BOOKS - about Newcastle and the North East [Archive]

Newcastle Historian

January 10th, 2010, 06:18 PM

This one is pretty good too: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Newcastle-Gateshead-Architecture-Thomas-Faulkner/dp/1904438296/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262464104&sr=1-2. I'm sure someone on here recommended it a while back.

I agree with that recommendation - SO here it is . . .

ALSO:

I hae been thinking (always a dangerous sign, I'm told . . ) about this thread.

It occurred to me that one way to keep it active, which could also prove to be quite useful to people, is to ensure that we post on here at least once a week, by choosing a "BOOK OF THE WEEK", every week!

Anyone who wants (first come first served) can post their chosen book on here!

In fact, there can be as many 'books of the week' every week as people want, we don't just have to keep it at ONE. Perhaps each book could have a short 'review' written on it, and publishing details, etc.

Just a thought . . anyway I'll start it off this week, see what you all think?

'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 11 January 2010.

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My own review . . .

Published in 2006, by the Bluecoat Press. A truly fantastic book for lovers of Newcastle architecture, though a tad expensive at £25 (when I got it). Full of lots of information, in great detail. It starts from MEDIEVAL times, in Chapter One, and ends up right in the present day, in Chapter Eight. The book is a massive 383 pages long. The BEST thing (for me) though, is the PHOTOGRAPHS. They are all of very good quality, and some of them I have not seen before. An excellent book, in my opinion.

Another Review, this one is off Amazon . . .

This book is a monumental and soundly researched work which brings into evidence the wealth and range of architecture in one of the UK's most attractive big cities. Newcastle is a spectacular city, as most of us know. Splendidly imposing late-Georgian thoroughfares like Grey Street, widely recognised as one of Europe's finest city streets, spectacular bridges spanning the River Tyne, and state-of-the art modern architecture such as the tilting Millennium Bridge and the Sage Music Centre on the Gateshead bank of the river, are presented along with the most significant buildings from all periods of history, all beautifully illustrated with detailed descriptions from highly qualified experts. I highly recommend this book to all those interested in Britain's architectural heritage, and congratulate the publishers Bluecoat for this.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Newcastle-Gateshead-Architecture-Thomas-Faulkner/dp/1904438296

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AngerOfTheNorth

January 10th, 2010, 06:29 PM

Tom Faulkner's a lovely bloke, he lectured us on Architectural History. He can't control a class for toffee (at the beginning of the first lecture one of his first comments was that we should remember that "you're really not meant to walk out of lectures half way through"), but he's such a nice old guy that people in my year tended to behave relatively well purely for that reason.

He really does know his stuff though, you'd get on brilliantly with him I reckon Historian! His lectures were a bit dry if you're not interested in Architectural History, but thankfully I've always had an interest in the subject so it wasn't too bad at all.

Newcastle Historian

January 18th, 2010, 10:48 AM

Remember, we can have as many "BOOKS OF THE WEEK" that we want, every week! But, here is my choice for this week.

Book of the Week - W/C Monday 18 January 2010 . . .

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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Byker-Sirkka-Liisa-Konttinen/dp/0906427908/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263807447&sr=1-2

Byker, by Sirkka-Lisa Konttinen, published 1985 by Bloodaxe Books Ltd. Still available on eBay and at Amazon (see LINK).

If you like to see the 'social history' of our great city, then this book will appeal to you. For me personally, this book was an opportunity to look back nostalgically at a great part of my childhood. I never lived in Byker, but I spent a lot of time there (as I have said on this forum before) as many of my best mates came from there, and my 'very best' mates mother used to look after me very well with food and drink ('Dandelion & Burdock', which we never had at home!!) I have written previously about the 'endless' games of football, with a TENNIS ball, out the back (very skilful, with a tennis ball . . ) that we seemed to play every evening and weekend. That is just what it was like, and some of the photos in this book really capture that feeling, for me.

I feel I know everyone in this book, though I don't think I actually met any of them! When this area was demolished and the Byker Wall and houses behind it (which I also like, actually) were built, it was very sad. But, most of my mates families kept living close to eachother in Heaton (in the 'Tynemouth Close' area) or back in the new Byker itself.

johnnypd

January 18th, 2010, 02:33 PM

im sure ive seen some of those pictures in the side gallery before

Newcastle Historian

January 21st, 2010, 09:25 AM

im sure ive seen some of those pictures in the side gallery before

You will have. They have had a lot of very good photographic exhibitions at the Side Gallery over the years.

http://www.amber-online.com/exhibitions/exhibitions-1977-to-1999

WilfBurnsFan

January 24th, 2010, 01:25 PM

My mind jogged by NH on the 'might have been' thread, I'd recommend 'Ryder and Yates' by Rutter Carol (RIBA Publishing, 2009). It's the story of what was probably the most important NE architectural practice of the twentieth century. In the 1940s Gordon Ryder taught architecture at Kings College Newcastle, and Peter Yates studied under Le Corbusier. Together they joined Berthold Lubetkin's team which produced an astonishingly modernist (but, in the end, unexecuted) plan for the New Town of Peterlee. They then formed their own partnership which over the next thirty-plus years came up with pioneering modernist buildings in the north-east, including housing developments at Fenham, Kenton Bar and Albany (Washington); the Salvation Army Men's Palace and MEA House in Newcastle; and a significant cluster of developments in Killingworth, notably for the gas industry, including Norgas House and the British Gas Engineering Research Station. The book is well illustrated as is written in a fairly accessible style (not too much jargon) and is well worth getting for anyone who is interested in the face of the region in the later twentieth century.

Newcastle Historian

January 26th, 2010, 02:54 AM

inmh88

January 26th, 2010, 10:25 PM

I've just ordered "Byker Revisited" by Sirkka-Liisa-Konttinen. It's the follow-up to the 1980's book that she originally did, as show on previous page by Newcastle Historian.

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I'm from Byker, so I am curious in the pictorial stories of other people's lives in the area.

It should be fascinating!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Byker-Revisited-Community-Sirkka-Liisa-Konttinen/dp/1904794424/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264540552&sr=1-1

Also, have a look at the front cover of this book, "England, My England" its not Newcastle specific, but it really sums up a typical british holiday in the 1980's before the advent of cheap air travel abroad. It made me smile!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/images/1904794386/ref=dp_image_text_0?ie=UTF8&n=266239&s=books

Deebex

January 28th, 2010, 10:58 PM

Newcastle Historian

February 1st, 2010, 04:40 PM

'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 1st February 2010 . . . something slightly DIFFERENT.

Kelly's Directory of Newcastle upon Tyne . . .

These are very interesting books, that were compiled and published for a very long time throughout much of the last century (and, I think, part of the one before).

You can search for your parents, grandparents, ancestors, friends and relatives, from years gone by.

My copy is from 1959, and my parents aren't listed where I know they were living that year . . don't know why!

There is a residential section by both 'name' and by 'street', and the business/trade section is also very interesting, listing all the businesses of the day.

I think there were Kelly's Directories for a lot of the last century, up until the late 1960s. The best places to find them are in second hand bookshops, or probably online. I'm sure they come up for sale on eBay from time to time . . .

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Newcastle Historian

February 2nd, 2010, 11:02 AM

I thought I should flag this book up too. It's an interesting take on Newcastle's built environment, representation in the media and academic/cultural development. It's published by an academic press and can be a bit dry/academic. But as a collection of essays, it does act as a decent interpretation of the development of people's concept of Newcastle upto the 'noughties'.

http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/central/its/uni_press/catalogue/hist/dned1/

http://www.nandnsociety.org.uk/City%20and%20County/feb09_madeinNewcastle.htm

Excellent choice Deebex. An EXCELLENT book.

One essay ('Taking Design to Newcastle', by Cheryl Buckley) features the 1969 "Design Centre comes to Newcastle" exhibition in March 1969, and there is a lot of information on the famous Newcastle shop Callers (where the exhibition was held) that I used in the opening post of the Historic Newcastle thread, because of what happened to them later that very same year . .

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=982536

There is a 'wealth' of information in this book, on a lot of the things we cover on many of our different threads on this sub-forum!

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Newcastle Historian

February 8th, 2010, 03:10 AM

'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 8th February 2010 . .

Newcastle University, Past, Present and Future
Norman McCord
Third Millenium Publishing Ltd
2006

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I feel like I have had a close involvement with this University, since the time when both my parents started to work for them in the 1960s. So I was really pleased when I was told this book was in preparation, and when it came out in 2006, I was not disappointed. It is very comprehensive and full of detailed stories from the University and also some very excellent photos!

Highly recommended, to both current and former students, as well as just to proud Novocastrians whether you have attended there or not!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Newcastle-University-Past-Present-Future/dp/1903942470

Newcastle Historian

February 15th, 2010, 06:51 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 15th February 2010 . .

Memories of Tyne Tees Television
Geoff Phillips
G P Electronic Services
1998.

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I thought this would be a particularly relevant book to choose this week, in view of all the recent posts and photos on the 'Tyne Tees Studios' project thread, showing the sad demolition along City Road, that started last week.

The book itself is excellent in its coverage of the very early years of Tyne Tees TV, in the 1950s and 1960s. Unfortunately the 1970s and 1980s are not quite so well covered, so the many years of the fabulous TTTV National live music programmmes (Razzamataz, Geordie Scene, Roxy, The Tube, etc) do not receive much coverage. In fact, when this book came out, I assumed it was just 'Volume One', but there has been no sign of 'Volume Two' arriving!

Still, a very good book (lots of photos, stories and actual 'TV listings and schedules') for anyone interested in the details of Newcastle's role in the national ITV Media, in the early years.

toonlad

February 16th, 2010, 12:34 AM

Book of the Week, W/C Monday 26th January 2010 . .

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Mine is the 2006 edition, I think it's been updated since.

I don't really need to review this one, as here is a LINK to their website . .

http://www.theburglarsdog.co.uk/

I do love this book. I am big fan of the style of writing in these books. I would describe it as 'intelligent cynicism' and it always makes me laugh. If you like this book I would suggest reading/watching Charlie Brooker in the Guardian and on BBC4 (newswipe).

Newcastle Historian

February 22nd, 2010, 10:47 AM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 22nd February 2010 . .

The Fenwick Story
Reginald Pound
Lund Humphries
1972.

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This is one of my favourite Newcastle books!

I thought it was particularly appropriate to choose this book this week, with the recent 'conclusion' of the Department Stores thread.

The book gives a fascinating and complete history of the development of one of Newcastle's (and the UK's) most famous Department Stores, and its other branches. It also contains many photographs of the store, that I have not seen anywhere else.

I came across this book, that I had never seen or heard of before, in a little bookshop in Morpeth in 2000. I was then surprised, when I got it home, to find that this copy had also been signed by four members of the Fenwick family!

The best places to find it, if you would like to have a copy, will be (as I did) to look in second hand bookshops, or perhaps on eBay!

johnnypd

February 22nd, 2010, 01:05 PM

interesting choice. did you know that the trilby hat was invented by fenwicks?

Newcastle Historian

February 22nd, 2010, 11:09 PM

interesting choice. did you know that the trilby hat was invented by fenwicks?

What's the story behind that johnny? It's not something that I have ever heard about before!!

johnnypd

February 24th, 2010, 08:13 PM

What's the story behind that johnny? It's not something that I have ever heard about before!!

i cant remember exactly, but it is something along the lines of a play by the same name (by george du maurier) being staged in London, so Fenwick's, as a publicity stunt, designed a costume for the leading actress to be worn on stage. the novel design for hat proved immensely popular and it went on sale shortly after.

Newcastle Historian

February 28th, 2010, 01:58 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 1st March 2010 . .

Newcastle upon Tyne
Steve Newman & Graeme Peacock
Sanderson Books Ltd, Northumberland
2005.

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Now, I know there are LOTS of books (probably 'hundreds') on Photos of Newcastle, which is what the above book is . . but (in my view) N E V E R one as good as this one!!

I look through this book from time to time (and this is the thing that makes it different, to me) and "each and every photo" (of each and every location) is pretty much THE BEST PHOTO of that building or location, that I have ever seen, anywhere!

It is an amazing and excellent collection of photos, with a clear (and 'accurate') explanatory narrative describing the subject matter of each photo.

Remember, this is only my opinion!

Newcastle Historian

March 1st, 2010, 10:03 AM

New book highlights North Tyneside’s heritage
Mar 1 2010 by Tony Henderson, The Journal

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THE heritage highlights of North Tyneside have too often been overshadowed by the attractions of Newcastle and Northumberland.

That’s the view of North Tyneside friends Keith Armstrong and Peter Dixon, who set out to rectify the situation.

They won the backing of North Tyneside Council and the lottery-funded Awards For All programme to produce their own book of the historic and quirky in the area.

Writer and poet Keith lives in Whitley Bay and Peter, a designer and photographer, has his home in North Shields.

Their new book, From Segedunum to the Spanish City, published at £7, is a mix of historical facts, photographs and poetry contributions by North Tyneside people about their favourite buildings and locations.

The book is part of the pair’s Northern Voices Community Projects, which are designed to give local people a voice.

Keith said: “We have tried to bring together the broad ranging heritage of North Tyneside and selected a variety of historic buildings which appeal to our sense of pride in the locality where we live. It is a celebration of the unique heritage of a deeply-rooted region and is a portrait of a vibrant and intense culture.”

Among the poetry contributions are humorous verses on the building of Hadrian’s Wall by former Swan Hunters shipyard welder Jack Davitt, who writes under the name of Ripyard Cuddling.

Peter said: “A lot of the time these places and buildings are taken for granted.”

Featured in the book are . .

Segedunum Roman fort;
Wallsend Town Hall complex which opened in 1908 and also included police courts, swimming baths and a fire station;
Willington Viaduct and Mill;
Maritime Chambers, Clifford’s Fort, the Master Mariners’ Homes in North Shields;
Knott’s Flats;
Tynemouth Station;
Collingwood Monument;
Tynemouth Castle and Priory;
Cullercoats Watch House;
Spanish City;
St Mary’s Island;
Dial cottage in Killingworth Village;
Burradon Tower;
and,
The 18th Century Backworth Hall and St Alban’s Church, Earsdon.

The book launch was held at another of the buildings in the book – The Grand Hotel in Tynemouth. Originally built as a summer residence in 1872 for the Duchess of Northumberland, it was converted into a hotel in 1877.

One of its best known managers was Thomas Tickle, who came to the Grand Hotel in the late 1890s and at one time was responsible for running both the Grand and the Bath Hotel in nearby Tynemouth Village.

In 1912 advertisements for The Grand boasted of “28 bedrooms, bathrooms and liveries, hot and cold water and salt supplies”.

North Tyneside's listed buildings passing us by

MORE than two-thirds of young people from North Tyneside quizzed in a survey had never heard of one of the area’s key complexes of listed buildings.

From 1837 a jumble of seven buildings in North Shields town centre served as a base for the Tynemouth Guardians of the Poor, a museum, town hall, mechanics’ institute, fire engine garages, chapel, courts, police cells and council rates department.

After lying empty for six years, the Saville Exchange complex was restored in a £3.4m scheme and now includes facilities such as an events and performance space and restaurant.

The survey was carried out at a Young Persons’ Conference in North Tyneside by the council’s cultural services section.

The survey showed that of the 30 young people questioned:

47% had never heard about the council’s holiday activity programmes;

13% had never been to St Mary’s Island and Lighthouse and 17% had never visited Segedunum fort and museum.

49% had not visited the Stephenson Railway Museum.

51% had never attended the Mouth of the Tyne Festival. 15% hadn’t heard of it.

55% said they had not heard of the North Tyneside 10K Road Race.

43% did not know of plans to build a new swimming pool in Wallsend.

Asked how they did hear about cultural services activities, the greatest proportion – 51% – cited word of mouth.

A council report on the survey said: “ It is obvious that the current situation is not working. This became apparent from the number of negative responses from young people and how they are unaware of the facilities and services.”

Paul Hanson, council director of community services, said: “Thousands of young people in North Tyneside regularly access and enjoy the cultural activities on offer – in fact attendances are increasing. Our aim is to increase this even further and provide new and improved opportunities.”

Newcastle Historian

March 7th, 2010, 11:25 AM

George & Robert Stephenson: A Passion for Success
Mar 7 2010 by Michael Kelly, Sunday Sun

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WAS the father of the railways, George Stephenson, really born in Wylam? Did the term “Geordie“ come from the nickname given to a miners’ lamp he invented? And how did his equally famous son, Robert, turn into the “metropolitan” type his uneducated and proudly North East father loathed?

All the answers can be found in a new book about two of the region’s most famous sons.

You can’t visit picturesque Wylam in Northumberland without a visit to George Stephenson’s birthplace.

