Steve Ellwood
@tynesnapper.bsky.social
Retired, Local Historian, Snapper, Newcastle City Guide. Author of Newcastle in 50 Buildings, River Tyne, 50 Gems of Northumberland by Amberley Publishing.
Reposted by Steve Ellwood
I've always assumed, with no evidence, that it's a 'book-it' list.
October 6, 2026 at 10:28 AM
I've always assumed, with no evidence, that it's a 'book-it' list.
Reposted by Steve Ellwood
How can a bucket also be a list? How has this weird saying become so commonplace?
October 6, 2026 at 9:05 AM
How can a bucket also be a list? How has this weird saying become so commonplace?
#NewcastleUponTyne Photographed 12th September 2026 in St John the Baptist Church Newcastle upon Tyne the Dorothy Jane Atkinson Memorial Window.
A nativity scene it also commemorates St Michael Archangel and is by Atkinson Brothers of Newcastle upon Tyne.
A nativity scene it also commemorates St Michael Archangel and is by Atkinson Brothers of Newcastle upon Tyne.
October 6, 2026 at 2:30 PM
#NewcastleUponTyne Photographed 12th September 2026 in St John the Baptist Church Newcastle upon Tyne the Dorothy Jane Atkinson Memorial Window.
A nativity scene it also commemorates St Michael Archangel and is by Atkinson Brothers of Newcastle upon Tyne.
A nativity scene it also commemorates St Michael Archangel and is by Atkinson Brothers of Newcastle upon Tyne.
#Benton #NewcastleUponTyne #Burradon The grave of Driver Thomas William Hindhaugh 10577209 REME, who died in an accident 9th September 1943 aged 22 in St Bartholomew’s Church Benton Cemetery.
Photographed 20th September 2026.
Photographed 20th September 2026.
October 6, 2026 at 1:35 PM
#Benton #NewcastleUponTyne #Burradon The grave of Driver Thomas William Hindhaugh 10577209 REME, who died in an accident 9th September 1943 aged 22 in St Bartholomew’s Church Benton Cemetery.
Photographed 20th September 2026.
Photographed 20th September 2026.
#NewcastleUponTyne #Gateshead This stained glass pane in All Saints Church, Newcastle upon Tyne on this day 6th September 2016. An image of the church surviving the Great Fire of Gateshead and Newcastle 6th October 1854. More @ flickr.com/photos/steve...
October 6, 2026 at 12:55 PM
#NewcastleUponTyne #Gateshead This stained glass pane in All Saints Church, Newcastle upon Tyne on this day 6th September 2016. An image of the church surviving the Great Fire of Gateshead and Newcastle 6th October 1854. More @ flickr.com/photos/steve...
#NUFC #NewcastleUponTyne Eddie Howe and his NUFC coaching staff take on Forest Hall Ladies' Walking Football Team at Newcastle United Foundation on this day 6th October 2022. More @ flickr.com/photos/steve...
October 6, 2026 at 12:54 PM
#NUFC #NewcastleUponTyne Eddie Howe and his NUFC coaching staff take on Forest Hall Ladies' Walking Football Team at Newcastle United Foundation on this day 6th October 2022. More @ flickr.com/photos/steve...
#NewcastleUponTyne How many folk still use this term❓- Market Street, Newcastle upon Tyne on this day 6th October 2022.
October 6, 2026 at 12:51 PM
#NewcastleUponTyne How many folk still use this term❓- Market Street, Newcastle upon Tyne on this day 6th October 2022.
#NewcastleUponTyne Work continued to install supports to the facade of Carliol House, Newcastle upon Tyne. Photographed on this day 6th October 2022. Seeing the girders I was reminded of Irn Brew 👍
October 6, 2026 at 12:49 PM
#NewcastleUponTyne Work continued to install supports to the facade of Carliol House, Newcastle upon Tyne. Photographed on this day 6th October 2022. Seeing the girders I was reminded of Irn Brew 👍
#Killingworth Pre-demolition of Killingworth Shopping Centre piece in the North Tyneside Herald and Post on this day 6th October 1993 - Compulsory Purchase Order by North Tyneside Council.
