On occasion, this is explicitly recognised: the one-off strip Whitley Baywatch, a spoof of the popular American TV show Baywatch, is based in the North East coastal resort of Whitley Bay.

Finally in May 1853, Aberdeen was forced to make a show of force, by sending a fleet under Admiral Armar Lowry Corry stationed in the Bay of Biscay to the island of Malta to join up with a squadron under Admiral Sir James Whitley Deans Dundas.

Baz, Bob and Joe see out their holiday on the beach with girls they have pulled whilst a heavily-bandaged Sid tries and fails to chat up a woman on a bench in a rain-soaked Whitley Bay.

The leader of the gang was Dave Richmond, a local drug dealer from Whitley Bay, his trademark act of violence was the " Whitley Smile.

Within its bounds are the towns of Wallsend, North Shields and Whitley Bay, which form a continuously built-up area contiguous with Newcastle.

The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the county borough of Tynemouth, with the borough of Wallsend, part of the borough of Whitley Bay, the urban district of Longbenton and part of the urban district of Seaton Valley, all of which were in Northumberland.

* Whitley Bay

Metro consists of two lines, the Green Line, which runs between Newcastle Airport and South Hylton via Newcastle upon Tyne city centre, Gateshead and Sunderland and the Yellow Line, which runs between St James and South Shields via North Shields, Tynemouth, Whitley Bay, then looping back on itself and going south via the city centre, Gateshead and Jarrow.

Whitley Bay is a town in North Tyneside, in Tyne and Wear, England.

St. Mary's Lighthouse, Whitley Bay

The Whitley Bay Parish Church is St. Paul's Church.

The council asked residents for suggestions for a new name, and the most popular choice was Whitley Bay.

It has since been known as Whitley Bay, but many residents still refer to the town as ' Whitley '.

On 1 January 1944 the Whitley and Monkseaton Urban District became the Whitley Bay Urban District and on 5 March 1954 it was granted its Royal Charter of Incorporation as the Borough of Whitley Bay.

Councillors of the Whitley Bay ward of North Tyneside Council are Pamela Brooks, Sandra Graham and John O ' Shea, all of the Labour Party.

Whitley Bay was famous for its permanent seaside fairground, the Spanish City.

The Spanish City is the subject of the Dire Straits song Tunnel of Love, along with Whitley Bay and the nearby town Cullercoats.

Richmond's elite society has also been portrayed in various popular culture references, such as in 1920s novels by Ellen Glasgow and James Branch Cabell, or the 1990s television sitcom A Different World, which featured the character Whitley Gilbert, an obnoxious and wealthy African American debutante.

Whitley also had a huge home along his ceremonial boulevard, the " first house " you saw as you turned from Chandler Blvd.

The county seat, Williamsburg, is also named for Colonel Whitley, with the first court held at the home of the town's earliest resident, Samuel Cox.

Autry also sang the classic Ray Whitley hit " Back In The Saddle Again ," as well as many Christmas holiday songs, including " Santa Claus Is Coming to Town ," his own composition " Here Comes Santa Claus ," " Frosty the Snowman ," and his biggest hit, " Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

Houston is also the birthplace and final resting place of Chris Whitley ( 1960 – 2005 ) who won a Grammy for his Livin with the Law album and revolutionized the National steel Dobro guitar and enjoyed a massive cult following, but died prematurely of lung cancer in 2005.

Whitley is also referred to in the charters of King Henry II, King Richard I and King John, confirming to the priors their possessions and liberties.

Monkseaton, which forms the greater part of the north west of the district, is also very old and its industries were common with those of Whitley being chiefly coalmining and limestone quarrying.

* In the BBC series Our Friends in the North, several scenes take place on or around the Whitley Bay seafront ( such as the Rendezvous Cafe ), it is also name checked several times.

New York also benefits from an extensive bus service to the town of Whitley Bay, even though the town of North Shields is slightly closer to the village.

He also taught Latin, Greek and Classical Studies at Whitley Bay High School from 1983-88 and was well known by pupils for his hippy length hair and recitation of the Odyssey in Greek without translation whilst seated cross legged on the teacher's desk.

Although he was raised in Penshaw, he also lived in Great Lumley and Barley Mow near Chester-le-Street, later moving to Whitley Bay.

O ' Neal is most remembered for his starring role as Youngblood Priest in the blaxploitation film Super Fly and the Cuban officer Colonel Bella in the film Red Dawn, although he also had recurring roles on the television show Living Single as Synclaire's father and as Whitley Gilbert's father on A Different World.

He also had a pompous letter from his father, a letter from the family solicitor, and a letter from Ernest Whitley Jones, joint general manager of Lloyds Bank, demanding payment of an overdraft of £ 79 19s 2d (£ 79. 96 ).

Whitley Bay Football Club ( also known as The Bay, or The Seahorses ) are an English football club based in the North-East of England.

Finally, to finish a memorable season in charge, Whitley Bay also won the Northumberland Senior Cup, beating Newcastle Blue Star 2 – 1 at Hillheads Park.

He also taught urban ministry at Whitley College, a college of the University of Melbourne.

She has also had touring stints as bassplayer with Ani DiFranco and Chris Whitley, and played on Sarah McLachlan's album Solace.

** and also: Etna-Troy Township, Whitley County, Indiana

Whitley was also an inaugural member of The Independent Music Awards ' judging panel to support independent artists.

Having also had various professional basketball and ice hockey teams as tenants for much of its history, since 2009 it has had no ice hockey team after the departure of the Newcastle Vipers to the Whitley Bay Ice Rink, and no basketball team since the departure of the Newcastle Eagles to Northumbria University's Sport Central arena in 2010.

He was also associated with Whitley Stokes, Eleanor Hull and Kuno Meyer and his work had a substantial influence on the scholarship of Roger Sherman Loomis.

It was also used in gun turrets, such as the dorsal turret in the Bristol Blenheim, the nose turret in the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley and the rear turret of the Fairey Battle ( see photo at top ).

He is also mentioned under 10 May, his feast-day in the " Felire " of Óengus the Culdee published by Whitley Stokes for the Henry Bradshaw Society ( 2nd ed.

Fisher and his brother, Henry, won scholarships to Whitley Bay High School and Monkseaton High School.

* On the 11 May 2002, Whitley Bay won the FA Vase for the first time in their history, beating Tiptree United 1 – 0 in extra-time in the final at Villa Park.

Whitley Bay manager Ian Chandler said that the win ' feels even better ' than when he last won the FA Vase back in 2002 as a player for Whitley Bay.

* In 2011 Whitley Bay won the FA Vase for an unprecedented fourth time, and became the first team to win three FA Vases in succession and the first team to win three trophies consecutively at Wembley.

Environmental activist Alexander Arbachakov won a Whitley Award for his work preserving sustainable communities in Shor territory.