Mick Southwick

🚨 Check out my #localhistory books on #NewcastleUponTyne & the #NorthEast . All profits to @GreatNorthCH . All 7 books are 200page affairs & can be found displayed on my blog at newcastle-history.blogspot.com or at linktr.ee/historymick Hope you enjoy them, & thank you! #Newcastle

#NewcastleUponTyne Progression on the upgrade to Northumberland Street, Newcastle upon Tyne photographed 25th March 2026. Holy Island Pole's now installed and trees planted. More @ flickr.com/photos/steve-e…

It's now been more than 4 years since I started my 'Newcastle History Blog'. Check out my latest article (about the Grainger Memorial Fountain) at newcastle-history.blogspot.com/2026/03/graing… #Grainger #Newcastle #NewcastleUponTyne

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This again. All I'm going to say is that if you live in Spelkland then it IMPERATIVE that you use the THE word & immediately correct anyone who does not. Every effort is needed to ward off the invader.

Todays post is on the Scotch Church turned Sally Citadel on Howard Street - one of, if not the first, commission for John Dobson after finishing his studies down in London. May I say this is my favourite building in North Shields? Bit long, so free for everyone on Patreon!

This Tuesday 24th March 1pm Alan Fidler will share his recent research into the history of the Keelmen. Info & booking oldlowlight.co.uk/event/heritage…

Drones used for site information works at Victoria Viaduct, as part of the route planning for getting the Metro to Washington. ▶️ youtu.be/HSxIueXu34k?fe…

The Mushroom Hotel Mushroom Quay in Byker 1886. The hotel sat next to the Mushroom Ferry Landing, a busy transit point for workers in the local chemical factories, soap works, and glasshouses.

Gateshead Through Changing Times... From the late 1960s to the mid-1980s - when the skyline began to change, old streets made way for new roads, and a new chapter in Gateshead's story was beginning. #RiverTyneTimeMachine2 #OldGateshead #GatesheadHistory

The world's smallest(?) Battlefield visitor information centre, Flodden. The nearby Battlefield trail is superb and to do it justice warrants a return trip (in the diary).

Ouseburn Valley was once one of the most important industrial areas in the North East. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the valley was packed with flour mills, glassworks, iron foundries, and boatyards, all powered by the Ouseburn stream as it flowed down into the River Tyne.

Pilgrim's Quarter, Newcastle @NewcastleCC

Newcastle Infirmary at Forth Banks of 1781 as seen in December 1943. Description on back of photo states ''Venetian window at east side, pillars & rails collapsed since Mr Sumersons last visit''

Newcastle Infirmary at Forth Banks of 1781 as seen in December 1943.

Always welcome at the Old Low Light latest talk from Janis Blower our friend from the south side. Info & booking oldlowlight.co.uk/event/heritage… ⁦@LuvNorthShields⁩ ⁦@Just_JanisB⁩

Warkworth Daffodils Northumberland

EARLY NEWCASTLE - Through the Eyes of Our Great-Grandparents... • •• What was life really like back then? Before modern Newcastle... before the world we know today. #rttm2 #rivertynetimemachine2 #newcastle #newcastlehistory #tyneside #northeastengland #oldphotos #thenandnow

Magpies everywhere! NUFC being celebrated in the street art of John Dobson Street. Amazing what you spot when you just look up and look around. ⁦@NUFC⁩ ⁦@nufctrust⁩

Morning! I've added the old North Shields Union School (and its slightly later vehicular archies) to the site as its own entry. Have a great Tuesday :-) northeastheritagelibrary.co.uk/features/north…

Very proud to announce our @NE_Museums plan to acquire this iconic artefact for the nation and bring it home to the north east of England where Admiral Lord Collingwood was born and his crew, the ‘Tars of the Tyne’, were recruited from. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…