This is for anyone coming to tomorrow night’s Xmas party at
the Black Bull, Blaydon.
The oldScotswood Bridge
The old
If you are coming over from the north best come down the A1
and take the first slip road off once you cross the river.
At the roundabout take the A694 for Consett. At the next roundabout turn right (the B6317) which bring you into Blaydon
after about one mile.
For anyone coming along the western by-pass, past the Metro
Centre, take the next slip road after the Metro Centre turn off, marked for
Swalwell & Whickham. Turn right at the roundabout onto the B6317 and follow it straight on - it
leads into Blaydon after about one mile.
The old A695 bridge (a box girder bow shaped bridge)
seems to need regular maintenance. We'd have been better off with the old
Chain Bridge built in 1831 which was built to last, like a lot of Victorian
civil engineering. Trouble was - it was just one lane only so a slight
bottleneck in its latter years. Many experts though felt it was the most
beautiful of all the Tyne bridges and of
course its immortalised in the Blaydon Races song. Bring back the Victorians
when we could do things in style and made to last without cheap-skating
it. Not sure if they were keen on jazz though??
Roly
Roly
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