River Tyne Time Machine

20/09/2025

Shout out to our new followers!
Thanks for hopping aboard the River Tyne Time
Machine
Here we share memories, stories, and bring photos to life along the Tyne - past and present.
Say hello in the comments and let us know
what you love most about the river!

Raymond Carruthers, John Wilkinson, Linda Burden, Frankie Kova Williams, Matthew Smith, Vicki Southgate, Davy Charlton, Phil Davis, Lorna Powner, Derek Needs, Fay Cunningham, Neil Williamson, Roger Imholz, Bob Fitzsimmons, Margaret Moran, George Le Cat Cooke, Brian Oley, Ian Sibbald, Adele Evitt, Pat Maskell, Mark Dodgson, John Capenhurst, Alan Armstrong, Richard Bryan, Geoff Hall, Victoria Pringle, Paul Blackwood, Ronnie Walker, Yvonne Walker, Brenda Barker, Jeanette Dearden, Heather Harvey, John Cassell, Jim Johnson, Elizabeth Daglish, Judith Hayhoe, Malcolm Scott, Peter Connon, Michael Coser, Andrew Webster, David Chandler, Alex Griffiths, Les Hopkinson, Margaret McAndrew Prev Firman, Judith Fenwick, Glen Bottomley, James Liddle, James Hannant, Sylvia Richardson, Barry Warman

18/09/2025

A walk through old South Shields-before mobile phones, before internet shopping.
We made plans by the bus stops, swapped news over the counter, and checked the windows at Rippons to see what was new. Smiths on the corner, Woolworths buzzing, a cone from Minchella's if the weather played nice.
Which shop do you miss most?

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17/09/2025

👋 Welcome to our new followers!
Thanks for hopping aboard the River Tyne Time Machine 🚂⚙️🌊
Here we share memories, stories, and bring photos to life along the Tyne – past and present.
💬 Say hello in the comments and let us know what you love most about the river!

Raymond Carruthers, John Wilkinson, Linda Burden, Frankie Kova Williams, Matthew Smith, Vicki Southgate, Davy Charlton, Phil Davis, Lorna Powner, Derek Needs, Fay Cunningham, Neil Williamson, Roger Imholz, Bob Fitzsimmons, Margaret Moran, George Le Cat Cooke, Brian Oley, Ian Sibbald, Adele Evitt, Pat Maskell, Mark Dodgson, John Capenhurst, Alan Armstrong, Richard Bryan, Geoff Hall, Victoria Pringle, Paul Blackwood, Ronnie Walker, Yvonne Walker, Brenda Barker, Jeanette Dearden, Heather Harvey, John Cassell, Jim Johnson, Elizabeth Daglish, Judith Hayhoe, Malcolm Scott, Peter Connon, Michael Coser, Andrew Webster, David Chandler, Alex Griffiths, Les Hopkinson, Margaret McAndrew Prev Firman, Judith Fenwick, Glen Bottomley, James Liddle, James Hannant, Sylvia Richardson, Barry Warman

16/09/2025

Who else did the ‘Dolly Walk’for Luck 🥰

A small doll (often described as marble/ivory) was pressed into the fresh concrete of the lighthouse wall around 1895, when the pier and light were finished. Some versions even name a worker—James Bertram—as the one who found it and set it in place. Over decades, people walking the mile-long pier would “touch the dolly for luck,” which gradually wore it away.

16/09/2025

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16/09/2025

“ River Tyne Time Machine – Bringing the Past to Life “.

Step back in time and see history like never before. At River Tyne Time Machine, we take forgotten black-and-white photos and transform them into vivid, colourised, moving pictures using the power of AI. Watch the River Tyne’s rich heritage come alive — from everyday street scenes to iconic landmarks — as the past flows into the present.

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16/09/2025

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