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Whitley Bay's position on the coast, overlooking scenic bays, and its closeness to main-line railway connections, helped it to gain a positive reputation as a resort for working-class holidaymakers from [[Glasgow]] and other towns in central [[Scotland]], as well as for day-trippers from industrial [[Tyneside]]. It also prospered as a middle-class dormitory for [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], to which it was connected by one of England's earliest commuter railways. | Whitley Bay's position on the coast, overlooking scenic bays, and its closeness to main-line railway connections, helped it to gain a positive reputation as a resort for working-class holidaymakers from [[Glasgow]] and other towns in central [[Scotland]], as well as for day-trippers from industrial [[Tyneside]]. It also prospered as a middle-class dormitory for [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], to which it was connected by one of England's earliest commuter railways. | ||
| − | In the Edwardian period the [[Spanish City]] was opened, a pleasure park built of white-painted reinforced concrete in a Spanish-Moorish style by architects [[Cackett & Burns Dick]] of Newcastle. The Spanish City survives, but is no longer (2007) a funfair. Derelict, it awaits new uses. The Spanish City was mentioned in the plangent ''Tunnel of Love'' by '' | + | In the Edwardian period the [[Spanish City]] was opened, a pleasure park built of white-painted reinforced concrete in a Spanish-Moorish style by architects [[Cackett & Burns Dick]] of Newcastle. The Spanish City survives, but is no longer (2007) a funfair. Derelict, it awaits new uses. The Spanish City was mentioned in the plangent ''Tunnel of Love'' by ''Dire Straits'' - Sting (Gordon Sumner), coming from the nearby industrial town of [[Wallsend]], would have been well familiar with Whitley Bay. |
Today Whitley Bay retains popularity as a residential centre (linked by the modern Metro system to Newcastle and other towns in [[Tyne & Wear]]). | Today Whitley Bay retains popularity as a residential centre (linked by the modern Metro system to Newcastle and other towns in [[Tyne & Wear]]). | ||
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Revision as of 12:05, June 4, 2007
Whitley Bay is a residential district and seaside resort in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne & Wear, in north-east England. It gained its current name in the early twentieth century, having previously been known just as Whitley. The change was made to avoid confusion in sending letters and parcels to, or booking railway tickets to, Whitby in Yorkshire.
Whitley Bay's position on the coast, overlooking scenic bays, and its closeness to main-line railway connections, helped it to gain a positive reputation as a resort for working-class holidaymakers from Glasgow and other towns in central Scotland, as well as for day-trippers from industrial Tyneside. It also prospered as a middle-class dormitory for Newcastle upon Tyne, to which it was connected by one of England's earliest commuter railways.
In the Edwardian period the Spanish City was opened, a pleasure park built of white-painted reinforced concrete in a Spanish-Moorish style by architects Cackett & Burns Dick of Newcastle. The Spanish City survives, but is no longer (2007) a funfair. Derelict, it awaits new uses. The Spanish City was mentioned in the plangent Tunnel of Love by Dire Straits - Sting (Gordon Sumner), coming from the nearby industrial town of Wallsend, would have been well familiar with Whitley Bay.
Today Whitley Bay retains popularity as a residential centre (linked by the modern Metro system to Newcastle and other towns in Tyne & Wear).