Alistair Harrison joins civic digitates from both Newcastle and Gateshead to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Tyne Bridge on the 10th October 1978. The Lord Mayor of Newcastle Mrs Doris Starkey presents a Golden Jubilee certificate to her counterpart from Gateshead and a procession of vintage and horse drawn vehicles crosses the bridge. At the end of the report interviews with five men who all worked on the construction of the bridge about their experiences. A man leads a...

Alistair Harrison joins civic digitates from both Newcastle and Gateshead to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Tyne Bridge on the 10th October 1978. The Lord Mayor of Newcastle Mrs Doris Starkey presents a Golden Jubilee certificate to her counterpart from Gateshead and a procession of vintage and horse drawn vehicles crosses the bridge. At the end of the report interviews with five men who all worked on the construction of the bridge about their experiences. A man leads a brass band across the Tyne Bridge from Gateshead towards Newcastle as onlookers watch from the pavement. The Lord Mayor Newcastle Mrs Doris Starkey shakes hands with the Mayor of Gateshead and his wife while television cameras and photographers find the best places to capture the scene. Doris Starkey shakes the Mayor of Gateshead’s head once again and presents him with a jubilee certificate, on the pavement nearby the brass band continues to perform. Doris and the Mayor of Gateshead each hold up their certificates for the camera followed by white balloons being released from the bridge. A horse drawn Vaux delivery wagon slowly makes its way across the Tyne Bridge, behind it a horse drawn Ringtons delivery cart. Doris Starkey waves at the vehicles as they pass, a woman in the passenger’s seat of a vintage car waves at the camera. A procession of vintage lorries and cars drive slowly across the bridge towards Newcastle. Alister Harrison speaks with five men all of whom had worked in some capacity on the design or building of the Tyne Bridge between 1925 and 1928. They talk about their jobs and today’s celebrations. The procession of vintage cars continues to cross the Tyne Bridge, a policeman direct traffic crossing the bridge in the opposite direction.