The quaint, whitewashed cottage was built in 1760 and was originally used by workers from the local colliery where his father worked. Stephenson lived in one of its four rooms with his parents, Robert and Mabel, and five brothers and sisters.

The other rooms were inhabited by three other families and, in all, 26 people were crammed in between its four walls, like a 19th-Century version of TV programme Shameless.

But was George Stephenson really born there? Author David Ross thinks perhaps not.

During research for his new book George & Robert Stephenson: A Passion for Success, he came across the diaries of Thomas Sopwith, a prominent figure in 19th century Newcastle and a friend of Robert.

In them, he spoke of conversations in which Robert talked of his dad always believing he was born not in Wylam, but in nearby Ovingham. His mother, Mabel, was the daughter of Ovingham dyer Richard Carr and, according to Robert, his dad told him his family had moved to Wylam after he was born.

However, thoughts of ripping the plaque down from the National Trust house might be a bit premature. Joyce Stephenson – no relation – lives in the cottage with her pet dog Chance. She shows visitors round and runs the tea room. Joyce said: “The National Trust have papers that prove he was born here and lived here until he was eight years old.”

Still, it’s an interesting anecdote uncovered by David during his 12 months of research into his subjects. Another is that George, who never went to school as a child, paying his way through evening classes in his teens to learn to read, write and do arithmetic, probably had a learning disorder.

David sent copies of his handwriting to experts at York University and Indiana University in the US. “They came back to me and said the manner of his writing strongly indicated dyslexia.”

But, of course, it didn’t stop him becoming a world renowned civil and mechanical engineer who built the first railway line in the world between Stockton and Darlington to use steam locomotives.

Before he made his name with the railways, he had begun his working life at Black Callerton colliery, where explosions caused by naked flames carried by the miners was rife, killing many. He began working on a safety lamp. At the same time, the eminent scientist Sir Humphry Davy was looking into the same thing and both produced safety lamps which were very similar.

Davy claimed that Stephenson had pinched his idea, but a committee exonerated him.

Davy’s lamp was used across the country except in Stephenson’s native North East where his was used and became known as the “Geordie” lamp in his honour. There is an argument that this is the root of the term “Geordie” used for Newcastle folk. The spat with Davy was to add to Stephenson’s distrust at what he saw as a “metropolitan clique” of scientists and engineers in London.

Ironically, it was to this clique that his only son, Robert, aspired. He had inherited his father’s engineering ability but it was not easy for him being a great man’s son and their relationship was strained.

David said: “Robert had the problem that children of any successful or strong-minded man have – how to become their own person.”

He took the drastic measure of taking a job as a silver mine manager in Colombia in South America for three years.

David continued: “At that time there was a lot of Brits out there. Every time Robert would meet an educated Englishman he would work on his pronunciation to speak “proper” English.

“George took enormous pride in talking Northumbrian. Robert was always concerned to make himself distinct from George.

“When Robert came back he had become a much more independent person, able to cope with his father much better. He very much had his own life and as a result they had a fairly good relationship.”

Robert, among other projects, designed the High Level Bridge in Newcastle and the Royal Border Bridge over the River Tweed. He was also a great joiner of organisations – he became an MP for Whitby until his death in 1859, he was President of the Institution of Civil Engineers and President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers at separate times, and he was a member of the Athenaeum Club in London alongside his great friend Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

However, according to David, there is one thing they both did – they turned down knighthoods.

“No one has quite figured out why Robert declined because he was a staunch Conservative and keen Royalist.

“I think it’s really because he didn’t want to accept an honour that his father had turned down,” said David.

George & Robert Stephenson – a Passion for Success by David Ross is published by the History Press, price £20, and is now available in book shops.

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Newcastle Historian

March 7th, 2010, 03:06 PM

'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 8th March 2010 . . (a 'highly appropriate' book this week, considering who the orginator of this thread is!!)

Newcastle - A Study in re-planning at Newcastle upon Tyne
Wilfred Burns
Leonard Hill Books
1967.

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It is written by Wilfred Burns, who is someone who greatly influenced the City we all live in today. It really makes for fascinating reading, all the "1960s planning ideas of the time" are discussed, clarified and explained . . by someone who implemented them, right here in our City.

I originally posted details of this book at 'Post 67' on the "Newcastle As it Might Have Been" thread, and received a few comments then . .

Lads... you now know what to get me for Christmas!

EDIT: Just found out that Newcastle University Robinson Library hold 5 copies.

thenorthumbrian

March 7th, 2010, 04:13 PM

One book which I enjoyed is this one "The way things were, a backstreet boyhood " by Denis Cassidy.

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It completely avoids the usual sentimentality of some books looking at the past.

It avoids the trap of saying everything in the past was great and everything now is rubbish, which can happen in some books of this type.
It's a real social history of mainly pre-war West end Newcastle life, warts and all.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Way-Things-Were-Backstreet-Boyhood/dp/0750940387/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1

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Newcastle Historian

March 15th, 2010, 12:14 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 15th March 2010 . .

This book was chosen this week after discussions about it on the Newcastle Interesting Facts and Questions Answered thread, when we were trying (unsuccessfully) to obtain a 'definitive answer' as to the origins of the Vampire Rabbit near St Nicholas Cathedral (see photo of pages 40 & 41 of the book, below) . . .

Hidden Newcastle
Christopher Goulding
Newcastle City Libraries & Arts
1995.

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Hidden Newcastle explores the less familiar sights and features of Newcastle. From obscure & forgotten relics to more prominent monuments and architecture, which thousands of people pass every day, but often fail to notice.

AngerOfTheNorth

March 15th, 2010, 04:00 PM

So does the book explain the Vampire Rabbit?

Newcastle Historian

March 15th, 2010, 04:18 PM

So does the book explain the Vampire Rabbit?

No, as I said above, it was an unsuccessful effort on my part.

Many books (including this one) refer to it and talk about "theories" as to why it was put there, etc, but NOTHING that I have gives a 'definite' factual answer.

As Deebex said, on the Newcastle Interesting Facts and Questions Answered thread (see 'quote' below) he already has that level of information (IE, 'theory') from online sources.

I don't mean to hog the thread but I've just noticed that it's been changed to include answers to the nagging queries people may have.

I've always been puzzled by a quite well-known feature near the Cathedral i.e. the 'Vampire Rabbit' sculpture over an ornate doorway. Although it's usually called a rabbit it looks more like a hare to me. Images of it can be seen on these links.

http://www.travel-snaps.co.uk/vampire-rabbit.html

http://www.culture24.org.uk/places+to+go/north+east/tra24188

I've always wondered why it's there, who put it there and what it represents?

It's a fairly common query (just type 'vampire rabbit newcastle' into google) and there are some theories re. protection from evil spirits - but no-one seems to know the definitive answer. I wondered if the esteemed members of this board have any more info.?

So, Anger if you have any further info, I'm sure Deebex would like to hear it, on the "Questions Answered" thread.

I'm afraid that I cannot find anything further, but my searching simply prompted me to suggest the "Hidden Newcastle" book, as a good book to read, here on the 'Books about Tyneside' thread!

Andym

March 15th, 2010, 06:42 PM

cityscapes-streets for people isbn 1-85946-023-2 1997 still has a great bearing on development in newcastle today.

http://alanjsimpson.com/

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WilfBurnsFan

March 18th, 2010, 05:58 PM

Being launched soon: a biography of T Dan Smith.

“T Dan Smith “Voice of the North” - Downfall of a Visionary” will be launched at the new City Library, Newcastle upon Tyne, 10.30–11.30am on Thursday 25th March 2010. There will be a short film on TDS and Cllr John Shipley, present Leader of Newcastle City Council, will say a few words.

Chris Foote-Wood

Author & Publisher

Book details:

Title: T Dan Smith “Voice of the North” - Downfall of a Visionary

Sub Title: Life of the North-East’s most charismatic champion

by Chris Foote Wood

Published by Northern Writers 25th March 2010

ISBN 978-0-9553869-9-2

Softback 350pp + 32 pages of bw/colour photographs, price £14.99

“for the first time we have a rounded and comprehensive account of the man and what made him what he was” – Cliff Smith, Dan’s son.

This book WILL be controversial. T Dan Smith was the charismatic and dynamic Leader of Newcastle City Council 1960-65, and then the equally forceful Chairman of the Northern Economic Planning Council 1965-71. In 1974 Smith pleaded guilty to charges of corruption (although claiming he was not guilty) involving County Durham “strong man” Andrew Cunningham and crooked architect John Poulson. Smith was jailed for six years, Cunningham for five (reduced to four on appeal) and Poulson seven.

Why did T Dan Smith plead guilty while protesting his innocence? Was he the “fall guy” for Home Secretary Reginald Maudling and others? Court records and witness statements reproduced in the book prove, says author Chris Foote Wood, that T Dan Smith was NOT GUILTY AS CHARGED.

T Dan Smith was and still is the most charismatic political leader the North-East has ever produced. In just five years, he transformed Newcastle upon Tyne from a backward-looking, decaying and neglected city into a dynamic, modern metropolis – perhaps not quite the “Brasilia of the North” or the regional capital as Dan would have wished, but a city that had regained its pride and optimism for the future. Eldon Square secured Newcastle’s position as a major shopping city, and the Central Motorway resolved much of its traffic problems. Newcastle became the first city in Britain to clear all its slums, with the Byker Wall – recently Grade II listed – still regarded as a masterpiece of modern housing redevelopment. T Dan Smith supported an independent University and a Polytechnic for Newcastle, and pushed through the purchase of land to help these hugely important institutions develop close to the city centre. He preserved the historic City Walls and regenerated its towers and gardens. He developed Newcastle Airport and cleaned up the River Tyne.

It wasn’t just what he did, it was the way he did it, that helped make T Dan Smith the towering figure he was. Only the very best would do for Newcastle, he proclaimed, and to this end he recruited the best architects, engineers and planners he could find from the UK and abroad. He set up an independent planning department and created the post of council chief executive – both firsts for the UK. He got the position of Council Leader recognised and introduced cabinet government into the town hall, a pattern since adopted by almost every local authority in the country. Dan promoted public art and indeed art for all. He was concerned not only to give people decent housing conditions and to find them work, he looked to improve their education, health and general well-being as well. Top politicians from the UK and abroad came to see what TDS had achieved in Newcastle and how he had done it. Named the Architects Journal “Man of the Year”, he was in demand to speak all over the UK and abroad. Dan had the ear of government ministers, senior civil servants, trades union leaders and powerful business tycoons.

In his youth, miner’s son T Dan Smith was an extreme left-wing agitator opposed to Britain fighting WW2. Expelled from both the Independent Labour Party and the Revolutionary Communist Party, Dan became a leading figure in the Labour Party but refused offers of a seat in the Lords and to head a nationalised industry. Starting as a painter’s apprentice on 4s 10d a week, Dan Smith became a successful businessman with a large painting business and more than 20 PR firms with a string of blue-chip clients. He was a director of Tyne Tees Television, a Socialist with a millionaire lifestyle – he lived in a fine house, and his three children all went to private schools.

Contrary to popular belief, most of the “concrete eyesores” in Newcastle City centre were built in the 1970s and 80s, after Dan Smith’s spectacular fall from power. But since then T Dan Smith has become the forgotten man, air-brushed from history. After five years of intensive research, and with the help of Dan’s son Cliff, author Chris Foote Wood – who knew TDS well – has produced a comprehensive life of this extraordinary character, warts and all.

johnnypd

March 18th, 2010, 10:23 PM

"Newcastle became the first city in Britain to clear all its slums, with the Byker Wall – recently Grade II listed – still regarded as a masterpiece of modern housing redevelopment."

"Contrary to popular belief, most of the “concrete eyesores” in Newcastle City centre were built in the 1970s and 80s, after Dan Smith’s spectacular fall from power."

slum clearance had been happening for decades before smith arrived, and the byker wall was built long after he'd left newcastle council.

Newcastle Historian

March 23rd, 2010, 12:11 PM

Has history painted us the wrong picture
of T Dan Smith?
Mar 23 2010 by Adrian Pearson, The Journal

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Visionary or crook? The verdict on T Dan Smith usually encompasses a bit of both. But a new book maintains the former Newcastle Council leader was the victim of rough justice. ADRIAN PEARSON reports

T DAN Smith should be remembered as an inspirational leader who recreated Newcastle, a new book will claim. The controversial council boss was a fall guy for the corruption of others according to Durham author Chris Foote Wood.

At a book launch in the city library this Thursday Mr Foote Wood will reveal why he believes the six year sentence handed down to Smith was a gross injustice against a man who dedicated himself to Newcastle and the North East.

In the 1970s Yorkshire architect John Poulson, former Newcastle Council leader Smith and former Durham councillor Andy Cunningham were all arrested for their role in corruption over building contracts for local authorities.

Mr Foote Woods biography T Dan Smith Voice of the North Down Fall of a Visionary uses witness statements from the court hearing to show how corrupt architect Poulson was awarded many contracts from the Peterlee Corporation long before Smith joined them. Smith was also on Poulsons payroll as a public relations agent.

I challenge anyone to read this book and not agree with me that even though he pleaded guilty he was most definitely not guilty as charged, Mr Foote Wood said.

There is no doubt that he is the biggest politician the North East ever had. No doubt. When he got a parking ticket it was in the national pages.

Mr Foote Wood said the fighting presence of T Dan Smith changed the face of the North East.

He was only leader for five years and he transformed the city. He should be remembered as a great council leader.

Eldon Square is a great example of this. He bought up properties and built the shopping district. This now has enabled Newcastle to stand up to the likes of the Metrocentre and without him we would be lost.

Mr Foote Wood said Smiths private work running PR was another sign of his success, although one which would eventually link him to Poulson and their twin downfall.

Poulson was corrupt. There is no question about that. But the relation between the two was a sign of the times. In those days it was common practice for companies to treat officers and councillors and MPs, to hotel rooms, meals, drinks even holidays. It was standard practice.

His book explains how former Tory Home Secretary Reginald Maudling was also linked to Poulson and did not allow the police to crack down on the architect.

Mr Foote Wood said: Was Smith a fall guy? Maudling worked for Poulsons companies, promoted him in parliament and was found to have breached Parliaments rules.

But nothing happened to Poulson, and Maudling got away with it.

It was only when Poulson was made bankrupt that everything else came out.

He added: Smith knew by the time he was up on the third corruption charge that he had had enough. Hed had enough of the harassment of him and his family.

He was told this would go on unless he pleaded guilty, and was expecting just six months, he got six years, he served three...

He has been treated very badly by history for doing nothing wrong really and this is the chance to put the record straight. The evidence is all here.

A man of outstanding gifts brought low by the lure of easy cash

Former council leader JEREMY BEECHAM knew T Dan Smith better than most

I FIRST encountered Dan Smith at a Labour Party Branch meeting in 1960.

He was then leader of the council and housing chairman, and in the course of his address said that he would prefer to have been working directly for the council rather than, as someone in the painting and decorating business, being a contractor for it. Even to a 15-year-old this didnt quite ring true!

There was, however, no mistaking his political gifts. A flamboyant, charismatic figure and brilliant debater, he dominated the council chamber and was instantly recognisable throughout Newcastle, and not just when, long before John Prescott, he drove his Jaguar round town with its famous DAN 68 number plates.

Nothing much had happened in Newcastle local politics since local democracy began in 1835 until the Dan Smith era,with the possible exception being the mysterious disappearance of two fire engines during WW2.

Dan changed that with a massive slum clearance and house-building drive, the countrys first proper planning department, the introduction of comprehensive education, redevelopment of the city centre and the groundwork for Eldon Square, alongside one of the country's first housing renewal schemes for older homes, public art, and the promotion of the city as the regional capital.

Smith held the view that the fortunes of Newcastle and the North East were inextricably linked, and that each needed the other to be strong if either were to prosper.

Political leadership of the council wasreinforced by a Policy and Resources Committee and the appointment ofthe countrys first modern-style Chief Executive, instead of the traditional Town Clerk.

In five short years as council leader DanSmith wrote himself into local government history alongside such great figures as Joseph Chamberlain and Herbert Morrison. He achieved national acclaim, and the accolade, unique for a local council leader,of an appearance on Desert Island Discs.

And yet, of course, alongside these lasting achievements, and the occasional mistakes such as the demolition of the Royal Arcade, there eventually emerged a darker side. He saw a greatdeal of money being made in the construction and development world from public decisions, and at a time when councillors received no recompense for their time and effort, decided he wanted his share.

And so began the sorry saga of corruption,not actually in Newcastle, which dragged down many local governmentfigures and even a Conservative Home Secretary, and landed Smith injail.

Nothing can excuse that, but equally his positive achievements should not be forgotten.

