It would be about here that I chose to photograph KRONPRINS FREDERIK in the early 1960's, on one of her many departures for Scandinavia, from Newcastle Quayside
The railway running along the hillside behind the ship is the Riverside branch, opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1879. From Manors East junction the line had seven stations between there and Percy Main, which included St Peters, St Anthonys, Walker, Carville and Point Pleasant stations.