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North Tynesider. Bass player. Photographer, shooting Olympus / OM System. Digital & print designer. Follow me for photos of Tyneside and beyond.

North Tyneside, UK
Joined May 2011
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Michael Bailey
1 year
I'm irrationally p*ssed off about the loss of the sycamore gap tree. It's as close to a symbol of Northumberland as we have. I hope they find whoever did it, and hoy the book at them. Here it is in happier times.
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Michael Bailey
11 months
This evening's #Aurora over #Blyth and #Seaton Sluice, Northumberland.
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Michael Bailey
2 years
Grey's Monument framed by St. James' Park, #Newcastle #Tyneside .
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Michael Bailey
1 month
Went exploring #Newcastle in the wee small hours this morning.
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Michael Bailey
1 month
#Newcastle quayside early this morning, before the commuters. #Tyneside
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Michael Bailey
2 years
St George's, Cullercoats #NorthTyneside
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Michael Bailey
2 years
A close-up of the seahorses of #Newcastle Civic Centre #Tyneside
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Michael Bailey
2 years
Grey Street, #Newcastle . Surely one of the finest in the land.
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Michael Bailey
1 year
South Shields lighthouse has lost its roof... #StormBabet #Tyneside (📷 @OlympusUK OM-1)
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Michael Bailey
1 year
Jesmond Dene waterfall in full flow yesterday. #Newcastle #Tyneside
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Michael Bailey
9 months
THREAD: We went to Holy Island in North Northumberland today. Here's a biiiig pile of pics, including loads of Lindisfarne Castle @NTlindisfarne @NT_TheNorth . First up.. one of the greatest views from outside a public toilet in the UK!
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Michael Bailey
9 months
North Shields fish quay this evening...
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Michael Bailey
1 year
A timelapse of tonight's aurora from Rocky Island, Seaton Sluice, #Northumberland .
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Michael Bailey
9 months
THREAD! Went to #Newcastle for a wander today. Here's some pics. First... Westgate Road, formerly the motorcycle capital of the region. There's still traces of it...
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Michael Bailey
2 years
I took a photo of Theatre Royal in #Newcastle this evening. @TheatreRoyalNew
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Michael Bailey
2 years
One of the prettiest waterfronts in the UK? I think so. #Newcastle #Tyneside .
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Michael Bailey
2 years
The greatest roof in #Newcastle ? Quite probably. #Tyneside
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Michael Bailey
4 years
@BigBoyler Since you asked so nicely...
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Michael Bailey
3 years
(What's left of) The Wolsington Hotel, North Shields. @GrimArtGroup
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Michael Bailey
1 year
A photo from Yarm, North Yorkshire this afternoon - a beautiful town on a horseshoe bend on the river Tees, straddled by a 43-arch railway bridge built with 7,000,000 bricks.
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Michael Bailey
6 months
🧵📷 Epic #Newcastle photo thread! I went for a walk around our beautiful city this morning, and took a load of pictures, trying hard to get a few angles you might not have seen before. LET'S GAN! 1/ I started at Exhibition Park, and @wylambrewery .
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Michael Bailey
2 years
Another shot of one of the greatest waterfronts in the UK. #Newcastle #Tyneside
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Michael Bailey
2 years
Went to Warkworth #Northumberland today. As lovely as it always is.
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Michael Bailey
2 months
#Newcastle Central Station this evening @LNER
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Michael Bailey
2 years
Another shot of #Corbridge Bridge #Northumberland this afternoon. There's been a crossing over the Tyne at this point for centuries.
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Michael Bailey
5 years
Christmas at the Cathedral, man. What a night. Here's the legendary Jimmy Nail auctioning off some @samfendermusic artwork, raising over £3000 for a great cause! @ChristmasforSBR
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Michael Bailey
11 months
Big waves down Seaton Sluice #Northumberland this evening...
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Michael Bailey
2 months
One of the most iconic stretches of railway in the UK... #Newcastle #Tyneside
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Michael Bailey
1 year
A bit of #Alnmouth #Northumberland from the air.
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Michael Bailey
1 year
Yes, #Newcastle 's vampire rabbit is pretty cool, but let's take a moment to show our appreciation for the fancy-ass door beneath it. #Tyneside
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Michael Bailey
2 years
The gardens of Seaton Delaval Hall, with Seaton Sluice in the distance. #Northumberland
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Michael Bailey
3 months
Had to pinch myself after capturing this dolphin footage off Seaton Sluice #Northumberland tonight. The way they interact with each other is beautiful.
