In the last post, I left you in Wallsend, without actually seeing the Wall. Here's what's left of it (Creative Commons License).
Up to the north is Shiremoor, the home of Blue Bell Pit, circa 1900.
Nearby, Blue Bell Level Crossing, in 1915.
Not too far away, the NER station at Backworth, served by new-fangled electric trains.
Backworth Colliery, depicted on an old postcard.
NCB Backworth retained steam locos into the 1970s.
In case this area isn't familar to you, here's a link to the map. Don't worry, it opens in a different tab. Meanwhile, let's move on to Benton station in NER times.
By 1970, the third rail had gone and DMUs were in use (Ben Brooksbank).
Around the corner is the Benton Ale House, with beers from the Marston's range.
At Four Lane Ends Metro station, there's interchange with various buses, including those of Arriva, Stagecoach and an independent called Northumbria Buses.
We now move on to Gosforth and here's an old postcard of the High Street.
Race Day traffic on Gosforth High Street sometime between 1895-1900.
The Newcastle Corporation tram terminus by Gosforth Park Gates.
Today, Arriva is one of the companies serving Gosforth High Street.
There's also a Wetherspoons, the John Bulman.
If you need to repent your sins, Trinity Church, Gosforth, is nearby (Creative Commons License).
We take another Arriva bus - to South Gosforth.
Here we find another pub, the Victory.
There's a Metro station at South Gosforth.
Not far away is High Heaton, where County Durham operator OK Motor Services had a small depot.
Next stop, West Jesmond station, with an EMU in NER times.
Tyne & Wear PTE 675 was found in West Jesmond.
We could get a trolleybus straight into Newcastle......
.............but we'll diverge eastwards to Heaton, where the NER had a major loco shed.
In BR days, Heaton MPD was home to both steam and electric locos.
Heaton is now in use by diesels. 08802 was photographed there in 1993.
That's it for now. The next post will find us above and beside the Tyne.
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