The Grapes Vaults
Newcastle's last men-only pub defied the Sex Discrimination Act but closed down in 1980
Triumphal arch on Grey Street
Several arches were built for a royal visit to Newcastle in 1884
The Time Gun
A canon on top of the Castle Keep was the first in the country to be fired by an electrical signal
Exchange Buildings
A huge office block rose from the ruins of the Great Fire of 1854
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