The Grapes Vaults
Newcastle's last men-only pub defied the Sex Discrimination Act but closed down in 1980
Triumphal arch on Grey Street
Several arches were built for a royal visit to Newcastle in 1884
Rush hour on Grainger Street
A busy scene on Grainger Street from the 1890s is captured by a local photographer
Blackett Street then and now
Blackett Street photographed in the 1920s and a century later
Hot new idea on Grainger Street
Passers-by are basking in the warmth from Britain’s first outdoor overhead gas heaters.
Richard Grainger’s son humiliated
Thomas Grainger was horsewhipped for disrespecting a woman