Upon Tyne Once called Monkchester, ( a brilliant read  ) ”New Castle Upon Tyne” owes its name to a wooden castle built in 1080 by Robert Curthose, the son of William the Conqueror The stone Castle Keep was built …

HMS Illustrious which was built in Wallsend came home to the Tyne last week (29/02/12) to celebrate it’s 30th anniversary before deploying to the Arctic Circle for three weeks of cold weather training. The Royal Navy helicopter carrier berthed at Northumbria Quay in North Shields and though it was not open to the general public, sea cadets & students from local schools & colleges …

David Cameron has paid tribute to PC David Rathband, the police officer shot and blinded by gunman Raoul Moat after his body was found by Northumbrian Police officers at his home in Blyth on Wednesday night. The Prime Minister told bbc news he felt “desperately sorry for his family,” and described him as an “extraordinarily brave man …

North Shields is a town on the bank of the River Tyne in North Tyneside which was created in 1225 as a fishing port to provide fish for Tynemouth & The Tynemouth Priory  which is situated at the mouth of the River Tyne. The following slideshow provides you with photos of the town which will be updated from time …

The Theatre Royal conjured up two evenings of fire-filled enchantment, brilliance, feasting and mischief for it’s birthday celebrations on the evenings of Saturday the 18th & Sunday 19th of February 2012. Between 6pm & 9pm, Grey Street in Newcastle was transformed with flames and fireworks & Phantoms of fiction were the hosts of a dazzling masquerade of familiar characters …

Cullercoats Bay is a small blue flag sandy bay popular with families featuring caves nestled in the surrounding cliffs in the centre of the bay which was in times gone by a thriving fishing harbour providing shelter for more than 150 fishing boats.   The bay is also home to the RNLI lifeboat station which still plays an active …

Serving in the armed forces is a noble and honourable sacrifice made by men and women on this country. The United Kingdom does its best to take care of their military personnel both active duty and veterans. However, sometimes while in the service of the military, a soldier can sustain injury. These injuries may occur while they are on …

Whitley Bay is a seaside town in North Tyneside on the North East coast with a long golden sandy beach which form a bay stretching from St. Mary’s Lighthouse & Island to the north through to the smaller Cullercoats Bay to the south. The town has many shops, a leisure pool & of course the famous Spanish City with it’s distinctive white dome.  

A few of you might have noticed that I have not been around and updating the directory since the start of 2012 ans as often as i usually do. This is because I recently needed to get a bit of emergency care at North Tyneside General Hospital & then some surgery at Freeman Hospital in Newcastle. I would like to take the …

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The fireworks event in Newcastle Upon Tyne was held as part of the Winter Carnival and 2011 New Years Eve celebrations in the City Centre. Video uploaded to youtube by gravity124  

The 2011 winter carnival kicked off the New Years Eve celebrations at the Monument in Newcastle City Centre Before the fireworks display at the Civic Centre in the evening, tourists & Geordie locals alike were able to meet Thor, see wolves prowling the streets and even see Heimdall on his white stallion as this years carnival took on a Norse mythology and …

Pop Idol finalist Aaron Bayley from Newcastle sings about a Geordie Christmas in the following video

NUFC fans & players  along with Swansea fans & players display their heartfelt respect for former Newcastle United football player Gary Speed, who died on the 27th of November 2011. Gary made 285 appearances & scored 40 goals for Newcastle between 1998 & 2004  

Channel 4 screened the 20th Turner Prize results live from The Baltic in Gateshead at 8pm on Monday the 5th of December …. Read more about the Turner Prize exhibition at the Baltic « «

A four day festival that will light up the city of Durham began this evening, bringing a little winter magic to the people of Durham. The Lumiere returns for the second time to light up the streets, waterways & historic medieval buildings of the historic city of Durham & its famous Cathedral Over the four days from Thursday 17th  to Sunday …

