A Newcastle hero
James Cook was landlord of the George IV Inn, he saved around 50 people from drowning in the Tyne
John Dobson’s House
The home of Newcastle's most famous architect was looking neglected in 1911
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
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.