Newcastle Stuff

Blackett St from above

This aerial photo of Grey’s Monument was taken in 1924, but the area behind the Earl is much more interesting.

Westgate Hill was once a picturesque approach to Newcastle.

A local water company caused the deaths of over a thousand people in 1853

The Pearl was part of Newcastle's early 20th century building boom

These man gathered here every week to make illegal bets on horse races

Hundreds of gold coins were found in rubbish removed from the Grey Horse Inn on the Quayside

The bugle that sounded the Charge Of The Light Brigade was later owned by a Newcastle pub.

This ancient pub on Westgate Road was pulled down before it fell down

The home of Newcastle's most famous architect was looking neglected in 1911

Nannie Dick was part of a small army of Cullercoats fishwives who travelled by train from the coast to sell their wares on the streets of Newcastle.

Two houses in the Bigg Market date from the 1750s, one was occupied by a Lord of the Manor

The bandstand in Leazes Park is a modern replica of the original Victorian one

Built by John Smeaton in 1782, this windmill was still working over a century later

The Beehive is the third pub of that name to stand in the Bigg Market

A Jacobean mansion on the Quayside survived floods, fire and a siege