Visionary or villain? Actually, and sadly, both.

Council leader says predecessor's legacy has not worn well

THE current leader of Newcastle Council,Liberal Democrat John Shipley, will speak at the book launch at Newcastle City Library this Thursday.

And despite praise for T Dan Smiths commitment to the city, he makes no attempt to gloss over the flaws of a man who led the city for just five years from 1960-65 but whose impact remains to this day, 17 years after his death.

As with all books on Dan Smiths life it will be fascinating to see how he is viewed, said Mr Shipley.

We already know he had an impressive commitment to our society and was dedicated to improving living conditions for people in the city.

But he made serious mistakes in his personal life.

Mr Shipley also disagreed with attempts to re-evaluate Smiths contribution to the architecture of the city, changed for ever by his ambitious plans for motorways and big buildings.

What he did to many parts of the city has not stood the test of time, he said. There are a number of 1960s buildings which we are now having to knock down because they are very obviously unsuitable.

And his plans to turn Newcastle into the Brasilia of the North was way over the top.

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Newcastle has a long and proud history and we have to build on that not just ignore it and look for the next big thing.

Dan Smith will have an important role to play in that history and itll be interesting to read this latest take on it.

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Newcastle Historian

March 30th, 2010, 09:57 AM

'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 29th March 2010 . .

Civic Centre Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle City Council
November 1968

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An excellent book, containing lots of information about the origins and design of the Civic Centre.

Many fantastic photos that I have only seen in this book, as well, both internal and external. There is also a superb display of The Armorial Bearings of the Incorporated Companies of the Freemen of the City and County of Newcastle upon Tyne, from the ceiling of the Civic Centre Banqueting Hall. You can 'just' see them in the 3rd photo, above! I have never seen this display anywhere else, so I intend (in the future) to post it on the Town Moor thread (we have a lot about 'the freemen of the city' on that thread) or perhaps on the Historic thread. Perhaps on both!!

Newcastle Historian

April 5th, 2010, 02:23 PM

'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 5th April 2010 . .

Victorian Panorama, a visit to Newcastle upon Tyne in the Reign of Queen Victoria
Alan Morgan
Tyne Bridge publishing
2007

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This is a beautiful and 'original' book, in that it shows a number of drawings of the Newcastle streetscape in Victorian times, with significant buildings and areas 'numbered' on the drawings, with each number then described in a separate narrative.

I have selected one drawing, and from that drawing one number (number '47', the Goal at Carliol Square) to illustrate what I mean.

There are many other equally excellent drawings, similarly annotated and described, in the book.

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There is also something a little strange (for me) about this book.

I tend to 'keep my ear to the ground' about books on Newcastle architecture and history, etc, but I seem to have somehow missed this one for a few years!

Its publication date is 2007 but I have never heard of it until last week. I didn't find it in one of the big Newcastle bookshops either. I found it in a small bookshop in Corbridge, and they told me they had 'only just' got it in!

A bit strange (I wonder if its issue has been delayed for some reason?) but it is in my opinion a book that is well worth the wait, and one that I would recommend to anyone.

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ozzie1980

April 5th, 2010, 03:48 PM

Yes it's an excellent book. Hopefully they will be another one similar in a different era! I bought mine a couple of years ago, I think from Waterstones in Newcastle. Must just be one you missed NH! It's always good to look on the Newcastle City Council website for Tyne Publishing releases:
http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/core.nsf/a/tbphomepage?opendocument

Deebex

April 5th, 2010, 10:06 PM

Excellent recommendation NH. That's the sort of book I love - a mixture of old maps with commentary. The presentation and the flagging up of certain buildings looks very interesting.

I always find that books like these make me want to find out more about the buildings and see what state they are in now (if they still exist).

Old isometric views and panoramas are interesting because they show a different perspective and emphasis compared to how we view cities today. The emphasis placed on railways and railway bridge arches for example was a lot greater in Victoran times than now. It places emphasis on the arch on Trafalgar Street, which if you can get the chance to look at it now is a superb example of brickwork. But the need of the cartographer/drawer to shuffle things around to fit in with the generalisation of the map can make things a bit confusing when you're trying to interpret them today.

One building on the picture I'm intrigued with is the tall building to the south of '58' - what was that?

(actually, the book looks so good I've just ordered a copy!)

johnnypd

April 5th, 2010, 10:19 PM

i heard about that book a while ago - the artist who did the panorama (john storey i think) also did another panorama called "newcastle in the age of queen elizabeth", his idea of what the city wouldve been like a few hundred years earlier.

johnnypd

April 5th, 2010, 10:25 PM

the building below 58 (which looks like manors goods yard?) may be the trafalgar granary, demolished 1969 -

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Deebex

April 5th, 2010, 10:37 PM

the building below 58 (which looks like manors goods yard?) may be the trafalgar granary, demolished 1969 -

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Thanks for the info. JPD. As you say that looks to be the building. Great photo as well - where did you get it from? Another substantial building with potential that we've lost :(

johnnypd

April 5th, 2010, 10:39 PM

the SINE website - structural images of the north east http://sine.ncl.ac.uk/

Deebex

April 5th, 2010, 10:53 PM

the SINE website - structural images of the north east http://sine.ncl.ac.uk/

Thanks!

Newcastle Historian

April 5th, 2010, 11:39 PM

^^

The book actually refers to that building as being The Corn Warehouse, Pandon Bank.

It goes on to explain . . . "Opened in 1849, for the York, Newcastle & Berwick Railway, this multi-storey grain loft was designed by Benjamin Green. It was severely damaged by bombing in 1941, its ground floor shell survived until the 1970s. The site continues to remain derelict today."

I'm certain you will LOVE the book, when your copy arrives Deebex!!

johnnypd

April 5th, 2010, 11:42 PM

Newcastle Historian

April 5th, 2010, 11:47 PM

seems like it could the same as in my photo, then.

I would say DEFINITELY the same as your photo Johnny, no doubt about it!

The SINE Website is on the list of websites in Section 9 of our Websites thread, but I find it ('SINE') a quite difficult website to navigate around, at times!

Deebex

April 8th, 2010, 07:52 PM

'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 5th April 2010 . .

Victorian Panorama, a visit to Newcastle upon Tyne in the Reign of Queen Victoria
Alan Morgan
Tyne Bridge publishing
2007

...

This is a beautiful and 'original' book, in that it shows a number of drawings of the Newcastle streetscape in Victorian times, with significant buildings and areas 'numbered' on the drawings, with each number then described in a separate narrative.

...

There are many other equally excellent drawings, similarly annotated and described, in the book.

...

There is also something a little strange (for me) about this book.

I tend to 'keep my ear to the ground' about books on Newcastle architecture and history, etc, but I seem to have somehow missed this one for a few years!

Its publication date is 2007 but I have never heard of it until last week. I didn't find it in one of the big Newcastle bookshops either. I found it in a small bookshop in Corbridge, and they told me they had 'only just' got it in!

A bit strange (I wonder if its issue has been delayed for some reason?) but it is in my opinion a book that is well worth the wait, and one that I would recommend to anyone.

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I just got the book today, and thanks for the recommendation NH! It is absolutely fascinating.

It's also very accessible - the use of maps, photos and etchings really brings the descriptions (and original John Storey panaorama) to life. The way it identifies the buildings you can still see and those that have gone just makes me want to explore the city.

I also like the reference to 'mystery' and 'unknown' buildings on the illustrations - I see them as a challenge now.

Newcastle Historian

April 10th, 2010, 01:54 AM

^^

Good stuff Deebex, I'm really pleased that I was able to help you find that one. It is a great book!

Next weeks book (that I have chosen) is VERY different, but (in my opinion) equally GOOD!

All I'll say at the moment is, that it is a novel and it starts at an unforgettable Newcastle United v Chelsea FA Cup Final . . .

Newcastle Historian

April 11th, 2010, 02:23 PM

'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 12th April 2010 . .

The Day the Queen flew to Scotland for the Grouse Shooting
A novel by Arthur Wise
Hodder Paperbacks
1969

This book was first mentioned on this forum when we were discussing the 'North-South divide' in February, on the skybar and Chris mentioned 'revolution'. That triggered off my memory of this book, so I responded . . .

Have you, or anyone, heard about a book called "The day the Queen flew to Scotland for the Grouse Shooting"?

I have it somewhere, I'll try to find it . . as in it exactly what you suggest happens, Chris!!

Northern England declares war on "The South" and I remember reading about the troops marching down Pilgrim Street to head south, or something like that!

It's quite an old book (1960s, I think) but an interesting one!

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It all starts at the "Newcastle United v Chelsea" F A Cup Final . .
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Here is a sample of the story . .
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I would think you would only be able to get this, now, on eBay or Amazon or in second hand bookshops . . . but it is an interesting read!

Newcastle Historian

April 14th, 2010, 10:08 AM

Old Whitley Bay postcards inspire a new book
Apr 13 2010 by Tony Henderson, Evening Chronicle

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Some old picture postcards have provided the spark for 83-year-old Bill Mood’s memories of life in a seaside town.

Bill’s son, Mike Mood, acquired a few cards of Whitley Bay as part of his hobby of collecting items with a postal theme. As Mike carried on finding more cards, Bill remembered the stories that went with them.

Mike ended up with 500 Whitley Bay cards, which led Bill to write a book based on his recollections.

Having a Wonderful Time at Whitley Bay has now been published by Summerhill Books at £4.99.

It details what life was like in the seaside town from when Bill’s family moved there from Sunderland in 1935.

Bill’s father had lost his job when the Wearside shipyards closed, and the family knew Whitley Bay from holidays spent at the home of his mother’s school friend.

In the pre-foreign holiday package days of the 1930s-1950s, Whitley Bay was a busy resort, with thousands of day trippers and holidaymakers coming there for their annual holidays.

Bill, who, like Mike, lives in Whitley Bay, said: “ When Mike showed me the first cards, it brought back the memories. I started off writing captions for the cards. I never thought I would write a book.”

He remembers Scottish holidaymakers arriving at Whitley Bay station by direct train from Glasgow, and the workers – mainly girls – from the Borders mill towns of Peebles, Hawick and Galashields.

There were also hundreds of people who came to Whitley Bay from the mill towns of Yorkshire.

“It was very busy. Dozens and dozens of houses took in visitors. Many a woman bought a wash stand in April and sold it again October,” said Bill.

Describing the book project, Mike said: “It all started when, rooting around a junk stall, I found a postcard of Whitley Bay. I showed it to dad, and got ‘I remember that!’ and a story about something on the card.

“I ended up buying cards for the stories. Gradually, I started to hear stories of Whitley Bay that had never surfaced in the previous 40-odd years.

“I suggested that maybe he should record all this. It is the story of what it was like to grow up in a town in its heyday, in the golden era of the seaside resort.”

Mike had plenty of cards to go at, as so many were printed to cater for the tide of visitors.

“When you look at some of the cards, there are thousands of people on them,” said Mike.

“Also in the early 20th Century, people had huge collections of postcards, which have turned out to be a great medium for reflecting social change.”

Bill recalls how, after a year in work clothes, visitors would dress up for their Whitley Bay holiday.

Some premises advertised board and residence, and others had signs saying simply “apartments”, which meant holidaymakers would bring their own food for the landlady to cook.

Bill made some pocket money by using his bogey to take visitors’ luggage to the station.

Holidaymakers could hire rowing boats from the beach, or pay a shilling to be taken for a round trip to St Mary’s Island.

On the beach, men carrying big wickerwork baskets threaded between the visitors, selling everything from buckets and spades to sun glasses and fourpenny novels.

Bill said: “The pace of life now has changed. Whitley Bay was once the main shopping area but now people go to Newcastle and retail parks.

“It is now a dormitory town. Perhaps some entrepreneur will come along to resurrect the potential which is there, but will need to have those wonderful sunny summers when the sky and the sea were blue and when everyone was having a wonderful time at Whitley Bay.”

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Newcastle Historian

April 19th, 2010, 10:08 AM

'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 19th April 2010.

With the entire commercial aircraft fleet of the UK and most of Northern Europe 'grounded' at the moment by Icelandic Volcanic Dust, it seemed somehow appropriate to choose this book, this week!!

Small Enough to Conquer the Sky (Jim Denyer, Mr Newcastle Airport)
John Sleight
Newcastle upon Tyne City Libraries & Arts
1993

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The history of Newcastle Airport, told as part of the 'Life Story' of Jimmy Denyer, the WW2 fighter pilot who became manager of Newcastle Aiport for nearly 40 years. He became known in the region, nationally and internationally as MR NEWCASTLE AIRPORT, for many of those years!

My own brief experience of him took place (where else!) at the Aero Club, which (many years before) had been the original Terminal Building, away at the other end of the airport to the current terminal. My own boss (of an important organisation at the airport) was retiring in the late 80s. They were very good friends, and I remember a laughing Jimmy Denyer "thanking him for handing him back the airport!"

He was certainly a character, and without him Newcastle International Airport may not have developed into one of the UKs largest airports, as it is now. As is always the case in any 'success story' it is about vital decisions taken at vital times, that seem simple and logical in hindsight, but never are at the time!

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maxtoon

April 19th, 2010, 11:12 AM

^^^^

Good choice NH .. I worked at Newcastle Airport for quite a few years within engineering maintenance. I now work for a subsidery of BAA so still visit NCL airport often on various callouts etc and still have many friends there. During one of these callouts I ended up discussing this book.Eventually borrowing it from a 'groundstar' staff member. A great read :okay:

Newcastle Historian

April 26th, 2010, 12:16 AM

Book celebrates NUFC and Toon Army
Apr 24 2010 by Tony Henderson, The Journal

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As Newcastle United are crowned champions of the Championship, the club’s historian Paul Joannou will reflect that at least one aspect of the game has not changed over a century.

That is the boundless bedrock support for United.

Paul, whose new book in the When Football Was Football series is out this week, lists the changes which have come about.

They include all-seater stadia, corporate hospitality, the massed ranks of foreign players, billionaire owners from abroad, astronomical players’ wages, and kick-off times shuffled to suit television.

For his book Newcastle United: A Nostalgic Look at a Century of the Club, from Haynes Publishing at £18.99, Paul was given access to the extensive picture libraries of Trinity Mirror, which owns The Journal, Evening Chronicle and Sunday Sun.

REST OF THIS ARTICLE HERE - http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2010/04/24/new-book-celebrates-newcastle-united-and-toon-army-61634-26306874/

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Newcastle Historian

April 26th, 2010, 03:29 PM

'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 26th April 2010.

This weeks book choice ties in with todays post on the Historic Newcastle thread, about our European Fairs Cup victory in 1969 . . .

LINK - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=55836819&postcount=963

Our Fabulous Fairs Cup.
Written by the Newcastle United players who won it.
Newcastle United FC.
1969 (Price 3/6).

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A new book about our Fairs Cup win was published last year (2009) to celebrate the 40th anniversary of that success. THIS book is the original one, as written and published in 1969.

Newcastle Historian

May 3rd, 2010, 03:51 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 3rd May 2010.

The Library Book.
Newcastle City Council in association with Ryder Architecture.
Tyne Bridge Publishing.
2009.

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I was in the new (what I still think of as) Central Library the other day, researching through the Chronicles and Journals from 1957 (as discussed at 'Post 341' on the Newcastle as it Might Have Been' thread) when I found the above, fairly recently published, book.

I had never heard of it before, and hadn't seen it publicised anywhere.

It is an excellent book, chronicling the history of our last three Central Libraries (and I know they are now to be called "City Libraries"!) with some excellent photos and narratives about all three of them.

Newcastle Historian

May 6th, 2010, 10:28 AM

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Newcastle Historian

May 16th, 2010, 09:38 PM

'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 17th May 2010.

An "Official City Guide" is produced every so often by the City Council (or by 'the Corporation' as they were known back in 1959) and all of them are interesting and revealing of their time, by the photos and (often) the advertisements that are featured in them. This first one is from 1959.

Newcastle upon Tyne Official City Guide 1959.
Newcastle Corporation.
Andrew Reid & Co Ltd.
1959.

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This last photo is of a RARE advertisement for one of Newcastles "less famous" old Department Stores. HOWARDS was featured on the "Department Stores of Newcastle" thread, and since it closed in the late 1970s (along Clayton Street West near the Centre for Life) the building has actually remained empty EVER SINCE! It is still 'up for sale' today, in 2010 . . .

Newcastle Historian

May 24th, 2010, 04:00 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 24th May 2010.

An "Official City Guide" is produced every so often by the City Council (or by 'the Corporation' as they were still often known, back in 1973) and all of them are interesting and revealing of their time, by the photos and (often) the advertisements that are featured in them. This second one is from 1973.

