(31 Jul 2015, 12:19 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Wow! Is that before the monstrosity that was Safeway even got built? (I didn't move up to the NE until the late 80s and it was already there when I first lived in Gateshead, in '89)None of the shops that are in the Interchange Centre now - are in the photo. It is all just rubble.
I reckon the shops were built in the mid-80's. So only a few years after that photo was taken and not long before you came to Gateshead.
Note the walkway under Wilkinsons (what was Presto/Safeway), into the metro station, is open to the elements too.
(31 Jul 2015, 12:42 pm)R852 PRG wrote Notice that is one of their tweets that I've retweeted.
Always enjoying seeing their uploads, there's always something fascinating there.
I love having a look at the page and have mentioned it a few times. I never noticed who retweeted the pics though.