Across
- 1. George Stephenson of Wylam is often cited as its inventor but several other local engineers had also created working locomotives for use the coalfields (7)
- 5. famous 19th century Tyneside sportsman Harry Clasper was responsible for significant improvements to the design of what? (6,4)
- 7. invented by Charles Parsons of Newcastle as a machine to generate electricity (5,7)
- 8. Stockton chemist John Walker invented this useful item; how else could you light your pipe? (5,5)
- 10. I learn (anagram); method of scoring in cricket matches invented by John Pendlington of North Benwell (6)
- 11. in the early 19th century William Woodhave of South Shields won a competition to build a boat to help prevent deaths from accidents at sea - this was the result (4,4)
Down
- 2. fizzy drink created in 1927 by a Newcastle pharmacist called Hunter;sold mainly as an energy drink for sick people until the 1990s when it became a popular sports drink (8)
- 3. domestic cleaning product first produced in 1929 by a dentist from Heaton called Handley; used to be sold door-to-door by salesmen who refilled customers' stone jars (8)
- 4. first invented by Gladstone Adams, a photographer from Whitley Bay, after a rainy journey in his car; his design was patented in 1911 but never actually manufactured (10,5)
- 6. means of turning electric lights on and off; invented by Newcastle engineer John Holmes (5,6)
- 9. first incandescent one of these was invented by Joseph Swan of Gateshead (5,4)