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Michael Bailey
1 month
Tyne Bridge #Newcastle early this morning.
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Michael Bailey
4 months
#Newcastle Central Station this evening.
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Michael Bailey
2 years
The most photographed clock in #Newcastle .
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Michael Bailey
2 years
Collingwood Monument, capped by the coolest seagull in #Tyneside .
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Michael Bailey
1 year
Another shot of a newly-refurbished North Tyneside icon - the Tynemouth Castle Inn, formerly the Park Hotel. It's great to see it finally coming back to life. @Inn_Collection #NorthTyneside #WhitleyBay #Cullercoats
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Michael Bailey
2 years
Does the @SJF_BridgeHotel looks like a locomotive travelling across the High Level Bridge from this angle, or am I seeing things? #Newcastle #Tyneside
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Michael Bailey
2 years
#Newcastle Civic Centre, designed by George Kenyon, completed in 1967. #Tyneside
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4 months
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Michael Bailey
4 months
A bird's-eye view of Bamburgh Castle #Northumberland . @discovernland @NorthEastTweets
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Michael Bailey
1 year
Went to see Ray Lonsdale's fab new monument 'Herring Girl' at North Shields fish quay this morning.
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Michael Bailey
4 years
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Michael Bailey
2 years
Grey's Monument, #Newcastle #Tyneside . Built in 1838.
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Michael Bailey
10 months
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2 years
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Michael Bailey
4 months
Newcastle Civic Centre and the whirligig car park. @NorthEastTweets @NewcastleCC
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Michael Bailey
11 months
Hanover Street, #Newcastle Quayside this afternoon.
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Michael Bailey
3 years
A bit of Newcastle history - futuristic kiosk in Pink Lane, June 1964. #Newcastle (Photo from the collection of E. Bailey - original photographer unknown)
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Michael Bailey
1 year
Seaton Sluice #Northumberland this evening.
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Michael Bailey
10 months
Sunset over Earsdon #NorthTyneside this evening.
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Michael Bailey
4 months
Just for my American pals, here's a shot of a typical street scene in the UK. #Bamburgh #Northumberland @Bamburgh_Castle @discovernland @NorthEastTweets
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Michael Bailey
1 year
The Georgian curve of St. Thomas' Crescent, one of the prettiest streets in #Newcastle , with St. James' Park peeking over the top. Purely from an aesthetic PoV, I'd love to see it without any cars one day... #Tyneside
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Michael Bailey
4 months
We went to Bamburgh #Northumberland today, so brace yourselves for loads of castle photos. Here's the first...
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Michael Bailey
11 months
The #Tynemouth Castle Inn (formerly Park Hotel) is all lit up. It looks fab, and brings a bit more life to quite a quiet corner of the coast. #NorthTyneside
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Michael Bailey
2 years
A slightly unusual view of @durhamcathedral today. (📷 @OlympusUK OM-1)
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2 years
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Michael Bailey
11 months
The Mausoleum, Seaton Delaval Hall #Northumberland . @SeatonDelavalNT
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Michael Bailey
2 years
High Bridge #Newcastle
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Michael Bailey
21 days
Here's Seaton Delaval's new train station, part of the new Northumberland Line. It's opening later this year.
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Michael Bailey
2 years
Managed to get around the back of The Moot Hall today for the first time, giving a great view across the rooftops of old Sandhill, including the (usually hidden) gardens. Would love to visit these. #Newcastle #Tyneside
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Michael Bailey
2 years
Absolutely astonishing clouds over #Durham this evening.
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Michael Bailey
2 years
A sight that needs no introduction. Unless you don't know where it is. In which case... #Newcastle
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Michael Bailey
10 months
Another Seaton Delaval Hall shot from this afternoon. @SeatonDelavalNT @NT_TheNorth
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Michael Bailey
4 years
Someone was having fun just off Whitley Bay beach this evening... @ourwhitleybay @NTCouncilTeam @BBCNEandCumbria
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Michael Bailey
9 months
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Michael Bailey
6 months
An extremely rare visit by an osprey to Curry's Point, near St. Mary's, #NorthTyneside . They're more usually found up at Kielder, so this one's causing a reet kerfuffle.
