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Blyth - heroin addicted charver capital of the NE, avoid at all costs. Seaton Delaval & Seaton Sluice are ok but not much character. Newbiggin is good but you're getting more out in the sticks.
Whitley Bay is ok in places but avoid the area around the Sea Front, it's a stag/hen warzone all year round. Cullercoats is better but basically just an extension of Whitley Bay. Much more pleasant options are Tynemouth and Monkseaton (which is basically the leafy bit of WB). North Shields town...
There is scientific evidence that sticking needles into the skin close to pain receptors does have some benefits, but that doesn't mean acupuncture works. Acupuncture contains all sorts of totally unprovable ideas about 'energy' - only if you believe in that stuff are you performing acupuncture.
Not just that, but MySQL and Solaris as well - Oracle could start pushing their Linux over Solaris, and OpenSolaris looks doomed. Might have to start brushing up my AIX and HPUX...