WE REACH THE END (OF THE WALL)

From Tynemouth, it isn't far to North Shields, where we find Sackville Street.

Here's Albion Road in the 1920s.

Preston Road, North Shields.

Albert Edward Dck on the Tyne at North Shields.

Looking up the Tyne from North Shields in 1994.

Shipping on the river in the '80s.

A Russian freighter is towed along the Tyne.

The Royal Navy looks on!

The ferry arrives from South Shields.

Northern General provide an open-topper to take us up into the town centre.

Tynemouth was the main bus operator in North Shields. Here's an early Atlantean at Northumberland Square.

Tynemouth, part of Northern General, had a depot in North Shields.

Another Atlantean, in NBC livery.

Hunters of Seaton Delaval also served North Shields.

Go Ahead is now the principal bus operator.

Back down by the ferry was the Porthole, now no longer a pub.

The Prince of Wales, nearby, is long term closed.

Oh dear! Another good pub gone - the Chain Locker.

The Magnesia Bank, high above the Tyne. No real ale these days.

The Berwick Arms, with its lovely exterior, closed in 2010.

At last! We can get a decent pint. Here's the Oddfellows, since renamed the Seven Stars.

We head away from the Tyne for a while, reaching Middle Engine Lane, headquarters of the Stephenson Steam Railway.

In the shed, one of the Harton electric locos from the South Shields area.

The Stephenson Steam Railway.runs down to Percy Main, where the NER once had a loco shed.

Percy Main was also the site of a Northern General bus depot.

Moving on to Church Bank, Wallsend, with a Tynemouth tram.

The Tynemouth trams met the Newcastle ones in Wallsend.

Here's Wallsend New Colliery - a postcard view.

Wallsend is on the Metro system (Roger Joanes CC).

Despite its name, Cullercoats Brewery is now in Wallsend.

I'm not certain as to the current status of the Rose Inn at Wallsend, but it's where I'm finishing this post.

The next one will see us in the Newcastle suburbs. Here's a link to the map.