If you have
read some of my previous vintage image's posts you will remember I mentioned
that some of the images I posted were found at a small flea market. This market I talk about is the Tynemouth Market at the Railway Station in Tynemouth town, in UK (close to New
Castle).
I went there because my husband is a stage manager
for a British Cruise line and I am a very lucky girl that he can take me
on board once a year for 1 month, and like this I have been able to visit new
beautiful places each occasion. Last time I
was on the cruise ship, one of the places we visited was Tynemouth, a very
beautiful and picturesque town we enjoyed very much.
Tynemouth is
a town and a historic borough in Tyne and Wear, England, at the mouth of the
River Tyne, between North Shields (on the Tyne) and Cullercoats (on the coast
to the North). I liked the
architecture, the pubs, the restaurants, the food and the places to visit, but
what I liked the most and totally unexpected was to find the small flea market
at this Victorian Railway Station.
I have not
visited many flea markets recently, as we do not get much of those in Panama, but
last time I visited one flea market was many years ago, so when we arrived that
Sunday morning to Tynemouth and found this cute market at the train station it
was a wonderful surprise for me.
Tynemouth is
one of the oldest stations on the Tyne and Wear network, Tynemouth Station was
opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1882. It served as the terminus for the
first section of the Metro network from Tynemouth to Haymarket in Newcastle
City Centre, and became a through station in 1982 when the fourth section of
the network to St. James was opened.
Today I would
like to share with you some of the things I brought home that day. Mostly I purchased lots of vintage ephemera,
but few tins and some stamps as well.
I like tin
boxes and I found a couple of nice ones and although I do not have knowledge
about antiques, what is valuable or not, I buy items because I like them and
find them beautiful, unique or charming.
The great
find of the day was these vintage wood stamps or printing blocks from a local
town, a church and old houses. I have
not used them in any project yet but I have my eyes on them already for a
special one.
After a nice
shopping time (I was happy shopping and my husband was thinking “What does she
see in these things? These are old!! Hehe), we felt hungry and luckily at the
same station there was a cute coffee place named Porter's Coffee House, where I had one of the best tuna &
cheese sandwiches I have tried in a long long time, it was super delicious, the
service was excellent and the place was accurately decorated with all sorts of
antiques. I definitely recommend it.
This town was
one of my favorite places from those we visited while cruising, hand in hand
with the medieval town of Tallin in Estonia where we found a small but very
interesting and cute medieval store I will talk about and show you in another
post.
Thank you for
reading us and have a wonderful day,
Erika
I love it when someone enjoys the UK. I've never been to Tynemouth, but it looks like a lovely town - what a great job your husband has !
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