Still hunting for Christmas presents? 🎄🎁 METROLAND - The people, places and history encountered via the Tyne & Wear Metro is available at as well as @WaterstonesSun @waterstonesncl & @ToonLibraries Or @SunderlandAFC fans go to @ALS_Fanzine shop tonight

METROLAND - The people, places and history encountered via the Tyne & Wear Metro, which featured at the recent Books On Tyne festival, could make an ideal Christmas gift for someone and is available via @ALS_Fanzine @ForumBooks @ToonLibraries @waterstonesncl or @WaterstonesSun

Had a great time chatting about Metroland at the Books On Tyne festival organised by @ToonLibraries today Thanks to everyone who bought the book 👍 If you too would like to own a copy see or @WaterstonesSun @Waterstonesnc @ForumBooks @ALS_Fanzine

Only one week to go before I speak at the Books On Tyne festival Hopefully this cough I've got disappears otherwise it'll be like watching Bob Fleming from The Fast Show Tickets available from Buy the book from @ToonLibraries @ForumBooks @Waterstones

Just three weeks to go before I entertain the masses at Books On Tyne 🫣 Tickets available from And beat the inevitable Christmas rush by buying the book from @ALS_Fanzine @ForumBooks @ToonLibraries @waterstonesncl @WaterstonesSun

Just got back from a few days in New York, including using the @My_Metro's big American cousin @NYCTSubway @MTA. Think a book may be one project too far. Also kept hearing "The alligator is in the centre of the platform" 🐊 *elevator Buy METROLAND @ALS_Fanzine @ToonLibraries

Chapter 60 WHITLEY BAY recalls childhood days out at the @MySpanishCity funfair, @NTCouncilTeam pitch and putt & @Stmaryslight, while also checking out modern @ourwhitleybay Buy the book from @ALS_Fanzine @ForumBooks @ToonLibraries & @waterstonesncl

Chapter 59 WEST MONKSEATON ranges from the lovely Art Deco @My_Metro station building and the frivolity of TV's @gran_super to the horror of Robert Sartin's mass shooting in 1989 Buy the book from @ALS_Fanzine @ForumBooks @ToonLibraries @waterstonesncl

Chapter 58 WEST JESMOND, and as birds decorate a @Co_wheels vehicle with droppings, we wander past @thejesmondncl & @LonsdaleJesmond to the Town Moor for memories of @TheHoppings_ Buy the book from @ALS_Fanzine @ForumBooks @ToonLibraries @waterstonesncl

Thinking of buying METROLAND as a Christmas present? Chapter 57 WANSBECK ROAD is just a short walk from where we find the childhood playground of @NUFC legend & @BBCMOTD pundit @alanshearer Buy the book from @waterstonesncl @ToonLibraries @ForumBooks

Chapter 56 WALLSEND features history at @SegedunumFort (not to mention plenty of Watson family history), music with @OfficialSting & a steady stream of professional footballers produced by @WallsendBoysFC Buy the book from @ToonLibraries @waterstonesncl

Chapter 55 WALKERGATE sees @NUFC fans packing the Railway Hotel, while we learn about local celebs including @CherylOfficial, & check out urban regeneration such as @WalkerAcademy Buy the book from @ALS_Fanzine @waterstonesncl @ToonLibraries @ForumBooks

Chapter 54 UNIVERSITY is the @My_Metro halt for @sunderlanduni - where @jordannorth1 & @HH_World's creator Terry Deary studied, and @jarrowarrow & @emelisande have been chancellors Buy the book from @ALS_Fanzine @ForumBooks @ToonLibraries @WaterstonesSun

Chapter 53 TYNEMOUTH involves a visit to @ThemarketTynem1 in the @My_Metro station plus the relaxing atmosphere of @TynemouthPark, @NlandPark & the coast for some @TynemouthGossip Buy the book from @ALS_Fanzine @ForumBooks @ToonLibraries @waterstonesncl

Chapter 52 TYNE DOCK is where my mam once worked, although sadly with @Barclays and not as a docker at the @Port_of_Tyne, where thousands of @Nissan cars now wait to be exported Buy the book from @ALS_Fanzine @ForumBooks @ToonLibraries & @waterstonesncl

Chapter 51 SUNDERLAND features the former @vauxbrewery & the sculpture of @ray_lonsdale, plus the tale of the girl who tried mailing herself to @thebeatles, & my time working with @profanityswan at @118900 Buy the book from @ALS_Fanzine @WaterstonesSun

Thinking of buying METROLAND as a Christmas gift or otherwise? Here's another little snippet... Chapter 50 STADIUM OF LIGHT takes in the history of @SunderlandAFC both here and at Roker Park Buy the book from @ALS_Fanzine @ForumBooks & @WaterstonesSun

Chapter 49 ST PETER'S features the @MonkwearmouthCE parish church of @St_Bede, while we also take in the @WearmouthBridge & @MWStationMuseum at the closest @My_Metro station to @ALS_Fanzine Buy the book from @ForumBooks @ToonLibraries & @WaterstonesSun

RT @ALS_Fanzine: Author of Metroland @MetroBookKeith is speaking about his book at Newcastle City Library as part of #BooksOnTyne2024... T…

Chapter 48 ST JAMES, and after the pre-match excitement builds on the @My_Metro we take a tour of the @alanshearer @SBRFoundation & @JackieMilburn statues before @NUFC thrash @SpursOfficial 6-1 Buy the book from @ForumBooks @ToonLibraries @waterstonesncl