Traditional Fishwives Dress Cullercoats

Traditional working dress of Cullercoats fishwives, worn throughout the 19th century and until the 1940's.

Cullercoats is in the north-east of England in Tyne & Wear.

Other Tyne and Wear postcards here.

1960s Picture Of St Mary's Lighthouse, Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear

1960s postcard of St Mary's lighthouse, Whtley Bay, Tyne & Wear (formerly Northumberland). I remember visiting here as a child and climbing all of the steps to the top. The lighthouse is on a small island but it's possible to walk across to it at low tide.

Other Tyne & Wear Postcards:
The Roman Wall Or Hadrian's Wall Postcard
1920s Photo Of Rose Hill, Wallsend, Tyne & Wear, England
1970s Postcard Of Long Sands, Tynemouth, England

The Roman Wall Or Hadrian's Wall Postcard

A 1970s postcard of The Roman Wall or also called Hadrian's Wall. This photo is at Cuddy's Cag.

Information on the Postcard:
The 73 mile wall was built between 122 and 130 A.D under the orders of the Emperor Hadrian, and finally abandoned in 383 A.D. There are large forts for 1000 men at intervals of about 5 miles and smaller 'mile castles' at intervals of a Roman mile, to hold a garrison of 50 men.

1920s Photo Of Rose Hill, Wallsend, Tyne & Wear, England

A black and white postcard photo of Rose Hill, Wallsend, Tyne & Wear taken from Church Bank in the early 1920s.

Other Wallsend, Tyne & Wear Postcards:
High Street East, Wallsend-on-Tyne, England - 1960s Postcard
1910 Rising Sun Coal Mine Wallsend Postcard
1960s Photo Of The Richardson Dees Park, Wallsend, Tyne And Wear

Holy Cross, Wallsend, Tyne & Wear, England

1950s postcard of the Holy Cross, Wallsend, Tyne & Wear, England.

The Church of the Holy Cross dates back to 1145AD and was built by the monks from Jarrow Priory using Roman stone taken from the nearby Hadrian's Wall. The church was used for public worship until 1798 after which time it became derelict, the stone foundations and grave were restored and a steel railing erected in 1909 to protect the site. Source

Other Wallsend Old Postcards:
1910 Rising Sun Coal Mine Wallsend Postcard
1960s Photo Of Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England Taken From The Air
High Street East, Wallsend-on-Tyne, England - 1960s Postcard

Jesmond Dene, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear

A postcard from the 1950s showing five views of Jesmond Dene, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear: The waterfall, the old mill, the bridge, the stepping stones and a general view.

Jesmond Dene - a public park - was first laid out by William George Armstrong and his wife, of Jesmond Dene House, during the 1860s. The design is intended to reflect a rural setting, with woodland, crags, waterfalls and pools. It is now owned by Newcastle City Council.

1960s View Of Bamburgh Village And Castle, Northumberland, England

A 1960s postcard showing Bamburgh Village and Castle, Tyne and Wear (though was Northumberland back then), England. The postcard says:

"This pleasant old-fashioned village is a source of pride for all Northumbrians. In the churchyard is a monument to Grace Darling who, on a stormy night in 1838, rowed out to rescue the survivors of a wrecked ship,"

1970s Postcard Of Long Sands, Tynemouth, England

This is a postcard showing how Long Sands, Tynemouth, Tyne & Wear, England looked in the 1970s.

Greetings From Tyneside 1960s Postcard

Greetings from Tyneside with this 1960s postcard showing the S.S Blenheim off Tynemouth, Central Station, the Tyne Bridges and St Marys Island, Whitley Bay.

1960s Photo Of Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England Taken From The Air

Today's postcard shows a view from the air of Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England. The postmark on the card has the date of 28 March 1966. Wallsend is at the end of Hadrian's Roman Wall - thus it's name. In Ronan times it was known as Segedunum.

Wallsend is about three or four miles from Newcastle-upon-Tyne in north-east England,

High Street East, Wallsend-on-Tyne, England - 1960s Postcard

To the north-east of England and Wallsend-on-Tyne, Tyne & Wear. The postcard, in black and white, shows the High Street East. Where have all the cars gone? Well, the postcard is from the 1960s so times have changed.

1910 Rising Sun Coal Mine Wallsend Postcard

A postcard today showing the New Colliery, Wallsend which was later called the Rising Sun Pit or Colliery. The photo is from 1910. Wallsend is in Tyne and Wear, England.

The Colliery Engineering publication in Dec 1935 wrote:

"At their Rising Sun pit the Wallsend & Hebburn Coal Co. Ltd. have erected what is probably the most complete coal preparation plant in the world. Wallsend has been in every sense a household word ever since, in 1756, the High Main seam was first exploited by the famous colliery which bears this name ... a colliery with such a tradition should take pains to preserve a reputation for quality by installing one of the most complete coal-preparation plants in the world. For not only does this plant provide for both the dry-cleaning and wet-washing of the product but also for the dedusting of the coal, the washing of the dust by flotation, filtration, thermal drying, water clarification, blending and mixing, and dry and wet screening."

Today the mine has gone, the area has been transformed into a 400 acre natural green oasis called The Rising Sun Country Park.

1960s Photo Of The Richardson Dees Park, Wallsend, Tyne And Wear

A 1960s black and white postcard showing the Richardson Dees Park, Wallsend-on-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England.

The park is named after Robert Richardson Dees (1814-1908) who presented fourteen acres of land (the site of the former Wallsend Coal Pit) to the town to be used as a public park.

St Mary's Island, Tyne & Wear, England Postcard

This is St Mary's Island, with it's lighthouse, and taken from an original oil painting by Ivan Lindsay.

St Mary's Island is at Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, England. The postcard reminds me personally of visits to the island as a child with my parents and climbing to the top of the lighthouse. The Island is reached by a causeway when the tides are right.