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TWFRS Volvo appliances outside Gateshead fire station in 2018. Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service, formerly known as the Tyne and Wear Metropolitan Fire Brigade, is the fire and rescue service (FRS) for the metropolitan boroughs of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland, serving a population of 1.14 million people across an area of 208 square miles ...
Fence Houses, or Fencehouses is a village in the City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England.. It came into existence when Napoleonic prisoners were housed on the outskirts of Houghton-le-Spring [citation needed].
Fatfield is an area of Washington, Tyne and Wear, England.The southern part of the village by the River Wear is popular for country walks and the three public houses and working men's club on the banks of the river.
The Seaburn Casuals took over the Everton FC pub called The Blue House for several hours in 1984. They also had a strong rivalry with a Nottingham Forest FC firm due to its links with a Newcastle United firm. A few days before a game in 1994, police snatched a pile of weapons, drugs worth thousands of pounds, and were preparing for a showdown ...
Fulwell's fire station closed in September 2015, when services were transferred to the new station at Marley Pots. Other services include a Community Library, which is open 10 am until 4 pm on Mondays, 10 am until 5 pm on Wednesdays, 10 am until 4 pm on Fridays and 10 am until 1 pm on Saturdays, a GP clinic, two dental surgeries, and a ...
Cleadon Pumping Station was built for the Sunderland and South Shields Water Company to a design by Thomas Hawksley from 1859 to 1862. [56] It was one of a group of pumping stations owned by the Sunderland and South Shields Water Company with others situated in Humbledon and Fulwell. They were constructed to exploit the reserves of clean fresh ...
The Sunderland International Airshow was held on the coast at Seaburn and Roker and was the largest free event of its kind in Europe, with a variety of aircraft, civilian and military aircraft on display. [4] On the Tyne and Wear Metro Seaburn is served by its own station.
Ashbrooke developed through the Victorian era as Sunderland's first suburb. Originally occupied by large middle-class families, including much of Wearside's Jewish population, a fair number of the larger residences have been reorganised into dwellings of multiple occupancy, home to the local University of Sunderland's students and young ...