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...The enterprise zone in Tyneside was one of several such schemes — championed initially by Margaret Thatcher’s government — that offered tax breaks in return for investing in areas in need of regeneration...
...Now, he says, once again “it’s the best salmon fishing river in England, the Tyne.”...
...There was, of course, much more: such as the wonderful Tyne and Wear Metro (1980), with its vivid yellow and slab serif letterform (a big “M” on a pole, one of the Metro system’s original signs, features...
...“At least Margaret Thatcher stuck by what she said.” Sunderland is one of many traditional Labour strongholds where working class disaffection helped swing the referendum towards Brexit....
...Never doubt, said the anthropologist Margaret Mead, “that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world”. Note: she didn’t claim that they would change it for the better....
...Margaret Morrison Newcastle upon Tyne NE6, UK...
...The coal mines have closed and Margaret Thatcher, the miners’ hated adversary, is long dead but class identity and historic allegiances are still live issues for many Northumbrians....
...When Margaret Thatcher’s opposition collapsed in 1983 she reshaped the economy — and the political debate — with radical conservatism....
...In the 1980s, Margaret Thatcher punished the north for rejecting her party by refusing them any means of humane transition into a post-industrial world....
...Announced with great fanfare by George Osborne, UK chancellor, in 2013 and running until 2020, Help to Buy is the biggest government boost to home ownership since Margaret Thatcher’s 1980s Right to Buy scheme...
...“The reality, however, is that Tyne and Wear has one of the best bus networks in the country.”...
...In the 1980s, for example, there was an atmosphere of defiant, militant protest, as the city reeled from austerity imposed by Margaret Thatcher....
...In Slaley, a village of 250 households with stunning views over the Tyne Valley, the Rose & Crown has been part of local life since 1675....
...Sunderland is also unusual in having a female chief executive, Margaret Byrne....
...Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless. They appeared together in the TV series Cagney & Lacey. 20. Oscar Wilde 21. Beyoncé Knowles 22. Asia 23. Pope Benedict XVI 24. i) Ted Hughes; ii ) Thomas Hardy 25....
...Other activities include investment in Tyne riverside land....
...He was an inventor and became chairman of [armaments company] Vickers Armstrong in Newcastle upon Tyne....
...As Margaret Atwood tells it, Jamie Byng, publisher at Canongate Books, “ambushed” her at a “weak time of day” and asked her to rewrite a myth for him....
...Many Londoners think less of flying across the Atlantic than of trekking north to Glasgow, Edinburgh and Newcastle-upon-Tyne....
...But aside from fears over costs and disillusionment with all politicians, other factors - such as long-standing Tyne/Tees rivalry, and a concurrent vote on reorganising another tier of local government -...
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