newcastle stuff

Clayton Street then & now

Clayton Street has always been the shabbiest part of Grainger Town and almost bankrupted its builder, Richard Grainger

Pipewellgate is one of the oldest parts of Gateshead, its name referring to wooden pipes that transported water from a well there

Racing tipsters drew huge crowds to Newcastle's Quayside Market

A doctor stood trial for the murder of a servant, who he allegedly threw off the old Tyne Bridge

These bairns are pictured here playing by the kerbside on Westmorland Road, while another one sleeps in what appears to be a small wheelbarrow

Weary shoppers in 1931 could revive themselves at this American-style refreshment bar in Woolworth's

Once a staple of the Geordie diet, the Grainger Market had several tripe shops

This elegant young woman was photographed on Grainger Street in 1902

This aerial photo of Grey’s Monument was taken in 1924, but the area behind the Earl is much more interesting.

Westgate Hill was once a picturesque approach to Newcastle.

A local water company caused the deaths of over a thousand people in 1853

The Pearl was part of Newcastle's early 20th century building boom

These man gathered here every week to make illegal bets on horse races

Hundreds of gold coins were found in rubbish removed from the Grey Horse Inn on the Quayside

The bugle that sounded the Charge Of The Light Brigade was later owned by a Newcastle pub.