Old Washington Rd.

Sunderland

Tyne & Wear

SR5 3HZ

The North East Aircraft Museum (NEAM) is located on the land where Sunderland Airport once stood. In 1917 during the First World War it became operational and was still running during the Second World War. Its biggest claim to fame was on August 15th 1940...

December 11th 2021

Castle Keep,

Castle Garth,

Newcastle Upon Tyne,

TYNE & WEAR

NE1 1RQ

Building work began on The Castle that stands today in 1172 by Henry II and took 5 years to complete. Later, during the reign of Henry III The Black Gate and further outside walls were added outside of The Castle. The Castle became somewhere of safety for the local townsfolk during attacks from the invading Scots.
Unfortunately over the following 300 years...

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Heugh Gun Battery

Moor Terrace, The Headland

Hartlepool

Cleveland

TS24 0PS

Heugh Battery was built in 1860 on the coast of Hartlepool. The battery was used in both World War 1 and World War 2. After being closed in 1947, the Heugh Battery was reactivated for the Territorial Army, and by 1950 had become a prominent training location. This said, the new threats of the Cold War...

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Redworth Hall Hotel

Newton Aycliffe,

County Durham

DL5 6NL

Redworth Hall is a 17th century country house at Redworth, Heighington, County Durham, England now converted to an hotel. It is a listed building. Robert Surtees, a descendant of the ancient family...

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Jedburgh Castle

Castle Gate,

Jedburgh,

Roxburghshire

TD8 6BD

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13 Rogerson Terrace,

Croxdale,

Durham

DH6 5HJ

The building was built in 1978 to help educate the children of the local miners. From happy memories to tragic loss and untimely death the building has seen a lot of unfortunate events. Items in the centre are sometimes found out of place and people have often heard what sounds like children...

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Maynard's Row,

Gilesgate,

Durham

DH1 1QF

Vane Tempest Hall was built in 1865 as Militia Barracks. Now used as a community centre, it was formerly used as an isolation hospital for smallpox victims and also a mortuary as dead bodies were stored there of the victims who unfortunately passed away from the disease.  It is also the only surviving.33..

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25 The Royalty

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Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum,

Deepdale,

Skinningrove,

Saltburn-by-the-Sea,

TS13 4AP

Cleveland ironstone mine opened in 1849 But back then it was know as the skinnigrove ironstone mine, in 1847 a gentleman by the name of Frederick okey discovered coloured stones on the beach. A local landowner recognised the stone formation and informed it was on the east side of the valley and the land was leased for the price of a brandy and water as the legend goes by a man called Messrs Roseby on the 23rd September 1847, but within less than a year...

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Thackray Medical Museum (Leeds)

141 Beckett Street,

Leeds,

West Yorkshire,

LS9 7LN

Thackray Medical Museum was opened in 1861 as Leeds Union Workhouse, with its sole purpose of housing poor and homeless people in return for hard work in unwelcome conditions. Over the years the site was expanded to include an infirmary, with 140 beds also caring for mentally ill patients.

In 1925 workhouses were considered...

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South Beach,

Blyth,

Northumberland

NE24 3PQ

Blyth Battery is a coastal defence artillery battery, built in 1916 to defend the port of Blyth and the submarine base there during World War I, and upgraded for re-use during World War II. It is the most intact, accessible and intelligible coast defence battery on the North East and Yorkshire coast, with individual buildings and features of considerable rarity. It comprises two building groups – a twin coast defence gun emplacement and a twin searchlight emplacement,...

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Ship Isis Sunderland,

26 Silksworth Row,

Sunderland

SR1 3QJ

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Beach Bingo,

North Shields

The Beach Bingo Club,

Russell St,

North Shields,

NE29 0BJ

Although we don't know much about the Beach Bingo, apart from its session times, we do know a bit about the venu'es past. It opened it's doors in 1929, the New Princes had seating for 1,600, and although it was fully equipped for theatre (fly tower and stage house), it was mainly used for cinema. Designed by George Bell, and with an interesting columned frontage, the cinema closed in 1977. We are not sure if the bingo club was previously operated by a different company, or whether it has always been under the control of Beach Bingo.

It has been reported an actor in the threatre comitted suicide and several other...

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North Shields

Linkskill Centre,

Linkskill Terrace,

North Shields

NE30 2AY

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Charles Young Centre,

South Shields

Charles Young Centre,

Talbot Road,

South Shields

NE34 0QJ

The building was original build as a church namely the St Andrews Presbyterian Church. In addition to the church the building also housed a Church Hall and Sunday School. The land was leased for this purpose in 1904....

                    June 30th 2021 

Kielder Castle,

Kielder

Kielder Castle,

Kielder,

Hexham

NE48 1ER

Write up coming soon..

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