Newcastle upon Tyne Official City Guide 1973.
Newcastle Corporation.
1973.

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Above is the FIRST known use of "The Perceptual map" from the Newcastle Art thread - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=48215807&postcount=40

I had always thought that my 1977 newspaper cutting about the Perceptual Map (shown on the Newcastle Art thread) was from when it was first drawn.

I seem to have been wrong about that, as the inside cover of this 1973 'City Guide' states, "The Perceptual map appearing in the centre pages was prepared especially for this 1973 Guide, by Dr Gerald H Fisher, Department of Psychology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne".

This is the first (and only) perceptual map that I have seen which does NOT have the CME (Central Motorway East) on it, as that was not actually completed until 1975.

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Newcastle Historian

May 31st, 2010, 10:32 AM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 31st May 2010.

An "Official City Guide" is produced every so often by the City Council and all of them are interesting and revealing of their time, by the photos and (often) the advertisements that are featured in them. This third group of books is from the 1980s.

In the 1980s the City Council were constantly 'working on' a major new City Guide, I know because I knew someone involved in it. They never quite achieved it, and instead they ended up doing a number of small leaflets, as well as (principally) the FOUR smaller books, below . . .

Newcastle upon Tyne Official City Guides of the 1980s.
1 - Visitors Guide to Newcastle
2 - City Trail, Historic Newcastle
3 - Guide to QUAYSIDE Newcastle
4 - 100 Good Things about Tyneside
Newcastle City Council.
1981-1985.

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Newcastle Historian

June 7th, 2010, 04:10 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 7th June 2010.

An "Official City Guide" is produced every so often by the City Council and all of them are interesting and revealing of their time, by the photos and (often) the advertisements that are featured in them. This fourth book is from the 1990s.

In the 1990s the Information & Publicity Department (I & P) of the City Council finally produced their major new City Guide. A number of versions of this large A4 size and thick (over 180 pages) guide were produced throughout the 1990s - this one is from 1996 . . .

Newcastle upon Tyne Official City Guide 1996.
I & P, City of Newcastle upon Tyne.
The British Publishing Co Ltd, Gloucester.
1996.

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CDB00

June 8th, 2010, 12:15 PM

Just look at all that lovely greenery on Northumberland Street on the Fenwicks advert!

Newcastle Historian

June 9th, 2010, 07:10 PM

Just look at all that lovely greenery on Northumberland Street on the Fenwicks advert!
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Is there not much greenery on Northumberland Street these days?

I know they have planted some trees (into the ground, as opposed to into 'plant boxes') at various points.

That is one of two things that (parts of) our City Centre lacks - mature trees.

The other is, decent sized fountains!

In my opinion!!

Newcastle Historian

June 13th, 2010, 02:48 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 14th June 2010.

An "Official City Guide" is produced every so often by the City Council and all of them are interesting and revealing of their time, by the photos and (often) the advertisements that are featured in them. This fifth & final selection of books, is from the 2000s

In the 2000s there doesn't seem to have been a continuation of the 1990s "big Official City Guide" and there seems to have been a return to the 1980s style of publishing smaller booklet-type official guides. These seem to have been produced (usually) annually, throughout the first ten years of our new century, as the below photo of four of them shows.

The 'noughties' also saw the arrival of the "NewcastleGateshead" concept, rather than just Newcastle. All of the below four official guides are produced under that joint banner . . .

Newcastle upon Tyne Official City Guides of the 2000s.
www.NewcastleGateshead.com
The Newcastle Gateshead Initiative (NGi).
2000 - 2010.

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Newcastle Historian

June 19th, 2010, 09:53 AM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 21st June 2010.

The Hoppings - Newcastle's Town Moor Fair.
Paul Lanagan.
Publisher - to be established.
2010.

I have not seen a copy of this book yet, it is being launched in a cabin at the Forsyth Path entrance to the Hoppings, on Saturday June 19th 2010, at 10am, where Paul Lanagan (the author) will be signing copies of the book.

This new book chronicles the history of the Hoppings, from the 1882 Temperance Festival through to the present mega-fairground. It contains hundreds of photos covering the Victorian steam machines and modern Millennium thrill rides, and features rides, sideshows, faces from the people who make the fairground what it is, plus an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at how the Hoppings is set up

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This new book was also reviewed in the Evening Chronicle of 18th June 2010 . .

New book casts light on Hoppings funfair
Jun 18 2010 by Vicky Robson, Evening Chronicle

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A New book about the famous Hoppings funfair, opening on the Town Moor, in Newcastle today, brings back to life its carnival atmosphere from yesteryear.

The Hoppings is a Geordie tradition which dates back more than a century.

Penned by teaching assistant Paul Lanagan, the book, The Hoppings: Newcastle’s Town Moor Fair, provides a glimpse into past attractions, from its side shows and showmen, to its modern day mechanics.

It documents the rise of the popular funfair, which originated as the Temperance Festival in 1882, up to its present day reputation as Europe’s biggest fairground.

Paul, 28, of Burradon, North Tyneside, said: “The book is a behind the scenes look at the fairground, how it’s set up, about the people and the showmen.

“It looks at the early years when the Hoppings was known as the Temperance Festival, with the ‘freak’ side shows and oddities and has lots of photographs.

“I went to Hoppings as a youngster because my grandad used to wrestle there, so that was quite an unforgettable experience from my youth. “It evolved as a distraction for people from the races where all the debauchery was thought to take place, into Europe’s biggest fairground.and it’s become a tradition for people here, who were once taken by their parents and now they take their own children.

“But I think a lot of it is to do with its atmosphere too. There is something there for everybody. There is always something to do and see and its still as popular with people today as it was generations ago.”

FULL ARTICLE HERE - http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2010/06/18/new-book-casts-light-on-hoppings-funfair-72703-26679060/

Newcastle Historian

June 29th, 2010, 11:15 AM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 28th June 2010.

Jesmond - from Mines to Mansions.
Alan Morgan.
Tyne Bridge Publishing.
2010.

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Newcastle Historian

July 5th, 2010, 05:31 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 5th July 2010.

Making An Angel.
Antony Gormley.
Booth-Clibborn Editions.
1998.

It has been interesting researching through the various threads on this forum recently, in order to compile the new 'Index'.

In doing so, I have noticed aspects of North East 'Urban Life' (and subjects) that we have not covered as much as I actually thought we had - from a 'historical' (if nothing else) perspective.

One of them is THE ANGEL OF THE NORTH.

So, I thought I could start (at least) to rectify this a little bit with this week's book choice, a really excellent book (by Antony Gormley himself) from 1998 . . .

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Newcastle Historian

July 7th, 2010, 05:05 PM

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From the Evening Chronicle of Wednesday 7th July 2010 . . .
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Newcastle Historian

July 13th, 2010, 03:18 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 12th July 2010.

Buildings of Grainger Town.
David Lovie.
Grainger Town Partnership.
1997 and 2001.

If you are interested in any, or all, of the 'individual buildings' in the City Centre (in the GraingerTown Area, specifically, in this case) then THIS is the book for you!!

Each building down each of the streets is listed, with a photo and short history of each one.

I find that I have two (slightly different) copies of this book. The first is from 1997 (called the 'Grainger Town Bicentenary Edition') and the second is from 2001 (called the 'Millenium Edition') . . .

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Newcastle Historian

July 19th, 2010, 10:18 AM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 19th July 2010.

Newcastle Old and New.
Malcolm L Scaife.
E P Publishing Ltd.
1974.

There are quite a few books that show Contrast Photos of Newcastle 'as it was' alongside a new photo of Newcastle 'as it is now'.

This is the first of that group of books.

I actually (personally) like this one the best, as it came out in 1974, so in addition to the two ('then and now') photos of a location shown in the book, when I look through it now, I have a third photo in my minds eye - of what it looks like another 36 years 'further on' in 2010!

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St Thomas' Church Grounds in 1930 (Lovaine Hall on the right) / The same view in 1974 (the Civic Centre on the right).

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Barras Bridge in 1930 (Sandyford Rd junction & Barras Bridge Hotel) / The same view in 1974 (CME construction one year from completion).

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New Bridge St covered Goods Station in 1930 / The same view in 1974.

In all honesty, I could have picked any of the 98 photos in this book, to use to illustrate it in this post. The book is full of rare and historic photos (the 'new' photos, as I say, are also 'historic' now!!) and of course, you also have the third photo to enjoy!

If you haven't got this book, I recommend that you try to get hold of a copy, I'm sure (if you cannot find it in a second hand book shop or on eBay) then it will be in the Central Library/City Library.

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ozzie1980

July 20th, 2010, 10:41 AM

I bought a copy from Amazon last night for a fiver! Looking forward to reading it!

Newcastle Historian

July 26th, 2010, 09:57 AM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 26th July 2010.

Tyneside Then and Now.
Geoff Phillips.
G P Electronic Services.
2002.

There are quite a few books that show Contrast Photos of Newcastle 'as it was' alongside a new photo of Newcastle 'as it is now'.

This is my second choice, from amongst that group of books.

I am not actually showing them in 'datal' order, but this one was published some 28 years after the first book chosen, so the "now" photos are reasonably (though charmingly, often not totally) like things are currently in 2010.

I like this book because of the excellent location choices, but also because there is more 'narrative' about many of the places, than in the first book. Also, it is extended to cover 'Tyneside' (as can be seen from the book title) rather than just Newcastle. However, out of the 78 'then and now comparisons', only four are from outside Newcastle! A very good book though, one that I regularly look through.

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The 'Grey Street Cinema' (originally the Newcastle Picture House) in 1922 / The HSBC Bank, in the same building in 2002.

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The Barley Mow Public House, in 1920 / Then. all the buildings either side are demolished and it is extended and re-named as 'Stereo', by 2001.

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Newcastle Historian

July 29th, 2010, 06:51 PM

Historian highlights changes in Gateshead
July 29th 2010, by Linda Richards, Evening Chronicle

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SAMUEL Johnson once described Gateshead as the “dirty back lane leading to Newcastle” and over the years it has often been portrayed as the poor relation of its more glamorous neighbour across the Tyne.

But in recent years Gateshead has undergone a revival which has placed it firmly on the tourist map. Local historian Nick Neave has focused his camera on Gateshead to show the improvements that have taken place.

The book, “Gateshead Through Time”, is packed with more than 180 photographs showing how the area has changed over the last century.

And by showing now and then pictures side-by-side, Nick, a professor in psychology at Northumbria University, gives a fascinating insight into the regeneration.

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The book shows the area’s industrial and social heritage and Nick, who lives in Sunniside, Gateshead, believes it should appeal to young and new alike.

“Children are excited to see how places have changed and for older people it creates a lot of nostalgia,” said Nick, 45, who got the idea some 20 years ago while teaching at Newcastle’s Chillingham Road Primary School.

“I was doing a project with the kids, we had old photographs and we went out to the same spot and took a new shot. It caused a great deal of interest.”

This time, the dad-of-two gathered around 90 photographs of old Gateshead and hit the streets with a pal to take up-to-date shots.

“We had a map and went running around locating places from the old photographs. Sometimes we didn’t have a clue where they were and would speak to people and knock on doors. Some people found out things about their street or house that they didn’t know.”

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FULL ARTICLE HERE - http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2010/07/29/historian-highlights-changes-in-gateshead-72703-26955364/

This book (simply because of its 'timely' publication this week!) is the third book in the 'Old & New' Series.
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Newcastle Historian

August 2nd, 2010, 05:16 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 2nd August 2010.

Newcastle Past & Present - Millenium Edition.
Geoff Phillips (With photos by Jack Phillips).
G P Electronic Services.
1999.

There are quite a few books that show Contrast Photos of Newcastle 'as it was' alongside a new photo of Newcastle 'as it is now'.

This is my fourth choice, from amongst that group of books.

This one I like because, instead of the usual TWO photos, it often shows the changes reflected in THREE photos, as in the two pages of examples, shown below.

Some slightly unusual locations and 'angles' are chosen too, and (because it was published in 1999) you also often have the possibility of (this time) a "fourth" photo in your head, reflecting changes over the last eleven years!

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Corner of Percy Street / Blackett Street - in 1920, 1950, and 1999 . .
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The top of Darn Crook (now called St Andrews Street) in 1890, 1950, and 1999 . .
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DXNewcastle

August 3rd, 2010, 01:05 AM

From the book "Gateshead Through Time" (reviewed earlier) . . .
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Its amazing that Holy Trinity (the church, its work, its garden, its community relations) have continued so magnificently, right in the middle of a major UK High Street, and despite the several attempts at, er, 'modernisation'.
Not many other Cities or major towns can make that boast.

They've already made the building quite modern and business-like inside
And the folks running Holy Trinity have a package of developments in place to extend and enhance their work and their community relations.

Tesco can do what it wants down the road, but Gateshead's Holy Trinity seems just as determined in its plans for the future!

Newcastle Historian

August 18th, 2010, 12:31 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 16th August 2010.

Newcastle: Then & Now.
Geoff Phillips (With photos from the Steve Wood Collection).
G P Electronic Services.
1997.

There are quite a few books that show Contrast Photos of Newcastle 'as it was' alongside a new photo of Newcastle 'as it is now'.

This is my fifth choice, from amongst that group of books.

This one is in the same series as the "Tyneside Then and Now" book, shown in 'Post 81', but this one covers locations only within the City Boundary and features photos from a different photographic collection, that of photographer Steve Wood . . .

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A 'very different from now' stretch of Clayton Street, leading to Blackett Street in 1971 / then again in the 1990s, as it had looked since 1976. It is 'different again' now, in 2010 . .
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From the roof of 'Manors Multi-Storey Car Park', the same view taken in the late 1960s and then again in 1997 . .
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CDB00

August 18th, 2010, 07:32 PM

Hmm there's a slight inaccuracy with the comment about Manors station at the end there...

Newcastle Historian

August 18th, 2010, 07:47 PM

Hmm there's a slight inaccuracy with the comment about Manors station at the end there...

What is the inaccuracy?

CDB00

August 18th, 2010, 07:54 PM

What is the inaccuracy?

It says that Manors station is now underground and part of the metro system.

It fails to mention that the BR Manors Station is still there and not part of the metro system

Newcastle Historian

August 23rd, 2010, 10:35 AM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 23rd August 2010.

Newcastle Past & Present.
Geoff Phillips/Jack Phillips.
Northern Heritage Consultancy Ltd.
1990.

and

Newcastle Past and Present Special Edition
Geoff Phillips/Jack Phillips.
Northern Heritage Consultancy Ltd.
1994

There are quite a few books that show Contrast Photos of Newcastle 'as it was' alongside a new photo of Newcastle 'as it is now'.

These are my sixth and seventh choices, from amongst that group of books.

The reason I have shown the above TWO together, is because they are essentially the same book, with the 'special edition' being a 1994 update of the original 1990 book. There are, though, some additional/different photos and narratives in the 1994 edition, making it worthy of interest in itself.

One thing I like (which was also an aspect of the larger-sized "Millenium Edition" from the same series of books from the year 2000, shown in 'Post 84') is the fact that there are often THREE photos shown of the same location, at three different dates, instead of the usual two.

Also, of course, because these books were published in 1990 and 1994, we also have our own "2010 eye" in our minds, reflecting changes since then!

Thats why I like these 'then and now' books!!

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You can see that it is the same place and same angle for the photo, but WOW - 'big changes' to Lower Pilgrim Street (near the Tyne Bridge/All Saints Office Complex)
between 1925, 1960s and 1990 . .
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Corner of Pilgrim Street/Mosely Street 1900 / 1990 - which is all about to change again, with the 'Bank of England' building in the 1990 photo,
seemingly due for demolition soon (though the fight goes on, on that!)
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Newcastle Historian

August 31st, 2010, 11:29 AM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 30th August 2010.

Tyneside PUBS - Past & Present.
Geoff Phillips/Jack Phillips.
G P Electronic Services.
1994.

There are quite a few books that show Contrast Photos of Newcastle 'as it was' alongside a new photo of Newcastle 'as it is now'.

This weeks choice, my eighth and final one from amongst that group of books, moves us nicely on from the "then and now" theme, into my next proposed group of books . . . which is to be about PUBS (of which this choice is the first!)

There are many 'amazing' contrast photos (then and now) in this weeks book!

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The Northumberland Arms on Northumberland Street, shown "as it always was", in 1966, and in the new "post ES version" in 1990 . .
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The Portland (my OWN 'in-town' local throughout the 1980s) as it used to look before it had the top level 'chopped off', taken in 1966 and as it is now (in 1990) - ALL GONE . . .
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Three shots of that famous place (next to 'The Punch Bowl') the Cradlewell, taken in 1896, 1906 and in the 1990s . .
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Newcastle Historian

September 5th, 2010, 01:55 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 6th September 2010.

