{"id":3529,"date":"2017-05-05T20:37:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T20:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aphimages.wpengine.com\/?p=3529"},"modified":"2023-03-09T13:35:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T13:35:15","slug":"march-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2017\/05\/march-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Northumberlandia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Northumberlandia2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Northumberlandia\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Northumberlandia2-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Northumberlandia1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Northumberlandia\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Northumberlandia1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a title=\"Wikipedia on Northumberlandia\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northumberlandia\">Northumberlandia<\/a> is a giant land sculpture near Cramlington constructed from earth moved from (L) an adjacent open cast coal mine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Northumberlandia4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3537\" title=\"Northumberlandia\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Northumberlandia4-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Northumberlandia4-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Northumberlandia4-1024x699.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Northumberlandia4.jpg 1790w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Northumberlandia5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Northumberlandia\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Northumberlandia5-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Only at certain angles is the overall form of a reclining female figure apparent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>South Shields<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/TheWord.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"The Word\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/TheWord-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/TheWord2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"The Word\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/TheWord2-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Thw Word web site\" href=\"https:\/\/theworduk.org\/\">National Centre for the Written Word<\/a>, or just The Word, is a splendid new library \/ cultural venue just next to the South Shields ferry terminal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/MerchantNavyMemorial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3533\" title=\"Merchant Navy Memorial\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/MerchantNavyMemorial-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/MerchantNavyMemorial-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/MerchantNavyMemorial-1024x738.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/MerchantNavyMemorial.jpg 1725w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CustomsHouse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3532\" title=\"Customs House\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CustomsHouse-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CustomsHouse-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CustomsHouse-1024x669.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CustomsHouse.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(L) The Merchant Navy Memorial (1990) commemorates the merchant navy sailors of South Shields who lost their lives in World War 2. (R) The <a title=\"Wikipedia on the Customs House\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Customs_House,_South_Shields\">Customs House<\/a> arts venue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/StHildasPitHead.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"St Hildas pit head\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/StHildasPitHead-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SouthShieldsTerminal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"South Shields ferry terminal\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SouthShieldsTerminal-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(L) St. Hilda&#8217;s pit head (operational from 1810 to 1940) is a rare survivor from the once great North-East coalfield. Typically the only remains are memorial winding wheels. (R) The glorious waiting room for the <a title=\"Wikipedia on Shields ferry\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shields_Ferry\">Shields ferry<\/a> across the Tyne,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northumberlandia \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,2,10],"tags":[106,40,169,28,49,99],"class_list":["post-3529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","category-places","category-uk","tag-art","tag-industry","tag-memorial","tag-northumberland","tag-river","tag-tyneside"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}