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
Cold drinks on Sandgate
A late Victorian scene on Sandgate
Hot new idea on Grainger Street
Passers-by are basking in the warmth from Britain’s first outdoor overhead gas heaters.
Bleak view of Waterloo Street
The man with the hat on Waterloo Street, with Marlborough Crescent in the distance.
Richard Grainger’s son humiliated
Thomas Grainger was horsewhipped for disrespecting a woman
An orange seller at the Central Station
A woman selling oranges for the refreshment of the passengers on the trains.
Britain’s heaviest man
William Campbell was landlord of the Duke of Wellington in Newcastle
Black Gate mystery solved
The women in this photo are identified as mother and daughter
The Silver Street Netty
The public toilet on Silver Street was shared by hundreds of people
Punch & Judy show
Some bairns enjoying a Punch & Judy show on Neville Street
The Lowping-On Stone
An old mounting block, known locally as the 'lowping-on stone'
Neville Street Graffiti
Thomas Bolton left his mark in chalk on Neville Street
Elswick goes downhill
One of the steepest streets in Newcastle's was also its least romantic.
Monkey dropped from balloon
A monkey called Jenny parachuted from a hot air balloon and landed safely in Ouseburn.