In the year 2000 the floating crane, The Asian Hercules II carried the Millenium bridge from the AMEC yard at Howdon in Wallsend up the River Tyne to its permanent home from Gateshead Quayside across the River Tyne next to the Newcastle Upon Tyne Quayside.
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Rock legend Gordon Sumner who was born and brought up in the town of Wallsend near Newcastle Upon Tyne, recently returned to the Geordie capital to unveil a huge portrait he has loaned to the Laing Art Gallery. In the following video “Sting” talks about his emotional return to the region and reveals the reasons why he …
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Geordie Lass Joanne Conway from Wallsend in North Tyneside is shown in the video clip below competing in the 1991 World Figure Skating Championship where she finished a respectable 7th.
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