David Morton

Phase one of the new shopping complex on the outskirts of Gateshead began trading in April 1986

Photographed in 1966, the venue traded under three different names between 1938 and 1990

La Dolce Vita and the Mayfair Ballroom stood just doors apart on Newcastle’s Low Friar Street

The life and times of the seven River Tyne bridges that link Newcastle and Gateshead

Only the Shields Ferry remains today, but multiple ferry services once operated on the Tyne

Amid reports of a London tribute concert, his legendary shows in our region are remembered

David Morton Seven days a week, one of two ferries makes the seven‐minute cross‐river journey every half hour, from around 7.45am until 8pm.

For hundreds of years, churches have been central to life in the villages, towns and cities of our region

The Magpies’ 1985-86 season marked the emergence of Paul Gascoigne and the continued rise of Peter Beardsley

More than five decades later, a different profile of tenants occupy Grey Street’s fine buildings