"Disgusting, decrepit and verminous," was how the Chronicle described Blaydon's vandalised railway station back in January 1977.
Forty-five years ago, the once-elegant station was set for demolition after badly falling into disrepair during the previous decade.
Earlier in time, six years after the formation of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, trains began steaming in and out of Blaydon in 1835 when a service between the town and Hexham began operating.
