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Category: North Side

Inman’s Drug Store

April 11, 2025 newcastle stuff North Side
This drug store is where people in Newcastle bought cocaine a century ago

Refreshing change

April 4, 2025 newcastle stuff North Side
Weary shoppers in 1931 could revive themselves at this American-style refreshment bar in Woolworth's

The Pearl

April 3, 2025 newcastle stuff North Side
The Pearl was part of Newcastle's early 20th century building boom

The Balaclava Bugle

August 5, 2024 newcastle stuff Curiosities, Pubs, North Side
The bugle that sounded the Charge Of The Light Brigade was later owned by a Newcastle pub.

John Dobson’s House

August 5, 2024 newcastle stuff People, North Side
The home of Newcastle's most famous architect was looking neglected in 1911

A bandstand and a grandstand

June 6, 2024 newcastle stuff North Side
The bandstand in Leazes Park is a modern replica of the original Victorian one

Newcastle’s last windmill

June 6, 2024 newcastle stuff North Side, Curiosities
Built by John Smeaton in 1782, this windmill was still working over a century later
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