Old South Shields station and shots from 2000s feature in Metro worker home video
Metro worker’s home movie shows the trains in their heyday - including at South Shields.
A Metro worker’s home movie has offered a fascinating snapshot of the network’s original train fleet in their heyday - including shots of South Shields.
Gordon Armstrong, of North Tyneside, who died last year aged 74, filmed across the Metro system with his camcorder in 2004 and 2005.
Gordon, who used to work in the Metro control room before he retired, was able to document some unique perspectives of the old trains in the early 2000s.
There are shots of the QEII Metro bridge when it was still painted white, the old Gosforth Depot, and the now former South Shields Metro station.
The footage has been added to the official Nexus YouTube channel, saving it for posterity ahead of the last remaining old carriages leaving service at the end of June.
Gordon’s former wife, Michaela Brown, said: “Gordon had a passion for film making and photography. He loved it. The Metro one was close to his heart as he worked there for so many years.”