newcastle stuff

The 3 Bulls Heads

The 3 Bulls Heads stood on the corner of Sandgate and the Milk Market; the pub and everything else in the photo are long gone

This cute little tank engine was crossing the Glasshouse Bridge next to the Tyne pub; the Free Trade is in the background on the right.

It’s the summer of 1883 and the builders are taking a tea break during the renovation of Newcastle’s Black Gate

James Cook was landlord of the George IV Inn, he saved around 50 people from drowning in the Tyne

The first photo was taken in 1901 at the junction of Westgate Road and Elswick Road and shows the Big Lamp

The first photo was taken at the top of Benton Bank in Jesmond around 1900, with Armstrong Bridge in the distance

The ancient Duke of Cumberland Inn is pictured here on The Close in June of 1886

This windmill on Darn Crook was pummelled by during the Siege of Newcastle in 1644

The Albion Inn on Newgate Street is pictured in 1964, shortly before it was demolished

The area behind Newcastle Central Station was a powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution.

This engraving of Neville Street was published in 1887, when there were people alive who could remember this part of town as an open field

The world’s biggest grain warehouse had its own fleet of ships bringing grain directly from America.

Dr James Calvert Spence was the guiding force behind the Babies Hospital, where he was a pioneer of modern paediatrics

The north side of Bailiff Gate is pictured here in 1880, seven years before it was demolished

The White City roller rink and the Olympia Cinema are pictured on Northumberland Road in 1912