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A warm Geordie welcome awaited FA Cup winners Newcastle United at the Central Station in 1951

This drug store is where people in Newcastle bought cocaine a century ago

This long-gone corner of Newcastle is pictured in the 1880s

The black and white photo was taken at the top of Grey Street before the area was pedestrianised

Seven people died when a fire broke out at the old Theatre Royal on February 19th, 1823

This is the west side of the Sallyport Tower, a view you can't get today as it's obscured by buildings

The people in this picture had almost certainly gathered there for criminal purposes

This 1897 photo shows a group of people posing next to a derelict medieval building in Newcastle city centre

A large queue formed outside the Stoll Cinema in 1934 to watch a movie about venereal disease

Every building in this photo would be gone the following year

The Side was about to undergo massive changes shortly after this pic was taken

Little has changed on Nelson Street since this photo was taken in 1912

A drinking fountain on Newgate Street is a remnant of the Gallowgate Baths & Wash Houses

A mother and her children are sitting on the doorstep of a Newcastle pub in the 1890s

This photo was taken in 1930 and shows one of the first coaches to operate a scheduled service between Newcastle and London