NORTH EAST 1993

■ The minesweeper HMS Kellington is towed under the Tees Transporter Bridge, August 1993 ■ Farnons Department Store, Newcastle, July 1993 ■ A steam locomotive on the Tanfield Railway near Stanley, County Durham , June 1993 ■ A Christmas postcard depicting Gateshead in 1905

■ Northumberland Street, Newcastle, lit up with Christmas lights in 1993. The street was pedestrianised five years later ■ Wearmouth Colliery at a standstill after closure in November 1993