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Northumberland

2007-06-04T12:06:39Z

Conservoscalloper: No it's not

Northumberland is a region in the north east of [[England]]. It is home to the city of [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]]. No it's not.

Whitley Bay

2007-06-04T12:05:20Z

Conservoscalloper: wasn't the police

'''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]]).

[[Category:UK Towns and Cities]]

Pocket billiards

2007-05-02T10:11:51Z

Conservoscalloper:

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'''Pocket billiards''' is the term for a collective of games played on a billiard table having 6 pockets along the cushions, in which the aim is to knock the balls into the pockets.

The term Pocket billiards is now general not used. Instead, ‘pool’ is used to describe billiards' many forms. There are numerous different types of pocket billiards games, for example eight-ball, nine-ball and straight pool.

The game [[snooker]] is played on a table with pockets just like billiards, but is considered to be its own discipline of cue sport.

[[Category:Sports]]