October 6, 2026 at 12:46 PM
#Killingworth Pre-demolition of Killingworth Shopping Centre piece in the North Tyneside Herald and Post on this day 6th October 1993 - Compulsory Purchase Order by North Tyneside Council.
#Gateshead #NewcastleUponTyne Memorial plaque to Charles Bertram J.P., in St Mary's Gateshead who perished in the Great Fire of Gateshead and Newcastle 6th October 1854. Photographed 7th February 2012.
October 6, 2026 at 12:43 PM
#Gateshead #NewcastleUponTyne Memorial plaque to Charles Bertram J.P., in St Mary's Gateshead who perished in the Great Fire of Gateshead and Newcastle 6th October 1854. Photographed 7th February 2012.
#Wallington #Northumberland Wallington Hall Northumberland Grade I Listed Clock Tower photographed 14th September 2026.
Built to a design by Daniel Garrett in 1754 and originally set to be a chapel.
Built to a design by Daniel Garrett in 1754 and originally set to be a chapel.
October 5, 2026 at 1:08 PM
#Wallington #Northumberland Wallington Hall Northumberland Grade I Listed Clock Tower photographed 14th September 2026.
Built to a design by Daniel Garrett in 1754 and originally set to be a chapel.
Built to a design by Daniel Garrett in 1754 and originally set to be a chapel.
#NorthGosforth #NewcastleUponTyne Sacred Heart Church North Gosforth Ground Floor West End Window photographed 18th September 2026.
October 5, 2026 at 12:39 PM
#NorthGosforth #NewcastleUponTyne Sacred Heart Church North Gosforth Ground Floor West End Window photographed 18th September 2026.
#Benton #NewcastleUponTyne The resting place of Mary and Archibald Macdonald in St Bartholomew's Churchyard Benton Newcastle upon Tyne caught my eye 20th September 2026.
Death notices in the Evening Chronicle of 11th February 1930 and 6th July 1937.
Death notices in the Evening Chronicle of 11th February 1930 and 6th July 1937.
October 5, 2026 at 11:45 AM
#Benton #NewcastleUponTyne The resting place of Mary and Archibald Macdonald in St Bartholomew's Churchyard Benton Newcastle upon Tyne caught my eye 20th September 2026.
Death notices in the Evening Chronicle of 11th February 1930 and 6th July 1937.
Death notices in the Evening Chronicle of 11th February 1930 and 6th July 1937.
#SouthShields #Tynemouth The Red Arrows perform their display at the Great North Run 2008 - photographed from Tynemouth Castle on this day 5th October 2008.
October 5, 2026 at 11:05 AM
#SouthShields #Tynemouth The Red Arrows perform their display at the Great North Run 2008 - photographed from Tynemouth Castle on this day 5th October 2008.
#NewcastleUponTyne Foundation Stone of the Rutherford Memorial College, Bath Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne. The foundation stone was laid by Joseph Cowen 5th October 1892 and commemorates the building of The Rutherford Memorial College.
October 5, 2026 at 10:53 AM
#NewcastleUponTyne Foundation Stone of the Rutherford Memorial College, Bath Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne. The foundation stone was laid by Joseph Cowen 5th October 1892 and commemorates the building of The Rutherford Memorial College.
#NewcastleUponTyne Newgate Street Shopping Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne being demolished on this day 5th October 2016.
October 5, 2026 at 10:52 AM
#NewcastleUponTyne Newgate Street Shopping Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne being demolished on this day 5th October 2016.
#NewcastleUponTyne A section of Hadrian's Wall outside of Neville Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne on this day 5th October 2017. It was known the remains existed but work on the building permitted another sight of the wall.