Old Pubs of Newcastle.
Geoff Phillips.
G P Electronic Services.
1995.

There are quite a few books that have been written about, and have many excellent photographs of, "the Public Houses of Newcastle and the North East", both past and present.

This weeks choice is my second from amongst that group of books, the first one being last week, which was also the LAST of the 'Newcastle then and now' series.

It is an excellent book, best explained by a note on its own cover . . .

"Why remember the old pubs of Newcastle? For many Tynesiders the pub is their second home, a place to unwind, a place to share a good story or a joke. The pub is a part of the culture of the City, Town and Suburb. It also forms part of the history of many a place, often providing us with a significant part of its architectural heritage."

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Newcastle Historian

September 12th, 2010, 12:16 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 13th September 2010.

Inn Guide to the North East.
Newcastle Inns.
Newcastle Breweries Ltd.
1984.

There are quite a few books that have been written about, and have many excellent photographs of, "the Public Houses of Newcastle and the North East", both past and present.

This weeks choice is my third from amongst that group of books, and is a quite 'different' book, from the rest of those that will be shown in this series. The difference is, that this is a "Guide to the pubs of one particular brewer", and was written BY the brewer for use (at the time) as an aid to people to decide where to go for a meal and/or a night out.

Now (here in 2010) it has become more of a historical record of some of the pubs of the North East, frozen at a moment in time, ie the early-1980s.

Newcastle Inns / Newcastle Breweries / Scottish & Newcastle Breweries, all were/are an important part of the public house scene in our region. Other interesting information about "S&N" (etc) has already been posted on this forum - HERE . . .

Scottish & Newcastle Inns - 150 S&N Pubs of the 1980s
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=53752027&postcount=862
Scottish & Newcastle Inns - Price List from 1972
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=53864917&postcount=863
Newcastle Breweries Ltd and the 'Famous Blue Star' - in the early 1960s
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=61010743&postcount=1097
The Geordie Pride, a massive S&N bar opposite Central Station
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=48304095&postcount=365

Now, back to this weeks book . . .

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Newcastle Historian

September 16th, 2010, 05:16 PM

Book looks back at Gateshead over century
September 16th 2010, by Linda Richards, Evening Chronicle

Changes to a Tyneside town over a century are caught on camera, in a new book.

For hundreds of years, coal mining was the lifeblood of towns and villages in West Gateshead. Coal was big business, it made landowners rich, put bread on the table for ordinary folk and was the focal point of the community. It shaped the people and the surrounding landscape. Then, the demise of mining led to a decline of industries it fuelled, and the villages that had been a cog in the coal mining machine.

Local historian Nick Neave has focused his camera on Whickham and surrounding areas to chronicle the changes. In his book 'Around Whickham Through Time' he traces how the area has changed and developed.

Armed with old photographs of Whickham, Sunniside, Marley Hill, Lobley Hill, Swalwell and Dunston he went out and about to pinpoint the location in the picture and took a fresh shot to show how it looks today.

The end result is 180 photographs giving a fascinating peek into how places have changed or not.

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The CWS Flour Mills at Dunston, how they used to look.

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The same view, as it is today.

Dr Neave, a psychologist at Northumbria University, got the idea 20 years ago while carrying out a history project with youngsters at Chillingham Road Primary in Newcastle.

He has also published a similar book about Gateshead but this one was easier because he was able to tap into the archives held by Sunniside Local History Society, of which he is vice-chairman.

“For the Gateshead book I had to do a lot of historical research and poring over maps,” said Dr Neave, 45, who lives in Sunniside. “The help I had from society members was invaluable. They were a treasure trove of information and photographs and they were fantastic in helping me find places.”

“Local people were also a tremendous help. One of the highlights was meeting people in the street and asking them about their area.”

FULL ARTICLE ( AND LOTS MORE PHOTOS ) HERE - http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2010/09/16/book-looks-back-at-gateshead-over-century-72703-27280390/

Newcastle Historian

September 19th, 2010, 12:54 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 20th September 2010.

Heady Days, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses : Volume One - The Central Area.
Brian Bennison
Newcastle Libraries & Information Service.
1996.

There are quite a few books that have been written about, and have many excellent photographs of, "the Public Houses of Newcastle and the North East", both past and present.

This weeks choice is my fourth from amongst that group of books, and covers the history of Newcastle Public Houses, in the City Centre.

This book is actually 'Volume One' of a three-part series, that will (when all three are seen) cover West, East and North Newcastle also. Volume One looks at over three hundred pubs that have graced (and occasionally 'disgraced') the City Centre over the last 100 years or so.

The discussions herein, include many great photos as well as descriptions of premises, dates of demise of famous places from the past, as well as stories about famous landlords and drinkers, from many of the City Centre establishments.

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GBDT

September 23rd, 2010, 12:28 AM

Newcastle Historian

September 24th, 2010, 02:34 AM

Wow! Didn't know that the perceptual map went that far back. I didn't start working at the Civic until 1978. The Council map didn't come out until a few years later. If my memory serves me well it was produced by our Graphics dept for the Economic Development section.

GBDT

Knew a lot of people in both 'Graphics' and 'Economic Development' back in the 80s!

EDIT - We can continue discussion on the Skybar?

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Newcastle Historian

September 26th, 2010, 08:26 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 27th September 2010.

Heavy Nights, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses : Volume Two - The North and East.
Brian Bennison
Newcastle Libraries & Information Service.
1997.

There are quite a few books that have been written about, and have many excellent photographs of, "the Public Houses of Newcastle and the North East", both past and present.

This weeks choice is my fifth from amongst that group of books, and covers the history of Newcastle Public Houses in North and East Newcastle.

This book is 'Volume Two' of a three-part series, and covers some 300 pubs in the following areas of Newcastle . . . Jesmond, Spital Tongues, Heaton, Gosforth, Fawdon, Coxlodge, Kenton, Shieldfield, Ouseburn, Byker, and Walker, as well as parts of Quayside . . .

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The Front Cover shows The Rose & Crown, in Walker Road, in 1908.

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These two pages show (Left) the junction of City Road and Tyne Street in 1973 and (Right) The Free Trade Inn, in 1913.

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These two pages show (Left) a 1938 advert from 'The Grand' at Byker, and (Right) 'The Royal Oak' on Walker Road in the early 1950s, and 'The Ford Arms' in January 1967.

I love this next photo (though I don't think it has 'scanned in' too well). Inside 'The North Terrace', along Claremont Road, circa 1955. I would just LOVE to walk in there right now!

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WilfBurnsFan

September 27th, 2010, 12:29 AM

Was it the Ford Arms that in later years carried the slogan in huge lettering "Win or Lose, We'll have some Booze"?

Newcastle Historian

October 4th, 2010, 12:27 AM

Was it the Ford Arms that in later years carried the slogan in huge lettering "Win or Lose, We'll have some Booze"?

That, I don't know Wilf!

Perhaps someone else will know?

Newcastle Historian

October 4th, 2010, 12:37 AM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 4th October 2010.

Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses : Volume Three - The West.
Brian Bennison
Newcastle Libraries & Information Service.
1998.

There are quite a few books that have been written about, and have many excellent photographs of, "the Public Houses of Newcastle and the North East", both past and present.

This weeks choice is my sixth from amongst that group of books, and covers the history of Newcastle Public Houses in West Newcastle.

This book is 'Volume Three' of a three-part series, and covers some 300 pubs, being an 'exploration' of the licensed houses of the following areas of Newcastle . . . Arthur's Hill, Westgate, Elswick, Scotswood Road, then the rest of Scotswood, and through Benwell, Bell's Close, Lemington, Newburn, Throckley, Westerhope, Cowgate, and Walbottle.

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The Front Cover shows The Green Tree, Laurel Street, Scotswood - in 1958.

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merleb

October 4th, 2010, 05:46 PM

That book ^ is my favourite. An excellent resource for the pubs of Scotswood Road.

Was there also a book by Geoff Philip about the pubs of Scotswood Rd?

Newcastle Historian

October 4th, 2010, 06:32 PM

That book ^ is my favourite. An excellent resource for the pubs of Scotswood Road.

Was there also a book by Geoff Philip about the pubs of Scotswood Rd?

Hi merleb,

There is a book called "Scotswood Road Pubs" by Jimmy Forsyth. Could that be the one that you mean?

It will be making an appearance later in the series!

GBDT

October 4th, 2010, 11:01 PM

That, I don't know Wilf!

Perhaps someone else will know?

Close Wilf. Here is a photo of Jackies Bar on Wilfred Street, which used to be The Ford pub.

GBDT

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p.s. NH, I did it first time - got the photo to diplay without your help!

merleb

October 5th, 2010, 12:44 AM

Hi merleb,

There is a book called "Scotswood Road Pubs" by Jimmy Forsyth. Could that be the one that you mean?

It will be making an appearance later in the series!

Ah Jimmy was it? Thanks NH, looking forward to seeing it again. I got it out of the library about 15 years ago and it was very good.

Newcastle Historian

October 7th, 2010, 02:59 PM

Autobiography that's a tale of three Viz kids
October 7th 2010, Evening Chronicle

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nechronical/oct2010/0/9/simon-donald-during-his-book-signing-at-waterstone-s-840257457.jpg

FUNNYMAN Simon Donald’s autobiography goes on sale today.

Here is an exclusive extract in which he reveals some of the earlier versions of the mag which would make his family famous . . .

“IT was a very exciting day when Chris told me he and his friend Jim were going to produce a ‘proper’ comic, and they wanted me to do some work for it. Between the ages of about nine and 13 I’d been obsessed with the idea of being a comic artist.

My interests had moved on slightly by the time I reached 14 or so, and although still an avid comic collector, I was now more interested in listening to loud music.

Chris had been very keen on making magazines since an early age. His first effort had been the Lily Crescent Locomotive Times, a magazine with a rather limited target readership, specifically the children living in Lily Crescent, more specifically the children living in Lily Crescent who were interested in trainspotting.

Readership totalled about six, including Chris himself.

The Lily Crescent Locomotive Times did have one contributor other than Chris, and remarkably this reporter wasn’t even a resident of Lily Crescent. Jim Brownlow was the paper’s Heaton Sidings Correspondent.

Their friendship and love of bizarre and extreme humour would bring about the birth of Viz.

Chris had produced a number of comic strips at school called the Fat Crusader books. These were passed around his friends and featured many of them in cameo roles, the hero himself being the alter ego of one of his classmates, the extremely mild-mannered Chris Scott-Dixon.

The strips usually involved some trouble beginning with one teenage social group or other turning up. In graphic, gory detail the Fat Crusader would dispatch them by varied and most imaginative means.

These comic books weren’t publications as such; they were one-off pieces of artwork that weren’t reproduced.

Him Off The Viz, published by Tonto Books, is on sale today in all leading bookstores, priced £16.99.

Read More - http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2010/10/07/autobiography-that-s-a-tale-of-three-viz-kids-72703-27422260/#ixzz11g3JONmA

Newcastle Historian

October 10th, 2010, 07:17 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 11th October 2010.

Scotswood Road PUBS.
Jimmy Forsyth
Newcastle City Libraries.
1988.

There are quite a few books that have been written about, and have many excellent photographs of, "the Public Houses of Newcastle and the North East", both past and present.

This weeks choice is my seventh from amongst that group of books, and has been chosen "by request" . . .

The 'Lost Weekends' book is my favourite. An excellent resource for the pubs of Scotswood Road. Was there also a book by Geoff Phillips, about the pubs of Scotswood Rd?

Hi merleb, Maybe there is, but there is definitely a book called "Scotswood Road Pubs" by Jimmy Forsyth. Could that be the one that you mean? It will be making an appearance later in the series!

Ah Jimmy was it? Thanks NH, looking forward to seeing it again. I got it out of the library about 15 years ago and it was very good.

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WilfBurnsFan

October 10th, 2010, 07:47 PM

That looks good - I'll have to see if I can root a copy out somewhere. Another great pub book is Lynn Pearson's Northumbrian Pubs - the Duke of Cumberland (above) looks very similar to some of the Felling pubs she covered, by the practice of Septimus Oswald (I think). Big towers, domes, very impressive, no expense spared!

merleb

October 10th, 2010, 08:35 PM

Is the Duke of Cumberland Pub (above) on the same street that The Globe is still on now?

edit no it isnt - the Globe is at the bottom of Plummer St

Newcastle Historian

October 17th, 2010, 01:21 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 18th October 2010.

Tyneside's Bygone Boozers.
Geoff Phillips
G P Electronic Services.
1994.

There are quite a few books that have been written about, and have many excellent photographs of, "the Public Houses of Newcastle and the North East", both past and present.

This weeks choice is my eighth from amongst that group of books, and is a small, but excellent, book full of great photos and details. More details of the book are in the second of the four scans, below . . .

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Newcastle Historian

October 18th, 2010, 05:14 PM

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Westenders, by Yvonne Young (with photos by Jimmy Forsyth)
Published 2010

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Newcastle Historian

October 25th, 2010, 09:58 AM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 25th October 2010.

Brewers & Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne - from 1850 to the present day.
Brian Bennison
Newcastle upon Tyne City Libraries & Arts.
1995.

This book, the ninth in this short series about "the Public Houses of Newcastle and the North East", is pehaps my favourite.

As can be seen from the title, this book not only covers the pubs, but also the 'brewers and bottlers', and is all the more fascinating for that!

The narrative is VERY informative, and the photos are quite rare, many of them not seen anywhere else . . .

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I just had to include, as one of the example pages, the last one (above) which included The Midland.

In the early 1980s, I had some memorable times there, it wasn't the venue I frequented the most (I think The Portland and the Burton House jointly hold that record!) but some of the occasions I was there, long stick in the mind.

Great days!!

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Newcastle Historian

October 26th, 2010, 05:09 PM

New book shows the history of the Whitley Bay Dome
October 26th 2010, by Tony Henderson, Evening Chronicle

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This famous seaside landmark took just 82 days to build.

But the Spanish City Dome at Whitley Bay - opened a century ago - has established itself as a long-lasting object of affection for thousands of people.

More than 15,000 turned out over two weekends last month to tour the listed Dome, which is being restored.

Now a new book has been published to mark the Spanish City centenary.

Produced by Northern Voices Community Projects and backed by North Tyneside Council, it tells the story of the Spanish City site and the Dome, and includes poetry and memories of fans of the site.

Keith Armstrong is editor of the £5 book The Spanish City: the Heart and Soul of Whitley Bay.

He said: “People have fantastic memories of the Spanish City, which I would like to see put to use as some form of cultural centre.”

Glynis Barrie, council cabinet member for community services, said: “As a council we are very proud of our heritage and the Spanish City holds so many memories for local people and visitors.”

North Tyneside mayor Linda Arkley said: “Support for this book is part of our programme to mark the centenary of the Spanish City Dome. Our aspirations for the future are to continue to restore the Spanish City to where it can once more become the heart and soul of Whitley Bay.”

The Spanish City also appears in the background of a 1957 British Railways travel poster for Whitley Bay, which is expected to fetch between £600-£800 at a Christies auction in London next month.

Work began in 1909 on the Spanish City complex, with its 73ft high Dome, restaurant, roof garden and 1,400-seat Empress Theatre, which staged acts such as Miss Federica’s Performing terriers, the Lizelle Troupe of Lady Acrobats, comedians Claremont and Victor, comedy and burlesque boxing act Fame and Fortune, and the Blue Hungarian Band.

Attractions at the Spanish city funfair included the Social Whirl, Water Chute, Rainbow Pleasure Wheel, Joy Wheel, and Ye Olde Mill featuring a tunnel where boats floated past a Swiss valley, fairy castle, and an Indian jungle.

In 1920 the theatre became the Empress Ballroom which accommodated 900 dancers.

Read More - http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2010/10/26/book-shows-history-of-whitley-bay-dome-72703-27544143/#ixzz13TgB5MDU

Newcastle Historian

October 31st, 2010, 02:27 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 1st November 2010.

The Northumbrian Pub, an Architectural History
Lynn F Pearson
Sandhill Press
1989.

This book, the tenth one in this short series about "the Public Houses of Newcastle and the North East", is unusual in that it is one I have not read myself, but it comes recommended . . .

Another great pub book is Lynn Pearson's Northumbrian Pubs - the Duke of Cumberland (in the 'Scotswood Road PUBS' book) looks very similar to some of the Felling pubs she covered, by the practice of Septimus Oswald (I think). Big towers, domes, very impressive, no expense spared!

I think I will definitely try to get hold of a copy, but in the meantime . . .

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also, the book is described on its own dust jacket, as . . .

