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‘Angel’ sighted at Gateshead church

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‘Angel’ sighted at Gateshead church

Worshippers at a Gateshead church have come up with a fresh and unusual way of attracting new people.

Members at St. Georges, on Durham Road in Gateshead, have devised an innovative poster to attract passers-by.

The church is served by the high-frequency ‘Angel’ service operated by Go North East between Newcastle and Durham. The special livery on the fleet of environmentally-friendly diesel-electric hybrid buses celebrates Antony Gormley’s ‘Angel of the North’ sculpture, which it passes on the route.

Reader Stephen Sanders, who has been a member at St. Georges since 1979, had a moment of inspiration when he saw the bright green ‘Angel’ buses.

Mr. Sanders said: “It was one of those things that just happens.”

“I’m always on the look-out for ideas for eye-catching posters and noticed that there’s sixteen ‘Angel’ buses an hour passing our church on weekdays. I was looking for a phrase with a double meaning, but with a little bit of thought I found one with a triple meaning!”

The poster cleverly reads: “Angels frequently visit our church. Why not let an angel bring you?”

Stephen King, head of marketing and retail at Go North East, said: “The church’s poster has caused quite a stir amongst our drivers and passengers. It’s a really clever play on words. The church is on one of our busiest bus routes, right next to a bus stop, so thousands of people get to read it and have a smile each day.”

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Around 175,000 journeys are made on Go North East bus services every day to travel around this wonderful region. Travelling to work or education, to visit friends and family, to have a night out, or to visit one of the region's many tourist and leisure attractions.

For over 100 years, Go North East has connected the region's towns and villages with the cities of Newcastle, Durham and Sunderland and currently operates across Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and into Tees Valley.

Employing over 2,000 local people, with a fleet of almost 700 buses and coaches and an annual turnover of £100m, the company is the regional subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group plc, one of the UK's leading providers of passenger transport.

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