1. -- Since John Constable left to brew beer in Butterknowle the Chain locker in North Shields opposite the ferry landing has vanished from the Good Pub Guide. 2. Also, many crossings have been there for ages, some dating back to cattle trails, wagon fords, ferry landings and early railroad trestles. 3. A TV crew that happened to be at the ferry landing focused their cameras on us. 4. But highway officials admit that repairs to the steep road, which leads to a ferry landing, have been put off for decades. 5. I was walking a narrow street near the ferry landing, looking for a place to get a pub meal. 6. Johnson never made much money from the small, rustic boatyard and marina he built by himself on the former ferry landing, with a loan from his father. 7. On Friday at the ferry landing, most visitors said they had no problems with the cameras. 8. The Legislature also unanimously passed a bill asking President Bush and the U.S. Congress to designate the Eagledale ferry landing as a national memorial. 9. They were shuttled down the main boulevard in a half-dozen vans and buses that load up at the ferry landing. 10. To the south, a rusting railway bridge replaces the ferry landing, but the site itself remains vacant. |