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Weekend Header, with our famous 'Tyne Bridge'

Posted by Norman Dunn on 29/8/2025, 6:31 pm

Our famous Tyne Bridge under construction 97 years ago and as usual Ive added a little bit of history to the photo.

Re: Weekend Header, with our famous 'Tyne Bridge'

Posted by Stan Wears on 30/8/2025, 11:34 am, in reply to "Weekend Header, with our famous 'Tyne Bridge'"

I wouldn't have the bottle to climb up there Norman!

Re: Weekend Header, with our famous 'Tyne Bridge'

Posted by Norman on 30/8/2025, 12:59 pm, in reply to "Weekend Header, with our famous 'Tyne Bridge'"

A few years ago I met a lovely old lady at Jarrow History group called Marguerite Nicol or Nichol and gave her a lift home to Sullivan Walk in Hebburn.She said her Hebburn dad worked on the Tyne Bridge and he told her they had a man in a rowing boat who's job was to pick up men who fell in. Dad told her a colleague who was always acting daft, showing off ended up falling to his death.I think she said that was the only death and caused by being silly.

Re: Weekend Header, with our famous 'Tyne Bridge'

Posted by harry jones on 30/8/2025, 1:32 pm, in reply to "Re: Weekend Header, with our famous 'Tyne Bridge'"

Three workers died during the construction of the Tyne Bridge: Frank McCoy in February 1926, when a skip of excavated material fell on him; Nathaniel Collins in February 1928, when he fell from the arch; and Norman Muller in June 1928, who fell from the abutment tower. All three deaths were recorded as accidental at their respective inquests.

Re: Weekend Header, with our famous 'Tyne Bridge'

Posted by Liz Dance on 30/8/2025, 1:34 pm, in reply to "Re: Weekend Header, with our famous 'Tyne Bridge'"

I really look forward to seeing the Bridge once the renovation works have been completed.

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