We have now arrived in Geordie-land, inhabitants of the city of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne being known as Geordies. Tyne & Wear consists mainly of the cities of Newcastle and Sunderland and the surrounding towns such as Tyemouth, Jarrow and Gateshead.
Admiral Lod Collingwood, Nelson's second in command at the battle of Trafalgar, was a Tynemouth man and a monument to him was erected in the town in 1845.
(Picture by Ken Brown)
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