Grainger Town – Newcastle Stuff

Grey Street crossing

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

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

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

This lovely Art Nouveau tower and shop on the corner of Clayton Street are pictured around 1928

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

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.

Newcastle's last men-only pub defied the Sex Discrimination Act but closed down in 1980

Several arches were built for a royal visit to Newcastle in 1884

A busy scene on Grainger Street from the 1890s is captured by a local photographer

Blackett Street photographed in the 1920s and a century later

Passers-by are basking in the warmth from Britain’s first outdoor overhead gas heaters.

Thomas Grainger was horsewhipped for disrespecting a woman