To demonstrate that the pub is much more than just a building in a landscape, the author has gathered together strands of information on architecture, brewers, the local economy and social history and through the buildings themselves, shows why our local pubs look as they do today.

Examples are drawn from urban, country and coastal pubs, some now demolished, reaching from the Georgian era to the present day and beyond.

The trail of discovery takes the reader from the crowded city of Newcastle upon Tyne, through the quayside, then along the coast, out into Weardale and along the North Tyne Valley.

Much fascinating detail is given as the pubs are described, and the influence of the important brewing industries, and local architects, are examined.

Lavishly illustrated with an extensive bibliography

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Newcastle Historian

November 6th, 2010, 05:02 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 8th November 2010.

The Burglars Dog - Alternative Guide to Drinking in Newcastle upon Tyne
Mark Jones
Tonto Press
2006.

This book, the eleventh and final one in this short series about "the Public Houses of Newcastle and the North East", is explained (in it's authors own words) on the back cover, shown below.

There has been an updated version of the book, as explained on the Website, here . . .

http://www.theburglarsdog.co.uk/

Sadly, the website goes on to explain that the author has also "retired" from updating it, which is a shame, but it has been a very enjoyable experience (even if I didn't always agree with what was written) reading the book and the website - so many thanks for that!

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Newcastle Historian

November 13th, 2010, 10:49 AM

Bainbridge's employees killed in Great War remembered in new book
November 13th 2010, by Ruth Lawson, The Journal

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FALLEN heroes from a historic Newcastle Department Store have been honoured in a new book.

John Lewis employee Ian Johnson traced the history of former workers of the store, formerly known as Bainbridge’s, who fought in World War One.

The 50-year-old, who has worked as a selling assistant at the store for 33 years, was intrigued by the Bainbridge & Co World War One memorial that stands in the management corridor at the store.

And two years ago he delved into the archives to try and discover more about the 27 men listed on the memorial.

Mr Johnson, from Crawcrook, Gateshead, said: “I started researching just after Armistice Day in 2008 because it got me thinking about the memorial and all the men, and I only finished about two or three months ago.” He added: “When you start researching these kind of things it just seems to unravel lots of things.

“There’s some heartbreaking stories that I’ve heard about men and their families.

“Some of the men were only married a few months then they went off to war.”

Mr Johnson, who is married to Pauline, discovered that the Bainbridge employees fought in most of the major battles of World War One including Ypres, Somme, Arras, Passchendaele and the ferocious German Spring Offensive of 1918. Only one lived long enough to see final victory.

The book, titled Bainbridge, Our Fallen Heroes 1914-1919, reveals moving stories and pictures of the 27 men, who all worked at Bainbridge’s before going to the battle fields serving in the first Pals Battalion raised on Tyneside.

Read More - http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2010/11/13/bainbridge-s-employees-killed-in-great-war-remembered-in-new-book-61634-27650934/#ixzz159d8aGhs

Newcastle Historian

November 13th, 2010, 09:06 PM

When the idea of the 'Book of the Week' selection was suggested, it was so that this thread was kept alive, as it wasn't getting many posts at that time.

Also, in my own mind, I just felt that there are so MANY great books around, about (primarily) the City of Newcastle, and I thought that this thread would be an ideal way of getting them all eventually reviewed and listed (almost 'catalogued') on here, over a period of time!

People would then (more) know what was available, even if they had to delve into the 2nd hand market to obtain books that could (by now) be out of print.

So, with the 'books of the week', interspersed (often) with reviews of new local books (such as todays Bainbridges book) copied over from local newspapers, the thread appears to have prospered.

I hope people are finding it interesting?

Another direction in which the thread has developed recently, is that the chosen books have been listed in "groups", such as "Pubs" or "Newcastle Old and New" or "Official City Guides", or whatever!

To that end, I know that a lot of members of the forum are interested in the development and history of Public Transport in the region - so I plan on making that, the subject of the next group of books chosen for the 'Book of the Week' postings.

There should be quite a few of those, and if anyone has any to contribute, please do so . . .

Newcastle Historian

November 15th, 2010, 02:25 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 15th November 2010.

40 Years of Buses, in Newcastle upon Tyne
Eric Hutchinson
Venture Publications Ltd
1996.

This book is the first one in a series of books about "Public Transport in the Newcastle Area - Past and Present".

It is interesting that the front cover, as shown below, doesn't actually have the full title of the book on it! That apart, it is a really good book, full of photos and narratives about our local buses over the 40 year period from 1956 until its publication year of 1996. Often, I find, the photos reveal a lot about our city and the buildings of a given era, just from what can be seen in the same photo as the bus that is actually the subject of the photo.

This book takes you from the era of the yellow 'Newcastle Transport' buses (and Trolley Buses) and the green 'Gateshead Transport' buses (along with the red out of town coaches of 'United' and 'Northern') through to the multi colored buses of 'Northumbria Motor Services', which started in 1986, and on to all the other companies that were trading by the end of the period covered in the book.

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johnnypd

November 15th, 2010, 09:47 PM

Newcastle Historian

November 15th, 2010, 11:22 PM

NH, you might be interested in a couple of old novels written by "Charlton Waine", which are fictionalised histories of tyneside. they're not the most well written or anything, but interesting for historians of the area. one is entitled "breed of the inshore" and the other "down to the sea: a saga of the tyne". the 2nd one follows a shipbuilding family, which is basically an assemblage of the real ship building families along the river, through the 19th century. a particularly riveting passage describes the great fire of newcastle and gateshead.

Thanks Johnny, I have not heard of these books before, but they certainly sound like they might be of interest to me.

I have found one for sale at the Sanctuary Secondhand Bookshop, here . . .

Waine, Charlton. Down to the Sea. London: Jarrolds, "A Saga of the Tyne". No date but c 1938. 288 pp fictionalised history of the Tyneside shipyards. Hb black cloth soiled and worn. Author's second book. 8 page publishers catalogue bound in. £18.00

I wonder, do you know if they have them in the City Library?

johnnypd

November 16th, 2010, 04:18 AM

i'm not sure - a search online says no. they do have his 3 novels in the national library of scotland though, which is where i read "down to the sea".

Newcastle Historian

November 21st, 2010, 11:51 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 22nd November 2010.

Trolley Buses of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1935-1966.
T P Canneaux and N H Hanson
Newcastle upon Tyne City Libraries
1985 (2nd Revised Edition).

This book is the second one in a series of books about "Public Transport in the Newcastle Area - Past and Present".

The book tells the story of one of the largest trolleybus sytems in Great Britain, tracing its origins from the earliest proposals in 1911, to its final demise in 1966.

The Newcastle trolleybus service began in 1935, and nearly 350 trolleybuses ran on the system during its 31 year life.

Sadly, only two survive today.

This book contains a LOT of very detailed narrative, but also some excellent black & white photographs . . .

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Newcastle Historian

November 28th, 2010, 10:20 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 29th November 2010.

Newcastle Trolleybuses.
Stephen Lockwood
Middleton Press
2006.

This book is the third one in a series of books about "Public Transport in the Newcastle Area - Past and Present".

I was completely unaware that I actually owned TWO books on the specific subject of Newcastle Trolleybuses, so between this one and last weeks, that must cover everything there is to know on the subject!

This book is structured, in terms of photos and narratives, to cover each route on the system, which (for me) made it a very enjoyable read.

To quote the books cover . . . "Through these pages, take a ride and visit each route in turn, looking at what Newcastle and its beautiful yellow trolleybuses were like 50 years ago"

That sums it up!

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The very bottom photo, shows a trolleybus on "the lost part" of Clayton Street, about to turn right into Blackett Street.

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Newcastle Historian

December 5th, 2010, 05:56 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 6th December 2010.

Horse Tram to Metro.
S. A. Staddon
Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive
1978.

This book is the fourth in a series of books about "Public Transport in the Newcastle Area - Past and Present".

This book was published by Tyne and Wear PTE, to officially celebrate 100 Years of Public Transport in Tyne and Wear.

The book cover states . . .

1978 is an important year for local public transport. 100 years ago, in 1878, the first horse tramway system was opened by the 'Newcastle and Gosforth Tramways and Carriage Company Ltd'. In 1978 we will see, in contrast, the very start of test running prior to the opening of Phase One of the Tyne and Wear Metro.

The last 100 years has been a period of great change. This book tells the story of the major transport events of that 100 years . . .

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Newcastle Historian

December 13th, 2010, 04:23 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 13th December 2010.

The Opening of the Tyne & Wear Metro.
Tyne & Wear Passenger Transport Executive
Tyne & Wear County Council
1981.

This book is the fifth in a series of books about "Public Transport in the Newcastle Area - Past and Present".

This book was published by Tyne and Wear County Council in 1981 (one year after the Metro started operating) to commemorate the Official Opening of the system (and of the Metro bridge across the Tyne) by the Queen, on November 6th 1981.

An excellent small book, it contains many factual details about the system.

As with all books about the Metro, from the era if first opened, there are a lot of photos showing the Metro Trains as they originally looked.

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Newcastle Historian

December 19th, 2010, 01:21 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 20th December 2010.

A slight variation this week, with five books included.

Last weeks book on the "Official Opening of the Metro" got me thinking about all the other smaller books and booklets that I have about the plans for (and the building of) the Metro.

It was such an exciting time, as someone who had lived in London for years and who had found their 'Underground System' to be one of the best things about the place, to arrive back home and find they were about to build one here in Newcastle!!!! Amazing!

So, here are a small selection of five books and booklets from the time, all of which can be found as reference books in the City Library, and probably in other libraries around the area . . .

These five items are the sixth to tenth in a series of books about "Public Transport in the Newcastle Area - Past and Present".

Rapid Transit for Tyneside.
Tyneside Passenger Transport Executive
1971.

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Tyneside Rapid Transit.
Dr Tony M Ridley
Tyneside Passenger Transport Executive
1972.

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Rapid Transit System.
Tyneside Passenger Transport Executive
1971.

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Public transport on Tyneside : A Plan for the People.
Tyneside Passenger Transport Executive
1973.

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This booklet included the FIRST METRO MAP . .
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Meet Your Metro.
Tyne and Wear County Council
Three Editions - July 1977 / June 1978 / July 1979.

These were published in the late 1970s to show the CONSTRUCTION of the Metro, but all editions were really quite similar . .
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Newcastle Historian

December 27th, 2010, 11:55 AM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 27th December 2010.

Trams, Trains, Trolleys.
Newcastle City Libraries
City of Newcastle upon Tyne
1985.

This book is the eleventh in a series of books about "Public Transport in the Newcastle Area - Past and Present".

This book is the third in the Newcastle City Libraries 'Gone but not Forgotten' series. It is a small, but excellent, 'book of photographs' covering all forms of transport in Newcastle over the period 1900 to 1958.

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The cover of the book shows Neville Street, during the severe winter of 1947 which (prior to 1963) was the worst on record.

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Newcastle Historian

January 2nd, 2011, 01:40 PM

Tyneside's gangland culture unmasked in new book
January 2nd 2011, by Dan Warburton, Sunday Sun

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SAVAGE beatings, torture and shootings . . . life in Tyneside's gangland underworld is to be laid bare. Bernard O’Mahanoey, an ex-member of the infamous Essex Boys, has documented the murky world of Newcastle’s criminal fraternity.

In a new book, the author looks at the unsolved murder of Viv Graham and makes claims about the fierce feud between two notorious West End families, the Sayers and the Conroys.

It comes just weeks after sensational claims were made during a jury nobbling trial that Paddy Conroy had plotted to put his rival John Henry Sayers back behind bars. Now Bernard, 50, from Birmingham, has penned a book that delves into the Newcastle underworld and analyses what sparked the bitter feud.

Last night he said: “The book is about what’s happened since the 80s. It’s not written in favour of anyone, it’s just a look at crime in the past two or three decades.

Among the tales documented in the novel, Fog on the Tyne, is the execution of Tyneside doorman Viv Graham, who was gunned down on New Year’s Eve in 1993. Viv was shot dead in Wallsend High Street after leaving the Queen’s Head pub.

More than 1,000 people were interviewed over the murder of the 34-year-old, 500 homes were visited and hundreds of statements taken, but Viv Graham’s killers are still at large. Even an apparent confession from killer and supergrass Lee Shaun Watson during a separate court case came to nothing.

But detectives say that the file on the gangland killing remains open, and they still hope to catch his killer.

Bernard said: “I heard a lot of sinister things while I was researching this book.”

Fog on the Tyne is due to be published in May this year.

Read More - http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/north-east-news/2011/01/02/tyneside-s-gangland-culture-unmasked-in-new-book-79310-27919076/

Newcastle Historian

January 9th, 2011, 05:10 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 10th January 2011.

An Album of Tyne & Wear PTE Buses.
John Burnett and Geoff Coxon
Pennine Publications Ltd
1983.

This book is the twelfth in a series of books about "Public Transport in the Newcastle Area - Past and Present".

This book illustrates and describes most types of "PTE" buses, from the period 1969 to 1983 (date of publication). The Tyneside Passenger Transport Executive came into being on 1st October 1969 and began operating the Municipal bus fleets of Newcastle ('Newcastle Transport') and South Shields, some three months later.

They became Tyne and Wear PTE in 1974, the Sunderland Corporation bus fleet having been taken over in 1973.

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These 'Atlanteans' were the big replacements (they certainly 'seemed' very big) in the 1960s, for the old open-ended (where you could just hop on and off) buses and trolley buses that had always been around before then . . .
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These buses, identifiable by the 'lower-down' window on the passenger side at the front, were the BEST buses I had ever been on, when they were introduced in the late 1970s. They were SO smooth and quiet, and had great acceleration - which I liked!
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Newcastle Historian

January 11th, 2011, 04:13 PM

Vicar compiles book on Burradon Pit Disaster
January 11th 2011, by Sarah Scott, Evening Chronicle

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THE stories of a community steeped in mining history have been captured in a new book.

Tales of miners from Burradon and Camperdown, North Tyneside, have been collected together in “A Rich Seam” Uncovered, compiled by the Reverend Angela Maughan, Vicar of Weetslade Parish.

Through a series of interviews with surviving former miners and their relatives she has written a book which celebrates their legacy.

She said: “The book was made to bring the community together and resurrect stories that have been lost.

“Some of the people I interviewed were moved to tears at having their stories told and said they had always wanted it so their grandchildren could read about them.”

The idea for the book came about after the 150th Commemoration of the Disaster in Burradon Pit, in March 2010.

The explosion killed 76 men and boys including those as young as 10.

Read More - http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2011/01/11/vicar-compiles-book-on-burradon-pit-disaster-72703-27966060/#ixzz1Ajw9WgTY

Newcastle Historian

January 17th, 2011, 10:25 AM

Book relives prisoner’s great escape
by James Moore, The Journal, January 17th 2011

It was a daring escape that left one man dead and ended with a savage beating, and now Austrian Josef Kirchdorfer has re-lived his escape from a North East prisoner of war camp, by penning his memoirs.

The 85-year-old and seven others plotted their escape from Camp 18 at Featherstone, near Haltwhistle, Northumberland, for months.

After fashioning new outfits and making wire cutters using a window latch they fled the camp during a thunderstorm, intent on stealing a plane and flying back to Germany.

After the group split into two, one party tried to cross the flooded River South Tyne where one man suffered a heart attack and died. After a day on the run and making it 12 miles into Cumbria, the men were captured by a local policeman.

On his return to the camp Josef, a former Luftwaffe pilot, was then beaten and humiliated by British guards.

He has now penned a book about his time entitled ‘WW2 memories of a youngster’. Josef, who now lives in Luzern, in Switzerland, said: “I was determined to escape, don’t ask me why.

“Now it seems hardly understandable, even to me. Most of my fellow prisoners were glad to have survived and felt no desire to risk their lives by attempting an escape, but at the time I was convinced I had to escape. Not because I wanted to be a hero, but because I was young, full of the urge for action and because I had no desire at all to stay in England or its dominions for years.”

Read More - http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2011/01/17/book-relives-prisoner-s-great-escape-61634-27998225/#ixzz1BHb64JT0

Newcastle Historian

January 18th, 2011, 10:12 AM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 17th January 2011.

Remember The Trams : Newcastle upon Tyne.
George S Hearse
Europa, Isle of Man
1978.

This book is the thirteenth in a series of books about "Public Transport in the Newcastle Area - Past and Present".

This book illustrates and describes the Trams of Newcastle from the earliest days.

The introduction explains that, one Hundred years ago (when this book was published) under the powers conferred on them by 'The Newcastle upon Tyne Tramways Improvement Act 1877', the City of Newcastle upon Tyne was authorised to construct a system of tramways to the standard gauge. Then, by an act of 1899, Newcastle obtained powers to 'electrify' the trams. The last Horse Tram ran on 13th April 1901.

