Newcastle's Mosley Street was the first in Britain to be lit by electricity.

The cult gangster movie Get Carter, starring Michale Caine, was filmed on Tyneside and features Gateshead's famous multi-storey car park.

Every packet of Nestle Rolos is made in the North East.

A total of seven bridges link Newcastle Quayside and Gateshead Quays: Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Tyne Bridge, Swing Bridge, High Level Bridge, Redheugh Bridge,  Queen Elizabeth and the King Edward bridge.

Earl Grey tea originated from Ringtons in Newcastle.

The first flavoured potato crisps (vinegar flavour)- were reputedly invented by John William Hoggett of Gateshead.

The design of the Gateshead Millennium Bridge is so energy efficient that it uses just £3.60 of electricity each time it opens.

"She loves you" was composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney in The Imperial Hotel in Jesmond, Newcastle.

Tyneside playwright Lee Hall first performed the hugely successful Billy Elliot as a reading at Newcastle's Live Theatre.

Tynesider Charles Parsons developed the steam turbine in 1884 which revolutionised the generation of electricity.

Newcastle Breweries, famous for its 'Broon' Ale, began in 1890. Around 600 bottles of Newcastle Brown thunder through the brewery's bottling hall every minute.

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