Month: September 2021

When the site of Killingworth Village was greatly expanded as a Planned Town, or New Town, it was originally called Killingworth Township. One mile south east of the Northumberland border, the town has easy access to the countryside, Newcastle City Centre, and the office and industrial estates of North Tyneside. The town’s lake was created…

The commercial, housing and parkland development of Great Park, at the northern outskirts of Newcastle upon Tyne, began life at the start of the twenty first century. So there aren’t old photos and vintage footage of the old days, but some people have tried to capture the sights, sounds and struggles of a new settlement…

See the sights and sounds of past Kenton, a suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, with a selection of YouTube videos. Old Photos of Kenton This fascinating collection of old photos displayed in a montage shows what Kenton used to look like in the past. Old Photos of Kenton Bar Designed by Ryder and Yates and…

Newcastle’s northern suburb of Gosforth covers what was once the settlement of Bulman Village. Although vintage films of the local area don’t go back that far, we can step back a few decades a see what Gosforth looked and sounded like a few decades ago, thanks to several contributors to YouTube. This page includes videos…