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 …
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A Tribute to Tyneside uploaded by Youtube user geon106 showing the aerial & ground views of the Geordie architectural & cultural landmarks we all know and love. Some of Geordieland’s landmarks shown are actually situated a bit further out from Tyneside, however, this does not detract from the overall excellent job geon106 made putting this video together :)
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A short video of an art installation that was made by actually placing cars “in” the river Tyne between the Tyne bridge & the Millenium bridge. This combined with fantastic images of the Newcastle Quayside makes for an interesting art exhibition to say the least.
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