Babies Hospital
Dr James Calvert Spence was the guiding force behind the Babies Hospital, where he was a pioneer of modern paediatrics
Lost cinema and theatre
The White City roller rink and the Olympia Cinema are pictured on Northumberland Road in 1912
Edwardian cyclists
Britain’s bicycle craze had reached its peak when this cycle club were pictured in 1910
Elephants remember a friend
The pair of elephants had come to say goodbye to Arthur Fenwick, a director of the nearby Fenwick’s department store
Inman’s Drug Store
This drug store is where people in Newcastle bought cocaine a century ago
Refreshing change
Weary shoppers in 1931 could revive themselves at this American-style refreshment bar in Woolworth's
The Pearl
The Pearl was part of Newcastle's early 20th century building boom
The Balaclava Bugle
The bugle that sounded the Charge Of The Light Brigade was later owned by a Newcastle pub.
John Dobson’s House
The home of Newcastle's most famous architect was looking neglected in 1911
A bandstand and a grandstand
The bandstand in Leazes Park is a modern replica of the original Victorian one
Newcastle’s last windmill
Built by John Smeaton in 1782, this windmill was still working over a century later