The book continues the story of the Newcastle Trams, with narrative and some excellent photos, right up until the 1930s, when most tram routes changed their services to Motor Buses or Trolley Buses. The war actually delayed full conversion until as late as 4th August 1951, but after that date there were no more trams in Newcastle.

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Steve Ellwood

January 21st, 2011, 07:16 PM

Heads up to anyone after a bargain :) - the Market Street Tourist Information Centre (Central Arcade) has quite a few local history books with 30% off. (Disclaimer : I don't work for NCC)

neeorg

January 23rd, 2011, 08:44 AM

I'll second that about the Central Arcade tourist centre, they do have quite a few books that are really interesting.

I love seeing the images of buses going down Northumberland Street, I saw a few images on Flickr where Newcastle city council have added a selection of their archives.

Newcastle Historian

January 24th, 2011, 02:30 PM

New book of photos shows old stairs a step back in time
by Sonia Sharma, Evening Chronicle, January 24th 2011

A TYNESIDE author has stepped back in time to reveal the fascinating history of a town.

Jack Shotton spent months researching the old flights of stairs in North Shields which date back to the 1700s.

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The town was once concentrated on a low plain, while the top of the bank consisted of farmland.

But as the area expanded and the farmland transformed, stairways were constructed as a link between homes, workplaces and pubs.

Often the steps were named after pubs or other businesses at the bottom, such as Post Office Stairs, Library Stairs or Pipe Maker’s Stairs. Some were named after individuals like Stewart’s Bank and Fenwick’s Bank.

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In his new book, Mr Shotton, 80, of Tynemouth, has included historic pictures, as well as paintings he made of more than 30 of the stairways. He has also shed light on the lifestyle of people who lived near the steps.

North Shields - Stepping Back in Time, published by Summerhill Books and priced at £9.99, is on sale at North Tyneside Libraries, Harry Smith’s and Keel Row Book Shops in North Shields, and Fenwick and Robinson’s in Newcastle.

Read More - http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2011/01/24/photos-show-old-stairs-a-step-back-in-time-72703-28043826/#ixzz1BxWIoy00

Newcastle Historian

January 24th, 2011, 02:47 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 24th January 2011.

Newcastle 900 - Railways.
Stuart Rankin and Michael Woods
British Rail Eastern Region
1980.

This book is the fourteenth in a series of books about "Public Transport in the Newcastle Area - Past and Present".

It was one of a number of books published in "Newcastle 900 Year", 1980 . . . the BEST year ever for those of us with an interest in Newcastle and in collecting new books and other souvenirs about the place!

An interesting small book about "the cradle of railways", as it describes Tyneside in its opening chapter.

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Newcastle Historian

January 27th, 2011, 05:25 PM

United fanatic's book charts 50-year story
by Joanne Butcher, Evening Chronicle, January 27th 2011

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A LIFELONG Magpies fan who counts John Anderson and Bob Moncur among his closest pals has written a book on his love affair with the Toon.

Billy Costine, from Ireland, has followed Newcastle United for 50 years.

And he spent a decade working as a scout for the next generation of black-and-white talent.

Billy began supporting Newcastle in 1961, as an eight-year-old boy gathered around a Subbuteo set with his brothers in Waterford City.

Now, Billy has turned his incredible story of a life dedicated to the black-and-white army into a new book, The Flight of a Magpie, which is due to be published in May.

Read More - http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2011/01/27/united-fanatic-s-book-charts-50-year-story-72703-28065434/#ixzz1CFm0Hd2U

Newcastle Historian

January 29th, 2011, 02:39 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 31st January 2011.

The High Level Bridge and Newcastle Central Station.
John Addyman and Bill Fawcett
North Eastern Railway Association
1999.

This book is the fifteenth in a series of books on this thread about "Public Transport in the Newcastle Area - Past and Present".

I had to choose THIS book for this weeks review as part of our 'Transport' series, as it has proved so useful over the last few days, on the Questions thread, and on the General Knowlege thread.

So much so, that I do not need to say much more about this book here, that has not been already said by the recent posts on the two mentioned threads.

In my view, a fabulous book, and well worth trying to get hold of a copy of if you can! I was spoilt for choice for pages to show below, and (it has to be said) the 'narrative' pages are equally as compelling and revealing as the photo pages, its just that the photo/illustration pages show best in a review like this . . .

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Ponteland Historian

January 29th, 2011, 06:29 PM

ferret88 . . .

For information, a Review of that book The High Level Bridge and Newcastle Central Station, that you refer to above, is now on the BOOKS thread . .

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=71604077&postcount=138

Hope you find yourself a copy!
Try the North East Railway Association Website
http://www.ner.org.uk/
Its packed with information

Steve Ellwood

January 30th, 2011, 02:49 PM

Try the North East Railway Association Website
http://www.ner.org.uk/
Its packed with information

Oddly enough I saw a copy of the paper backed version on sale at WATETRSTONES within HMV at Silverlink Business Park this morning - £12.99, so its still available despite it appearing to be out of print.

Newcastle Historian

February 2nd, 2011, 04:53 PM

Songbook of Newcastle ballads hard to interpret
by Sarah Scott, The Journal, February 2nd 2011

BURIED among some treasured possessions, is hidden a book that even the most die-hard Geordie would have trouble understanding. The pages of The Tyneside Songster reveal a history of the Newcastle dialect which may be difficult to interpret.

Published in 1840 in Alnwick, the book is described as a collection of ‘humorous and descriptive songs in the Newcastle dialect’.

Today most Geordies would have great difficulty understanding what these songs are about. The book is the cherished possession of 80-year-old John Law, who despite being born and bread in Newcastle has spent years trying to decipher the language.

“I do not know where it came from or when it came into my possession but I know it has been in the house for a long time,” said John, of Newcastle. Over the years John has pored over the book trying to make sense of the written Geordie dialect but to little avail.

“I am a proper Geordie, born and bread 300 yards from the river Tyne but a lot of that book makes no sense to me,” he said.

Read More - http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2011/02/02/songbook-of-newcastle-ballads-hard-to-interpret-61634-28097877/#ixzz1CnM2mLpo

Here are some interesting 'scans' from the above article, that were not available with the on-line version, when I posted from it.

The second one does kind of confirm Steve's point, in the previous post!!

Cover of the book . .
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Extract from the book . .
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Newcastle Historian

February 7th, 2011, 10:14 AM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 7th February 2011.

Newcastle Central Station.
Stuart Rankin, Kevin Rawlings, Michael Woods
1990.

This book is the sixteenth in a series of books on this thread about "Public Transport in the Newcastle Area - Past and Present".

This book covers the same subject as last weeks book, but is a far smaller and more modest attempt at it.

It is nevertheless and interesting read, containing photos not in last weeks more detailed study.

The book can be found in the reference section of the City Library, and is well worth a look.

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Newcastle Historian

February 13th, 2011, 03:08 AM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 14th February 2011.

Newcastle International Airport 50 Years 1935-1985.
Newcastle International Airport
North East Regional Airport Committee
1985.

This book is the seventeenth in a series of books on this thread about "Public Transport in the Newcastle Area - Past and Present".

In the first sixteen reviews we have pretty much covered all aspects of Trams, Buses, Trolley Buses, Trains, and Light Rail. This is the first book that is about 'Air Travel' in Newcastle and the North East Region.

It is a fascinating look at one of the UKs major Regional Airports, at a time of rapid growth, as it celebrated (in this book) its 50th Anniversary . . .

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The re-development work in 1980, that (incidentally) built the office I used to work in! . .
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The Airport (when the above work was completed) as it looked in 1985 . .
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Steve Ellwood

February 13th, 2011, 11:09 AM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 14th February 2011.

Newcastle International Airport 50 Years 1935-1985.
Newcastle International Airport
North East Regional Airport Committee 1985

I can well remember that a day out in the summer holidays for us Westerhope lads was to walk across the fields to the "old airport" and have a mosey about, watching the aircraft from in front of the Flying Club.

Had to avoid the cows in the fields as they often came charging after you, in hind sight they were probably just being interested in us but at the time it felt like a threat. Also remember looking through the security fences of the ICI chemical stores close to the airport thinking it was some kind of secret army base and that we would be arrested at any moment.

Odd the things that stick in the mind but the Steward of the Flying Club was an ex RAF type and the thing I recall about him was the fact he would wipe his boxer dogs backside with toilet paper after it had done it's business.

This was before the opening of the now Terminal building in 1966?, so I would only have been about 9 or 10 but in those days children were able to wander without any real fear.

Irish Blood English Heart

February 13th, 2011, 06:53 PM

merleb

February 14th, 2011, 12:05 AM

Wow that above picture looks so different. Is that the old railway line to Ponteland and the road is on a different allignment? Did the road allignment move to the railway line and the old road become the Short Stay Carpark?

The old rail line now being used by the Metro.

The old road is still there too. The rail line was changed to provide a terminus at the Airport and therefore the old road now goes over part of the Metro line.

The new dual carriage way road is built about 100 yards to the west of the old rail line and simply goes through farm land.

This pic clearly shows the old alignments of both rail and road.

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8831/airporty.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/i/airporty.jpg/)

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Newcastle Historian

February 14th, 2011, 12:12 AM

The old rail line now being used by the Metro.

The old road is still there too. The rail line was changed to provide a terminus at the Airport and therefore the old road now goes over part of the Metro line.

The new dual carriage way road is built about 100 yards to the west of the old rail line and simply goes through farm land.

^^

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%202/NewcastleAirport2011.jpg

merleb

February 14th, 2011, 12:16 AM

Oh NH, you were quicker than me to put that pic up. :)

I was just doing all my cropping before adding it to my post! :D

Newcastle Historian

February 14th, 2011, 12:17 AM

Oh NH, you were quicker than me to put that pic up. :)

I was just doing all my cropping before adding it to my post! :D

Great Minds !!!!!

merleb

February 14th, 2011, 12:21 AM

Great Minds !!!!!

I like that better than "fools seldom differ"!

The pic is a good one as you can see where the old Ponteland railway line went very clearly. Interesting that the recent airport developments have also clearly not built over the old rail alignment.

Also the houses in the top left of the new photos are also in the top right of the old 1985 photo too, which provides good context.

merleb

February 14th, 2011, 12:26 AM

Here is the 1945 view by way of comparison.

Most of the 1985 features are there.

Except the airport of course!

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/1610/airport1945.jpg (http://img257.imageshack.us/i/airport1945.jpg/) Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)

Newcastle Historian

February 14th, 2011, 03:43 PM

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Periodic Listing of Books Reviewed on this thread - List 1.

An updated list will in future (after this first LONG list) be produced approximately "every 25 Book Reviews". The purpose of the periodic list is to help to make searching for a particular book (or subject) just that little bit easier!

List 1 . . .

01. Kiddar's Luck - Jack Common
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=48464255&postcount=2
02. Pevsner Architectural Guide to Newcastle & Gateshead - Grace McCombie
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=48465479&postcount=3
03. Historic Architecture of Newcastle upon Tyne – Bruce Allsopp
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=48816617&postcount=7
04. A City of Palaces – Ian Ayris
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=48853711&postcount=9
05. It’s My Life, 1960s Newcastle – Anna Flowers & Vanessa Histon
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=49128895&postcount=11
06. Tyneside from the Air – Webbaviation
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=49372483&postcount=12
07. Newcastle & Gateshead Architecture and Heritage – Faulkner, Beacock & Jones
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=49833797&postcount=16
08. Byker - Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=50307635&postcount=18
09. Byker Revisited - Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=50808407&postcount=23
10. Made in Newcastle: Visual Culture - Hilary Fawcett
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=50933015&postcount=24
11. Kelly's Directory of Newcastle upon Tyne - Issues available for MANY years (This one is 1959)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=51126631&postcount=25
12. Newcastle University: Past, Present and Future - Norman McCord
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=51502815&postcount=27
13. Memories of Tyne Tees Television - Geoff Phillips
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=51940337&postcount=28
14. The Fenwick Story - Reginald Pound
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=52310159&postcount=30
15. Newcastle upon Tyne - Steve Newman & Graeme Peacock
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=52649607&postcount=34
16. From Segedunum to the Spanish City - Keith Armstrong & Peter Dixon
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=52700173&postcount=35
17. George & Robert Stephenson: A Passion for Success - David Ross
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=53029109&postcount=36
18. Newcastle: A Study in Re Planning at Newcastle upon Tyne - Wilfred Burns
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=53036189&postcount=37
19. The Way Things Were, a Backstreet Boyhood - Denis Cassidy
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=53038621&postcount=38
20. Hidden Newcastle - Christopher Goulding
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=53459595&postcount=39
21. Cityscapes: Streets for People, Newcastle upon Tyne - Alan J Simpson
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=53476803&postcount=42
22. T Dan Smith: Voice of the North, Downfall of a Visionary - Chris Foote-Wood
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=53646847&postcount=43
23. Civic Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne - Newcastle City Council
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=54275331&postcount=46
24. Victorian Panorama, A visit to Newcastle upon Tyne in the Reign of Queen Victoria - Alan Morgan
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=54594325&postcount=47
25. Keys to the City: Walks exploring Newcastle's hidden history - Vanessa Histon
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=54597727&postcount=48
26. The Day the Queen flew to Scotland for the Grouse Shooting - A Novel by Arhur Wise
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=54928597&postcount=60
27. Having a Wonderful Time at Whitley Bay - Bill & Mike Mood
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=55215861&postcount=61
28. Small Enough to Conquer the Sky, Jim Denyer Mr Newcastle Airport - John Sleight
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=55477743&postcount=62
29. Newcastle United: A Nostalgic Look at a Century of the Club - Paul Joannou
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=55848081&postcount=64
30. Our Fabulous Fairs Cup - By the Newcastle Players Who Won It
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=55878111&postcount=65
31. The Library Book - Newcastle City Council
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=56268603&postcount=66
32. Wallsend Pubs and Clubs - Steve Boundey with Malcolm Dunn
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=56429575&postcount=67

The "Official City Guides" Series . .
33. Newcastle upon Tyne Official City Guide 1959 - Newcastle Corporation
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=57008399&postcount=68
34. Newcastle upon Tyne Official City Guide 1973 - Newcastle Corporation
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=57439231&postcount=69
35. Visitors Guide to Newcastle - Newcastle City Council
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=57816997&postcount=70
36. City Trail: Historic Newcastle - Newcastle City Council
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=57816997&postcount=70
37. Guide to Quayside, Newcastle - Newcastle City Council
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=57816997&postcount=70
38. 100 Good Things about Tyneside - Newcastle City Council
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=57816997&postcount=70
39. Newcastle upon Tyne Official City Guide 1996 - I & P @ City of Newcastle upon Tyne
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=58218795&postcount=71
40. NewcastleGateshead Pocket Guide (2002 to 2007) - NewcastleGateshead Initiative (NGi)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=58556085&postcount=74
END of series.

41. The Hoppings: Newcastle's Town Moor Fair - Paul Lanagan
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=58899671&postcount=75
42. Jesmond: from Mines to Mansions - Alan Morgan
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=59474529&postcount=76
43. Making An Angel - Antony Gormley
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=59803291&postcount=77
44. Sir Bobby Robson: The Langley Park Years and Afterwards - Mike Ackroyd
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=59915777&postcount=78
45. The Buildings of Grainger Town - David Lovie
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=60238677&postcount=79

The "Newcastle Old and New" Series . .
46. Newcastle Old and New - Malcolm L Scaife
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=60552479&postcount=80
47. Tyneside Then and Now - Geoff Phillips
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=60927651&postcount=82
48. Gateshead Through Time - Nick Neave
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=61124093&postcount=83
49. Newcastle Past & Present, Millenium Edition - Geoff Phillips (With photos by Jack Phillips)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=61322417&postcount=84
50. Newcastle: Then & Now - Geoff Phillips (With photos from the Steve Wood Collection)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=62175357&postcount=86
51. Newcastle Past & Present - Geoff Phillips/Jack Phillips
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=62439753&postcount=90
52. Newcastle Past & Present: Special Edition - Geoff Phillips/Jack Phillips
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=62439753&postcount=90
53. Tyneside PUBS: Past & Present - Geoff Phillips/Jack Phillips
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=62893265&postcount=91
END of series.

