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Unemployment Update

Unemployment, what does it say about you?. Is it a means to an end?, a better future for self/family?, a necessary evil?, something to be afraid of?, or maybe to be avoided at all costs?. Which ever floats your boat it will say something about you. Not to long ago I got chatting to a [...]

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Read Guion and North German Lloyd Lines

Guion and North German Lloyd Lines

There were more than 100 ships commissioned by the Royal Navy, but this in no way diminished his shipbuilding for other sources. Amongst his inventory were a number of ferries built for cross-Tyne duties. These particular ferries were built to work between Jarrow on the south side of the Tyne and Howdon on the north-side. [...]

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Read Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden

Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden

I feel another weird post coming on… Have you ever open your door to answer someone knocking and found it was not that long awaited parcel. Instead you find yourself face to face with two individuals preaching the bible. Well this happened yesterday to my wife. why she let them get her into a debate [...]

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Read God, Aliens and Flying Saucers

God, Aliens and Flying Saucers

For those of you who read my last post Train Of Thought you may remember I finished with closing the cage door. While I was writing that particular post I got to thinking If there is no God or afterlife then where do we go from here. My thoughts go back in time to the [...]

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Read A Bizarre Happening

A Bizarre Happening

I came across the following eerie story in an old newspaper clipping (Shields Gazette 2005). The story was wrapped around Boldon Colliery Pit. Boldon Colliery used to be a mining village in the North East of England. The village, more like a small town these days, is still there, but the mine workings were closed [...]

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Read Railway Street Station

Railway Street Station

The scene below shows further changes to Railway Street Station. gone are the old style buildings to be replaced by poorly built shelters. With more and more businesses sending goods by road the passenger and freight trains that operated out of the station slowly became redundant, reducing the need for manned stations with ticket offices. [...]

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Read Ormonde Street

Ormonde Street

Many photographs taken around the 19th century exists of Ormonde Street in Jarrow Tyne and Wear. Most all of them showing the view below. This street all those years ago was classed as the main shopping area and was always busy with shoppers. The scene below existed until it was demolished in the 1960′s. The [...]

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Read The Ben Lomond

The Ben Lomond

The Ben Lomond as it was known back in the 1930′s, was run as a residential hotel, it remained so until the 1970′s. The exterior of the building has never changed and is as grand a structure now as it was back in the 30′s. However, this did not go for the interior, sadly it [...]

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Read Election Fever

Election Fever

Do you remember the disaster for labour at the EU / Local Elections I did not know whether to laugh, or cry. Maybe Gordon Brown is not the right figure head for this country, but at the end of the day neither is any of the other parties, at this precise moment in time… Why [...]

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Read Economy Digital Bill

Economy Digital Bill

Well, it seems once again our internet is under siege by politicians (fools) who have no idea about web policy or even what WWW. stands for. If this Economy digital Bill l, that was started by a member of parliament who was thrown out of the Labour party 3 times, then brought back in by [...]

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