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Michael Bailey
9 months
One of Cullercoats beach's caves... #NorthTyneside
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Michael Bailey
1 year
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Michael Bailey
1 year
Hidden #Newcastle ... a tower tucked behind Holy Jesus hospital. According to Wiki, constructed sometime 16th c. as a strong room to store munitions, or provide a secure location if the city walls were breached. Troublesome citizens would also be thrown in. #Tyneside
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Michael Bailey
2 years
#WhitleyBay Boxing Day dip.
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Michael Bailey
1 year
The Sun Insurance building, on the junction of Collingwood Street and Westgate road #Newcastle .
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Michael Bailey
2 years
The convergence of the North & South Tynes at Waters Meet, #Northumberland .
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Michael Bailey
10 months
Looking along #Durham 's Elvet Bridge this evening.
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Michael Bailey
3 years
The Bridge Tavern (formerly Newcastle Arms), nestled under the Tyne Bridge on Akenside Hill #Newcastle Quayside @BridgeTavernPub
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Michael Bailey
2 years
Sunrise over #Tynemouth #NorthTyneside this morning...
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Michael Bailey
22 days
Dropped into the magnificent @litandphil in #Newcastle today.
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Michael Bailey
2 years
The outdoor pool at #Tynemouth Longsands this evening.
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Michael Bailey
2 years
The old A1, across the river Tyne #Newcastle #Tyneside
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Michael Bailey
1 year
THREAD: Hello! I went for a walk around #Newcastle today, and took some pics which hopefully show the city I love in a slightly different light. Join me on a self-indulgent journey of nonsense... #1 - Jimmy Carter Stone at the Civic Centre... @NewcastleCC (📷 @OlympusUK OM-1)
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Michael Bailey
2 months
Collingwood Monument in #Tynemouth with its fancy new lighting... #NorthTyneside @NTCouncilTeam
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Michael Bailey
22 days
🧵PHOTO THREAD! Went for a walk around #Newcastle today. Here's some pics. 1 / The confluence of Pudding Chare, Neville Street, Collingwood Street and Westgate Road. Dead centre is Revolution, formerly Barclays Bank (1903). To the right is the Sun Insurance building (1904).
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Michael Bailey
2 years
Seaton Sluice #Northumberland t'other day.
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Michael Bailey
3 years
North Blyth, Northumberland @GrimArtGroup
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Michael Bailey
1 year
#Newcastle quayside this afternoon. Ain't it a beaut?
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Michael Bailey
7 months
Looking from Stowell Street across the town wall, to the printing works #Newcastle #Tyneside
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Michael Bailey
8 months
#WhitleyBay this evening.
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Michael Bailey
11 months
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Michael Bailey
1 year
One last shot of tonight's #Auroraborealis in Seaton Sluice, #Northumberland .
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Michael Bailey
2 years
Popped to Clough's sweet shop on Heaton Road, #Newcastle today. Started by Arthur and Edith Clough in 1934, and still in family ownership. Absolutely fab. Proper sweets!
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Michael Bailey
6 months
🧵 Ouseburn, #Newcastle pics thread! Went for a mooch around one of Newcastle's most buzzing locales today, and it was RAMMED. Great to see it so alive. Here's some pics. @iloveouseburn 1/ Here's the approach from the Cycle Hub car park (free on Sundays!)
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Michael Bailey
2 years
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Michael Bailey
2 years
Grey's Monument #Newcastle this evening, with the newly-built 1 Pilgrim Place rising behind.
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Michael Bailey
2 years
Glorious Newcastle Cathedral. Built in 1350, restored in 1777. @nclcathedral #Newcastle #Tyneside (shot on @DJIGlobal Mini 3 Pro)
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Michael Bailey
11 months
Bob Olley's wondeful #StanLaurel statue in Dockwray Square #NorthShields today. Unfortunately it's largely obscured by trees now. Any chance you could give them a trim, @NTCouncilTeam ?
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Michael Bailey
5 months
Morpeth #Northumberland basking in the sunshine yesterday. Yes.. sunshine.
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Michael Bailey
2 years
#Newcastle Quayside yesterday afternoon. #Tyneside
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Michael Bailey
1 year
The residents around Dunstanburgh Castle, #Northumberland .
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Michael Bailey
1 year
Looking north-west from St. Mary's Island, across Seaton Sluice toward the Cheviot Hills. #Northumberland
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Michael Bailey
1 year
The bridges of Byker #Tyneside #Newcastle
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