NEWS

Please be aware that the ENTIRE station is a designated NO SMOKING area.

(And, on both sides of the station we're wheelchair and pushchair friendly. We're also dog friendly, providing you bring your own pooper scooper and bags!))

Four book fairs a year are held in the wonderful setting of Tynemouth Station on the West Concourse, alongside the very popular Tynemouth Station Flea Market on the East Concourse.

There are up to 50 stalls selling books to suit all pockets and interests, including antiquarian and second-hand books, paperbacks, local history, childrens and SF, as well as printed ephemera.

Open from 10:00am until 4:00pm the entrance is free.

The book fair dates for 2008 are as follows:-

April 20th, June 29th, August 17th, October 12th.

These will be held on the West concourse of the station and will run from 10am until 4pm.

For further details contact Ylana First (Book Fair Organiser) on:-

0191 257 2180 or 07906 433968

These numbers are for the book fair ONLY....

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Don't forget that the regular antique and bric-a-brac market will still be there so you can still hunt for that elusive bargain of Claris Cliff !!

For further information please call:-

Jane:- 0191 252 4635

We hope to see you there.........

Other attractions on the station are :-

Johns Cafe, located on the East side, John supplies an excellent selection of home made snacks, including sweet stuffs, hot pies, hot soup (to die for in the cold weather ;o), teas, coffee and cans of drinks. You can have your snack at the tables provided and soak up the ambiance of the market.

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Porters coffee bar in the old station masters room offers a sit-in option for cooked snacks, sandwiches, sweet stuffs and a range of drinks both hot, cold and alcoholic. There's a takeaway section outside for hotdogs, burgers, jacket spuds and ice cream.

Forthcoming music nights at Porters include:

Whitaker, Waller & Harcourt on Saturday 26th April

For further details or to purchase a ticket (round about a fiver) for any of the music nights phone 0191 2586100

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El Forno's is an Italian restaurant offering a wide range of Italian and English food. They're also open evenings.

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Fred & Jackie run the newsagency on the station, conveniently called Station News. Get your papers, magazines, sweets, ice cream, cigarettes, both soft and alcoholic drinks and fancy goods. The shop is open seven days a week.

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Other attractions are a Physio centre, hair salon and a glass design studio. Add a taxi service, the handiness of the Metro system and you've got a perfect venue for a day out.

Oh, and by the way, there are toilet facilities available too!!

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THE BRIDGE

“The Bridge” at Tynemouth Station is an exciting exhibition space situated in the heart of one of our Metro stations. It is the central section of the bridge which links the two platforms together.

The very first exhibition in The Bridge was “My Blue Heaven” by Gilly Rogers (an Art in Context MA student at Sunderland University) in 1995.

Since then, a wide variety of exhibitions and installations have been on display here – most created specifically for this unusual and experimental space. To date (April 2008) there have been over 40 exhibitions.

Some have been by well-established artists such as Julie Livsey, whilst others have been by newly qualified artists starting on their careers like Stephanie Imbeau, with “Inside”.

As well as work by individual artists, there have been group projects, for example North Tyneside Arts Studio’s “Heads of Grey Matter” and “Lii Yu” or “Jumping Carp” by pupils attending the Children’s University.

The newest exhibition in The Bridge is entitled “Flight”. This is by Annette Chevallier, who is a locally based artist and lives in Tynemouth. The idea for the work began when Annette was walking across the bridge on her way home from a peace rally in Newcastle at the start of the Iraq war.

“Flight” is like a three dimensional painting. A swirl of colour greets the eye, as 300 origami peace cranes fill the enclosed space of The Bridge as though in flight formation. A few have escaped and shelter high up under the Station’s glass canopy.

The exhibition is open 24 hours a day from now until the beginning of July

For more information about “Flight” and other art projects in the Bridge, contact:

Ylana First on (0191) 257 2180 or 07906433968.

                       E-mail ylanafirst@talktalk.net

For more information contact Ylana First, tel: (0191) 2572180 or mobile: 07906 433968

Supported by:

North Tyneside Arts, North Tyneside Council, Nexus, Station Developments Ltd and Friends of Tynemouth Station.

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