Looking back.. and looking forward
Celebrating Cinema on Tyneside
One hundred years ago, on April 13 1908, the first permanent cinema space opened in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. tc100.org celebrates this amazing anniversary and invites you to share your own memories on what makes the region and its cinemas special to you with the world.
Tyneside Walks
This exclusive series of audio guides to cinema sites in Newcastle city centre will show you exactly where you can find the spots where cinemas used to be and some spots where they are still visible…
The podcasts are accompanied by a map of the sites to view in Google Earth for those who can’t make it to the North East!
Watch ‘The Picture Palace’, Lucy Jolly’s film about the reopening of Tyneside Cinema
My Tyneside
Share your memories of cinema-going on Tyneside. Send us your memories, your photos, or even make a video just for our very own YouTube channel!
Tyneside Podcasts
In the runup to the reopening of Tyneside Cinema on Pilgrim Street, a series of special podcasts from the team behind this remarkable cinema.
Cinema Memories
Watch some of the remarkable videos made by older people on Tyneside, talking about their memories of cinema-going. This digital storytelling project was run in conjunction with the Tyneside Cinema. The stories have been available on DVD, but now you can watch them online.
See the rest of the Cinema Memories
1300 Years of Tyneside News
The first stage of our history of Tyneside from the Chronicles to The Chronicle is now online, with the dates every cinema opened and closed - and a lot of other newsworthy events - for you to explore.
