Tyne Tees turns 55
Tyne Tees is 55. The service launched on the 15th January 1959 at City Road in Newcastle.
Tyne Tees is 55. The service launched on the 15th January 1959 at City Road in Newcastle.
Eileen Brennan, now Eileen Grinsell, performed on the first ever Tyne Tees show in 1959. At 6pm, she will be on ITV News Tyne Tees talking about her memories of the programme.
"I would personally like to thank the local community for their amazing donations of food, toiletries and clothing. "
Owners John and Irene Hays say there is ''light at the end of the tunnel'', after the pandemic forced them to close 650 UK stores.
There has been resistance to calls to dismantle memorials to the explorer.