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Category: Upper Town

A Pilgrim Street corner

April 11, 2025 newcastle stuff Upper Town
This long-gone corner of Newcastle is pictured in the 1880s

Blackfriars

April 9, 2025 newcastle stuff Upper Town
This 1897 photo shows a group of people posing next to a derelict medieval building in Newcastle city centre

Head of the Side

April 9, 2025 newcastle stuff Upper Town
Every building in this photo would be gone the following year

Gallowgate Baths

April 4, 2025 newcastle stuff Upper Town
A drinking fountain on Newgate Street is a remnant of the Gallowgate Baths & Wash Houses

Groat Market in 1924

April 4, 2025 newcastle stuff Upper Town
This 1924 photo gives a rare glimpse of a second entrance to the underground toilets at the bottom of the Bigg Market

Newgate Street Gamblers

August 5, 2024 newcastle stuff Upper Town
These man gathered here every week to make illegal bets on horse races

Oldest houses in the Bigg Market

June 6, 2024 newcastle stuff Upper Town
Two houses in the Bigg Market date from the 1750s, one was occupied by a Lord of the Manor

The Beehive

June 6, 2024 newcastle stuff Pubs, Lost Pubs, Upper Town
The Beehive is the third pub of that name to stand in the Bigg Market

The Time Gun

June 6, 2024 newcastle stuff Upper Town
A canon on top of the Castle Keep was the first in the country to be fired by an electrical signal

Britain’s heaviest man

June 5, 2024 newcastle stuff Upper Town
William Campbell was landlord of the Duke of Wellington in Newcastle

Black Gate mystery solved

June 5, 2024 newcastle stuff Upper Town, People
The women in this photo are identified as mother and daughter

The Silver Street Netty

May 30, 2024 newcastle stuff Upper Town
The public toilet on Silver Street was shared by hundreds of people

The Lowping-On Stone

May 30, 2024 newcastle stuff Upper Town
An old mounting block, known locally as the 'lowping-on stone'

Room With A View

June 25, 2022 newcastle stuff Upper Town, Curiosities
Slits in the wall of a Newcastle church allowed bricked-up anchorites to watch the services.

Crime of passion on Pilgrim Street

April 15, 2021 newcastle stuff Upper Town, People
Marion Morrell shot her famous lover dead in public, but had she intended to kill herself instead?
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