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Tyneside

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Tyneside

Industrial conurbation in Tyne and Wear, northeast England, on the River Tyne; population (2001) North Tyneside 191,659; South Tyneside 152,785. North Tyneside and South Tyneside are metropolitan boroughs of Tyne and Wear. The area extends from South Shields to Newcastle upon Tyne and is characterized by heavy industry such as shipbuilding and repairing, and fish canneries.



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He was a gentleman before he was gazetted, so, when the Empress announced that "Gentleman-Cadet Robert Hanna Wick" was posted as Second Lieutenant to the Tyneside Tail Twisters at Krab Bokhar, he became an officer and a gentleman, which is an enviable thing; and there was joy in the house of Wick, where Mamma Wick and all the little Wicks fell upon their knees and offered incense to Bobby by virtue of his achievements.
Only A Subaltern by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
"To think," he muttered, "that we've two hundred men spread out at Tyneside, Woolwich and Portsmouth, and not one of them go on to this
The Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
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