Images of Tyneside - paperback

Newcastle is far more than just that distinctive bridge across one of Britain’s mitiest rivers - the Tyne - or merely another nothern city whose growth came abou with the reign of King Coal and the birth of the Victorian steampowered age of the Industrial Revolution.

Newcastle, the capital of Tyneside, is a city whose history is much richer, as visitors soon discover. The whole of Tynesdie, too, can offer a rich diversity of experience, for the other communities which grew up on both banks of the river all developed their own distinctive personalities.

Tyneside is an area of vast contrasts - but one to which most people invariably ant to return. Very often many of them stay for good. There is an old saying, “Wherever you go you’ll find a Geordie.” But you’ll also find that, at heart, no matter how far away, ‘home’ is still somewhere within striking distance of the River Tyne.

Images of Tyneside, drawn from the archives of the Newcastle Evening Chronicle, is a fascinating portayal of the people, places and events of Tyneside, from the last century to the present day.