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
Cholera in Newcastle
A local water company caused the deaths of over a thousand people in 1853
The Balaclava Bugle
The bugle that sounded the Charge Of The Light Brigade was later owned by a Newcastle pub.
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
Britain’s heaviest man
William Campbell was landlord of the Duke of Wellington in Newcastle
The Silver Street Netty
The public toilet on Silver Street was shared by hundreds of people
The Lowping-On Stone
An old mounting block, known locally as the 'lowping-on stone'
Monkey dropped from balloon
A monkey called Jenny parachuted from a hot air balloon and landed safely in Ouseburn.
Room With A View
Slits in the wall of a Newcastle church allowed bricked-up anchorites to watch the services.
A Bigg Market Execution
A soldier was executed after being made to play a game of dice to decide his fate.
Swing Bridge mystery solved
The Swing Bridge is a triumph of Victorian engineering, but there appears to be a flaw in its design.
A quacking day out
A huge crowd gathered in 1845 to watch a clown sail down the River Tyne in a wash tub pulled by four geese.
The Quayside treasure trove
It was finders keepers when a hoard of treasure was found in rubbish taken from the Grey Horse on the Quayside.
Exotic beasts in the Haymarket
Menageries were a popular and cruel entertainment, but sometimes the animals got their revenge.