October 5, 2026 at 10:49 AM
#NewcastleUponTyne A section of Hadrian's Wall outside of Neville Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne on this day 5th October 2017. It was known the remains existed but work on the building permitted another sight of the wall.
#NewcastleUponTyne Advert from the Newcastle Weekly Courant on this day 5th October 1883 and an excerpt from Kelly's Trade Directory of 1883. 'Latest Mourning Novelties' caught my eye.
October 5, 2026 at 10:43 AM
#NewcastleUponTyne Advert from the Newcastle Weekly Courant on this day 5th October 1883 and an excerpt from Kelly's Trade Directory of 1883. 'Latest Mourning Novelties' caught my eye.
#Wallington #Northumberland Photographed 14th September the Grade II Listed Owl House at Wallington Hall Northumberland.
There is a claim that the landscaper and gardener Capability Brown designed the Owl House.
Gazebo, c.1766.
There is a claim that the landscaper and gardener Capability Brown designed the Owl House.
Gazebo, c.1766.
October 4, 2026 at 12:36 PM
#Wallington #Northumberland Photographed 14th September the Grade II Listed Owl House at Wallington Hall Northumberland.
There is a claim that the landscaper and gardener Capability Brown designed the Owl House.
Gazebo, c.1766.
There is a claim that the landscaper and gardener Capability Brown designed the Owl House.
Gazebo, c.1766.
#stainedglasssunday #NorthGosforth #NewcastleUponTyne Our Lord's Resurrection by Paul Gannon 1967 in the west end of Sacred Heart Church North Gosforth Newcastle upon Tyne photographed 18th September 2026.
In memory of Margarita Jane Larking
More @ www.flickr.com/photos/steve...
In memory of Margarita Jane Larking
More @ www.flickr.com/photos/steve...
October 4, 2026 at 12:06 PM
#stainedglasssunday #NorthGosforth #NewcastleUponTyne Our Lord's Resurrection by Paul Gannon 1967 in the west end of Sacred Heart Church North Gosforth Newcastle upon Tyne photographed 18th September 2026.
In memory of Margarita Jane Larking
More @ www.flickr.com/photos/steve...
In memory of Margarita Jane Larking
More @ www.flickr.com/photos/steve...
#Benton #ForestHall #NewcastleuponTyne Photographed 20th September 2026 in St Bartholomew’s Church Benton the grave of Private George Morgan who died 21st November 1914 aged 28.
A coal miner by profession he served with the Tyneside Irish Northumberland Fusiliers and died at home in Forest Hall.
A coal miner by profession he served with the Tyneside Irish Northumberland Fusiliers and died at home in Forest Hall.
October 4, 2026 at 11:19 AM
#Benton #ForestHall #NewcastleuponTyne Photographed 20th September 2026 in St Bartholomew’s Church Benton the grave of Private George Morgan who died 21st November 1914 aged 28.
A coal miner by profession he served with the Tyneside Irish Northumberland Fusiliers and died at home in Forest Hall.
A coal miner by profession he served with the Tyneside Irish Northumberland Fusiliers and died at home in Forest Hall.
#NewcastleUponTyne On this day, 3rd October 2009 when naval vessels still had a run ashore in Newcastle upon Tyne. BNS Crocus - M917.Tripartite Mine Hunter of the Belgian Navy.
October 3, 2026 at 1:45 PM
#NewcastleUponTyne On this day, 3rd October 2009 when naval vessels still had a run ashore in Newcastle upon Tyne. BNS Crocus - M917.Tripartite Mine Hunter of the Belgian Navy.
#SouthShields Herd Groyne Lighthouse, South Shields on this day 3rd October 2003. Red and white livery has now changed to red only.
October 3, 2026 at 1:42 PM
#SouthShields Herd Groyne Lighthouse, South Shields on this day 3rd October 2003. Red and white livery has now changed to red only.