Comments on: The Swing Bridge http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/04/06/the-swing-bridge/ Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:50:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/04/06/the-swing-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-23734 CherryPie Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:13:51 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=10425#comment-23734 It must have been a fascinating experience to tour the bridge tower. Thank you for the additional background on the bridge. The photo was taken from below the Hotel Vermont car park. Not the one right in front of the hotel, but the small one to the side and below the hotel. I walked down the steps next to that car park until I came to this viewpoint. It is obviously a night time haunt for the youths. The place where I stood to take the photo was littered with beer cans and covered with graffiti. The information board was obliterated with paint daubs... It must have been a fascinating experience to tour the bridge tower. Thank you for the additional background on the bridge.

The photo was taken from below the Hotel Vermont car park. Not the one right in front of the hotel, but the small one to the side and below the hotel. I walked down the steps next to that car park until I came to this viewpoint. It is obviously a night time haunt for the youths. The place where I stood to take the photo was littered with beer cans and covered with graffiti. The information board was obliterated with paint daubs…

]]> By: J_on_tour http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/04/06/the-swing-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-23723 J_on_tour Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:49:01 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=10425#comment-23723 The Swing Bridge is a classic structure and my favourite of all the bridges across the Tyne. Built roughly near the site of the original bridge over the river, Armstrong was a clever man with an eye for his business a little further upstream as JD says. I have been privileged to have had a tour on Heritage Open Doors weekend up into the tower and two rooms downstairs either side of the road. https://picasaweb.google.com/116957894189219149935/J_on_tourJayzspaze02#5653789102477191842 It is managed by The Port of Tyne authority and is generally un manned. The bridge is now treated like an old lady as it is a historic structure and opens once a week at 12 noon on a sunday. This co-incides with the tourist boat trip on the River Tyne, one of which goes upstream and the other tours the other bridges with a glimpse of Dunston Staithes before heading downstream to North Shields. I can't for the life of me work out where you took this photo from as it is too low for the High Level Bridge and you managed to get Neptune in on top of the old Fish Market. On a side note ... I once bought coffee for two last year in the Hilton Hotel behind and didn't get much change back from a £10 note ! The Swing Bridge is a classic structure and my favourite of all the bridges across the Tyne. Built roughly near the site of the original bridge over the river, Armstrong was a clever man with an eye for his business a little further upstream as JD says. I have been privileged to have had a tour on Heritage Open Doors weekend up into the tower and two rooms downstairs either side of the road.
https://picasaweb.google.com/116957894189219149935/J_on_tourJayzspaze02#5653789102477191842
It is managed by The Port of Tyne authority and is generally un manned. The bridge is now treated like an old lady as it is a historic structure and opens once a week at 12 noon on a sunday. This co-incides with the tourist boat trip on the River Tyne, one of which goes upstream and the other tours the other bridges with a glimpse of Dunston Staithes before heading downstream to North Shields. I can’t for the life of me work out where you took this photo from as it is too low for the High Level Bridge and you managed to get Neptune in on top of the old Fish Market. On a side note … I once bought coffee for two last year in the Hilton Hotel behind and didn’t get much change back from a £10 note !

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/04/06/the-swing-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-23603 CherryPie Sun, 07 Apr 2013 22:37:53 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=10425#comment-23603 It is :-) It is :-)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/04/06/the-swing-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-23602 CherryPie Sun, 07 Apr 2013 22:37:18 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=10425#comment-23602 Althought my article started out about Cragside, on balance the article turned out to be more about William Armstrong, it did briefly mention the bridge. I probably should have sent you the article to proof read (for accuracy) before I sent it off ;-) I didn't know that the National Trust were recreating the hydro-electric power for the house. What an interesting project :-) Thanks for the additional information. I have the book that is mentioned on that site, it is on the table beside me now. I really must get around to finishing reading it. I have far too many books on the go ;-) Althought my article started out about Cragside, on balance the article turned out to be more about William Armstrong, it did briefly mention the bridge. I probably should have sent you the article to proof read (for accuracy) before I sent it off ;-)

I didn’t know that the National Trust were recreating the hydro-electric power for the house. What an interesting project :-)

Thanks for the additional information. I have the book that is mentioned on that site, it is on the table beside me now. I really must get around to finishing reading it. I have far too many books on the go ;-)

]]> By: Welshcakes Limoncello http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/04/06/the-swing-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-23599 Welshcakes Limoncello Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:26:54 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=10425#comment-23599 It looks very interesting. It looks very interesting.

]]> By: JD http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/04/06/the-swing-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-23595 JD Sat, 06 Apr 2013 23:03:36 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=10425#comment-23595 oops :) forgot to link this bit of extra backgtound information http://www.williamarmstrong.info/swing-bridge oops :)
forgot to link this bit of extra backgtound information
http://www.williamarmstrong.info/swing-bridge

]]> By: JD http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/04/06/the-swing-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-23594 JD Sat, 06 Apr 2013 23:01:02 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=10425#comment-23594 =Armstrongs factories at Elswick were held back due to the impossibility of ships reaching there.= ...which is why William Armstrong designed and built the bridge :) btw Cherie, when you were writing your piece about Cragside, did you know that the National Trust are restoring (or recreating?) the hydro-electric power for the house? =Armstrongs factories at Elswick were held back due to the impossibility of ships reaching there.=

…which is why William Armstrong designed and built the bridge :)

btw Cherie, when you were writing your piece about Cragside, did you know that the National Trust are restoring (or recreating?) the hydro-electric power for the house?

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