Virgin Money which is owned by Sir Richard Branson’s business empire, has bought part of Newcastle Upon Tyne based Northern Rock which was  nationalised in early 2008 and split in two in 2010. Most of the old mortgages and debts will still be managed by Northern Rock Asset Management headed by UK Financial Investments, however, Virgin Money will take …

An Excellent video taken in 1901 featuring Geordie’s taking part in a Swimming Gala at Haven Beach between Tynemouth & North Shields. What makes it even more fascinating is the fact that they are racing each other in morning suits & bowler hat’s 

Beamish Museum hosted the live BBC North East and Cumbria television broadcasts for the BBC 2011′s Children in Need event on Friday the 18th of November 2011 North Easts England’s premier outdoor museum opened its doors from 6pm to 10pm with free entry to visitors with a whole host of entertainment for all to enjoy - view slideshow (updated)

One of the highlights of THIS YEARS LOCAL BONFIRE NIGHT CELEBRATIONS will be at the Whitley Bay Spanish City Dome when Diversion Returns with it’s unique light show. The Spanish City light show which premiered in 2010 to mark the end of the Dome’s centenary year and was part of North Tyneside’s Year Of The Arts 2010 – 2011 is …

Alnwick Tourism Association & Alnwick Chamber of Trade are hosting Alnwick’s first Annual Halloween Festival around the town. The festival, aptly named “Dare to scare“, will see ghostly entertainment events held in the Market Place as well as horrible scenes in and around the historic Geordie town, home to Alnwick Castle which featured as ‘Hogwarts’ in the first two magical & spooky Harry …

An exhibition of work from Turner Prize 2011 finalists Karla Black, Martin Boyce, Hilary Lloyd and George Shaw will be on display to Geordies young and old from tomorrow (21 October 2011 – 8 January 2012) at the BALTIC in Gateshead where the winner will be announced on Monday, 5 December.

Northumbria University are on a mission to raise levels of happiness & wellbeing across Geordieland & the wider North East Of England. Academics at the Centre for Positive Living are planning to work with organisations and charities to offer workshops to volunteers and mentors on how to support others more effectively and are currently running …

A unique auction and ball in joint memory of Geordie Gem Sir Bobby Robson and breast cancer campaigner Sally Balch was held this October in an attempt to raise money for Breakthrough Breast Cancer & the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation. The Sir Bobby Breakthrough Auction ran online for two weeks from the 8th to the 23rd of October 2011 and was …

A group of young unemployed Geordies set out on a walk from Tyneside to London in a recreation of the Original Jarrow March. The original march took place 75 years ago in 1936 when 200 jobless  Geordie men marched on the government with a 12,000-name petition calling for employment help. Today, (Saturday 01/10/11) some of their great-grandchildren will …

The widow of a Red Arrows pilot Jon Egging who was killed in a display last month watched as the Red Arrows flew over the Great North Run start line and in the second video we see an emotional “missing man” formation flyby in honour of her late husband Jon. Emma went on to complete the 2011 Great North Run, …

The Great North City Games takes place on both the Newcastle & Gateshead Quayside today (17/09/11) from 1pm and will be televised live on BBC Sport. This years games is a free entry event that offers people in Newcastle & Gateshead the chance to watch Great Britain & Northern Ireland taking on the USA in front of The Sage Gateshead …

The 31st Great North Run from Newcastle Upon Tyne to South Shields which was first won by Geordie sportsman Mike Mcleod in 1981 is taking place on Sunday 18/09/11 & we would like to wish all the runners well. Ethiopian running legend Haile Gebrselassie who won the elite men’s 2010 Great North Run will not be taking …

In the following short video Ashington born Geordie Sir Bobby Charlton – talks about his thoughts and emotions on the day he won a World Cup medal with England in 1966, including what he said to his brother Jack Charlton.

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Does anyone have any idea what’s happened to this photograph or could it actually be a picture of ghostly tourists enjoying an ice cream at Beamish Museum in Durham?  

Peter Parsons sings his song, Geordie land, about (amongst other things) his love of Newcastle Upon Tyne (the old home town), the Gallowgate, Grainger St, Tynemouth and St James Park.