Locals raise an eyebrow as The Times dubs Tynemouth 'the Hawaii of the North'

Tynemouth locals have been left slightly confused by the assertion that they refer to their home as "the Hawaii of the North".

The bold claim featured in a Sunday Times article, which singled out the North Tyneside town as one of "the six seaside towns everyone’s going to be talking about this summer". The story claimed that: " The 'Hawaii of the north' is how locals proudly describe Tynemouth".

Now, here at ChronicleLive, we love the North East coast and we're always pleased to see the rest of the country recognising what those of us who live here have long known - that you've got to go a very long way to beat our beaches. Still, even we'd be willing to admit that there's a bit of a difference between North Tyneside and Honolulu.