The "Public Houses of Newcastle and the North East" Series . .
54. Tyneside PUBS: Past & Present - Geoff Phillips/Jack Phillips
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=62893265&postcount=91
55. Old Pubs of Newcastle - Geoff Phillips
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=63183857&postcount=92
56. Inn Guide to the North East 1984 - Newcastle Inns
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=63575783&postcount=93
57. Heady Days, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses: Volume One (The Central Area) - Brian Bennison
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=63934015&postcount=95
58. Heavy Nights, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses: Volume Two (The North and East) - Brian Bennison
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=64343661&postcount=98
59. Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses: Volume Three (The West) - Brian Bennison
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=64749055&postcount=101
60. Scotswood Road Pubs - Jimmy Forsyth
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=65114719&postcount=107
61. Tyneside's Bygone Boozers - Geoff Phillips
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=65496047&postcount=110
62. Brewers & Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne, from 1850 to the present day - Brian Bennison
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=65928229&postcount=112
63. The Northumbrian Pub, an Architectural History - Lynn F Pearson
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=66268607&postcount=114
64. The Burglars Dog: Alternative Guide to Drinking in Newcastle upon Tyne - Mark Jones
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=66630759&postcount=115
END of series.

65. Him Off The Viz - An Autobiography by Simon Donald
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=64946265&postcount=106
66. Westenders - Yvonne Young (with photos by Jimmy Forsyth)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=65561857&postcount=111
67. The Spanish City: the Heart and Soul of Whitley Bay - Edited by Keith Armstrong
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=66004953&postcount=113
68. Bainbridge, Our Fallen Heroes 1914-1919 - Ian Johnson
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=67043939&postcount=116
69. Breed of the Inshore, and, Down to the Sea: A Saga of the Tyne - Charlton Waine
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=67189001&postcount=120
70. Fog on the Tyne - Bernard O'Mahoney
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=69868303&postcount=128
71. A Rich Seam (Burradon Pit Disaster) - Reverend Angela Maughan
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=70423013&postcount=130
72. WW2 memories of a youngster - Josef Kirchdorfer
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=70796857&postcount=131
73. North Shields: Stepping Back in Time - Jack Shotton
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=71269995&postcount=135
74. The Flight of a Magpie - Billy Costine
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=71481167&postcount=137
75. The Tyneside Songster - Various Writers in 1840
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=71880861&postcount=141

The "Public Transport in the Newcastle Area, Past and Present" Series . .
76. Forty Years of Buses in Newcastle upon Tyne - Eric Hutchinson
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=67158751&postcount=118
77. Trolley Buses of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1935-1966 - T P Canneaux and N H Hanson
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=67547379&postcount=122
78. Newcastle Trollybuses - Stephen Lockwood
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=67969285&postcount=123
79. Horse Tram to Metro - S A Staddon
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=68387141&postcount=124
80. The Opening of the Tyne & Wear Metro - Tyne & Wear PTE
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=68832061&postcount=125
81. Rapid Transit for Tyneside - Tyneside Passenger Transport Executive
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=69179253&postcount=126
82. Tyneside Rapid Transit - Dr Tony M Ridley
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=69179253&postcount=126
83. Rapid Transit System - Tyneside Passenger Transport Executive
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=69179253&postcount=126
84. Public transport on Tyneside: A Plan for the People - Tyneside Passenger Transport Executive
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=69179253&postcount=126
85. Meet Your Metro (1977, 1978 & 1979 versions) - Tyne and Wear County Council
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=69179253&postcount=126
86. Trams, Trains, Trolleys - Newcastle City Libraries
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=69575613&postcount=127
87. An Album of Tyne & Wear PTE Buses - John Burnett and Geoff Coxon
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=70296775&postcount=129
88. Remember The Trams: Newcastle upon Tyne - George S Hearse
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=70866033&postcount=132
89. Newcastle 900: Railways - Stuart Rankin and Michael Woods
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=71270991&postcount=136
90. The High Level Bridge and Newcastle Central Station - John Addyman and Bill Fawcett
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=71604077&postcount=138
91. Newcastle Central Station - Stuart Rankin, Kevin Rawlings, Michael Woods
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=72159167&postcount=142
92. Newcastle International Airport 50 Years 1935-1985 - North East Regional Airport Committee
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=72528453&postcount=143

In case the above list looks like a lot of work to compile, it actually isn't!

It is simply a "copy and paste" of the already-completed list under "B" for BOOKS on the INDEX Thread, which is compiled on an almost daily basis.

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Newcastle Historian

February 16th, 2011, 10:50 AM

inmh88

February 16th, 2011, 02:54 PM

^^ That's not you Peter, is it? :)

Newcastle Historian

February 17th, 2011, 11:14 AM

:okay:^^ That's not you Peter, is it? :)

That is a VERY interesting article, but it is not I (or me) (or him) I'm afraid . . .

Newcastle Historian

February 20th, 2011, 03:43 AM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 21st February 2011.

Newcastle Airport Official Handbooks.
North East Regional Airport Committee.
Dates as below.

There are FIVE books featured this week, which are numbers eighteen to twenty two in the series of books on this thread about "Public Transport in the Newcastle Area - Past and Present".

I decided to include five of the 'official handbooks' from over the years, all in one post, as they illustrate the changes that have taken place at the Airport in modern times.

All of these should be available to examine (though I haven't specifically checked it out) in the Local History Section of the Reference Library of the City Library.

1974 . .
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http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/NAP19742.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/NAP19741.jpg

1980 . .
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/NewcastleAirportHandbooks_0002.jpg

1983 . .
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/NewcastleAirportHandbooks_0003.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/NAP1983.jpg

1985 - Spotters Guide . .
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/NewcastleAirportHandbooks_0004.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/NAPSpottersGuide1985.jpg

1992 . .
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/NewcastleAirportHandbooks_0005.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/NAP1992_0001.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/NAP1992_0002.jpg

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Steve Ellwood

February 20th, 2011, 11:40 AM

Newcastle Historian

February 21st, 2011, 07:28 PM

One of the things I was trying to capture with the 'Handbooks', was the massive changes over the years to the new (1967) Terminal Building.

The various extensions can best be seen (externally) in aerial photos, but the increase in the size from the front can be seen by comparing the 1974 book (which shows the 1967 terminal, as was) with the 1992 photos.

Of course, after that (not covered by the handbooks) we got the further frontal extensions with the new sloped frontage area.

Then, we got what is effectively (almost) a '2nd terminal building', built to the side of the original building.

Newcastle Historian

February 22nd, 2011, 02:34 PM

Treasured memories of Spanish City Dome in new book
by Vicky Robson, Evening Chronicle, February 22nd 2011

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nechronical/feb2011/0/1/mick-sharp-who-has-written-a-book-about-the-spanish-city-780827854.jpg

TREASURED memories of a beloved seaside landmark have been brought together in a new book. The glorious history of Whitley Bay ’s Spanish City Dome is retold in a collection of nostalgic anecdotes and unseen photographs spanning the past century.

The book, The Dome of Memories, follows an exhibition which attracted thousands of people last year.

It was written and designed by Mick Sharp, of Black Dog Design, a design company behind the exhibition, based in Whitley Bay. Mick said: “We were really over the moon with the how the exhibition was received.

The book, which was published by North Tyneside Council, also features popular fairground rides, financial records and architectural plans.

North Tyneside Mayor Linda Arkley, who wrote the book's foreword, said: “The book is a great way to close the chapter on the Dome’s first hundred years.

“It's a high quality publication, which will be of interest to anyone who enjoyed last year's exhibition, has fond memories of the Dome or simply wants to know more about its history.”

The book costs £12.99 and is available to buy from a list of local stockists.

Read More - http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2011/02/22/treasured-memories-of-spanish-city-dome-72703-28212286/#ixzz1Eh6jX4mW

Newcastle Historian

February 26th, 2011, 04:30 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 28th February 2011.

Concorde's Visit to Newcastle.
Newcastle Chronicle and Journal Ltd.
1982.

This book is the twenty third in the series of books on this thread about "Public Transport in the Newcastle Area - Past and Present".

It is a short, but enjoyable, mainly 'pictorial' record of Concorde's first visit to the airport from 27th to 28th August 1982.

A souvenir that I am pleased to have, as I was there that day but did not have the time to visit the plane myself.

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/ConcordesVisittoNewcastlein1982_0001.jpg

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/ConcordesVisittoNewcastlein1982_0002.jpg

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Newcastle Historian

March 1st, 2011, 01:49 PM

Ernie draws on memories of Gateshead for third book
by Linda Richards, Evening Chronicle, March 1st 2011

SCENES from Tyneside’s past are captured in a new collection by artist Ernie Wearmouth.

The 83-year-old is going for a hat-trick with the launch of his new book.

Ernie’s detailed drawings feature times gone by in Gateshead, and his first book – focusing on Heworth and Felling – was the fastest selling book ever published by Gateshead Council.

His second book, featuring Windy Nook, also flew off the shelves.

Now the great grandfather has turned his attention to Pelaw and Bill Quay.

And Ernie has revealed how his latest book has proved the biggest challenge.

The retired rent collector, who first developed his drawing as a lad attending Windy Nook School, said: “All the drawings are new apart from a few I did 20 to 30 years ago. That’s because a lot of older buildings are gone.

“It’s been harder because I had a job finding places that would interest people because so much was knocked down. It’s a shame but the area has lost a lot of its history.”

The book 'Views That Time Forgot' will be launched at Bill Quay Methodist Church tomorrow and Ernie will be there to sign any copies sold on the day.

Read More - http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2011/03/01/ernie-draws-on-memories-of-gateshead-72703-28254998/#ixzz1FM1kacsa

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Newcastle Historian

March 1st, 2011, 02:30 PM

Appeal goes out for 1970s North East memories
by Tony Henderson, The Journal, March 1st 2011

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nejournal/mar2011/1/9/sdkfj-image-1-936259813.jpg

IT was the decade when tank tops blew away the kaftans, hippie music gave way to glam rock and Newcastle United made two Wembley finals.

Now North Easterners who lived through the 1970s are being urged to serve up their memories for a new book.

The project is in response to demand for a sequel to the 2009 book “It’s my life! 1960s Newcastle” in which more than 70 contributors supplied their take on times in the city during the swinging decade.

The book, by Newcastle City Council’s Tyne Bridge Publishing, sold almost 3,000 copies and featured a ’60s fashion parade at the City Library, using clothes which people had fondly kept.

Now Tyne Bridge wants to repeat the formula and find out if the ’70s was just a continuation of the ’60s good times for some people but a disappointing contrast for others.

People can send their memories to tynebridge@newcastle.gov.uk or by post to . . .

Tyne Bridge Publishing,
City Library,
33 New Bridge Street West,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 8AX.

Read More - http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2011/03/01/appeal-goes-out-for-1970s-north-east-memories-61634-28252483/#ixzz1FLrDaCQB

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Al Reetson

March 1st, 2011, 04:43 PM

merleb

March 2nd, 2011, 12:41 AM

The 60s book was excellent and I was sure it would have been one of Tyne Bridge's best-sellers, so I was surprised to see in that article that it had sold 'almost 3,000' copies. I'd have thought it would have been at least double that, based on the number of people I know personally who have bought this particular book.

So I'm curious now as to how many copies of their various books Tyne Bridge sell, and which are the most popular titles and subjects. Do these figures appear anywhere that the public can access, seeing as they're a publicly funded body? Or does anyone on here know from experience what kind of local history books people in the region like to buy, and roughly what number of sales constitutes a 'best-seller'?

The 60s book was very good (I got it for Xmas!), but I would have liked a few more pictures, especially to do with the Civic Centre and the loss of so much of the housing due to T Dan Smith.

The forthcoming 70s book should be very good though as it features the decade of the greatest change in Newcastle City Centre, certainly with the CME and Eldon Square.

Steve Ellwood

March 6th, 2011, 02:29 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 28th February 2011.

Concorde's Visit to Newcastle.
Newcastle Chronicle and Journal Ltd.
1982.

This book is the twenty third in the series of books on this thread about "Public Transport in the Newcastle Area - Past and Present".

It is a short, but enjoyable, mainly 'pictorial' record of Concorde's first visit to the airport from 27th to 28th August 1982.

A souvenir that I am pleased to have, as I was there that day but did not have the time to visit the plane myself.

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Never got to go to the Airport to see Concorde but do recall seeing and hearing it roaring across the Newcastle skies :)

Here are some First Day Covers that I collected which may be of interest.

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Newcastle Historian

March 6th, 2011, 07:19 PM

Steve,

Re your above post ^^

Over on the 'Historic Newcastle' thread, I have been contemplating doing a series about important occasions, that have had their dates immortalised by the issue of a special "First Day Cover".

The three Concorde ones would be a perfect start to the series, so I am going to copy your post over there (leaving the original on this thread) to start the series off.

If you have any others (I have a few) we can make them all into an excellent series, I would think!

Newcastle Historian

March 6th, 2011, 07:21 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 7th March 2011.

Small Enough to Conquer the Sky (Jim Denyer, Mr Newcastle Airport)
John Sleight
Newcastle upon Tyne City Libraries & Arts
1993

This book is the twenty fourth in the series of books on this thread about "Public Transport in the Newcastle Area - Past and Present". This book has actually been reviewed on this thread once already, but I felt it should be included again as part of this series of books.

It is about the history of Newcastle Airport told as part of the life story of Jimmy Denyer, the WW2 fighter pilot who became manager of Newcastle Aiport for nearly 40 years. He became known in the region, nationally and internationally as MR NEWCASTLE AIRPORT, for many of those years!

I had a very brief encounter with him myself, at the Aero Club, which (many years before) had been the original Terminal Building away at the other end of the airport to the current terminal. My own boss, who had worked at the airport for years also, was retiring in the mid 80s, and they were very good friends. I remember, during the speeches, a laughing Jimmy Denyer "thanking him for handing him back the airport!"

He was certainly a character, and without him Newcastle Airport may not have developed into one of the UKs largest Regional Airports in the way that it has.

As is always the case in any 'success story', it is about vital decisions taken at vital times that seem simple and logical in hindsight . . . but are never that simple at the time!

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Newcastle Historian

March 13th, 2011, 04:33 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 14th March 2011.

75 Years - Your Airport: Newcastle International 1935-2010
Many and various co-authors/contributors
NJC Media Ltd
2010

This book is the twenty fifth and final (from me) book in the series on this thread, about "Public Transport in the Newcastle Area - Past and Present".

It is almost "a companion volume" to the w/c 14th February 2011 book (Post 143) which was the book produced for the 50th Anniversary, while this one is celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Newcastle Airport!

It is a good sized book, almost 150 pages of A4 size, and it contains some great photos, narratives and quotes from throughout the first 75 years of our airport.

One of the BEST quotes (that I like) is one from Jim Denyer, when he says . . . "I was accused of trying to influence the Government into making Newcastle Airport the airport for the Region, and I pleaded Guilty"

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The new Air Traffic Control Tower, completed September 2007 . .
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Newcastle Historian

March 20th, 2011, 06:25 AM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 21st March 2011.

The Sage Gateshead
Anthony Sargent and Peter Buchanan
Prestel Publishing Ltd
2010

One of my favourite recent books, giving a huge amount of detail about the fabulous "Sage" building.

Lots of narrative, photos, and (particularly) diagrams and cut-away drawings of the structure of the building. The book really reveals the nature of the structure as being "four" distinct buildings.

The three separate Concert Halls themselves, which were built first, with the fourth building being the overall roof structure that was built all around the original three buildings . . . to form the ONE, building that we see externally.

An excellent book with very many unique drawings and photos, which I got from the shop on the Sage Concourse itself.

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This is the best photo I have ever seen of the beautiful interior of Hall One . .
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GBDT

March 20th, 2011, 02:05 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 21st March 2011.

The Sage Gateshead
Anthony Sargent and Peter Buchanan
Prestel Publishing Ltd
2010

One of my favourite recent books, giving a huge amount of detail about the fabulous "Sage" building.

Lots of narrative, photos, and (particularly) diagrams and cut-away drawings of the structure of the building. The book really reveals the nature of the structure as being "four" distinct buildings.

The three separate Concert Halls themselves, which were built first, with the fourth building being the overall roof structure that was built all around the original three buildings . . . to form the ONE, building that we see externally.

An excellent book with very many unique drawings and photos, which I got from the shop on the Sage Concourse itself.[/COLOR]

My new place of employment :banana: !

Have you tried the building tours? You can get to see areas that are not normally open to the public. The tour guides are very informative. Only £4 - sales pitch over :)

Cheers

GBDT

Steve Ellwood

March 23rd, 2011, 05:05 PM

An Official Guide of Newcastle upon Tyne dating from 1968 to go with the other examples posted by NH.

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Newcastle Historian

March 24th, 2011, 03:14 PM

An Official Guide of Newcastle upon Tyne dating from 1968 to go with the other examples posted by NH.

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Good stuff Steve!

When I did the series of reviews of 'Historical City Guides' a while back, I did not have one from the 1960s, so your '1968' one fills the gap perfectly.

As is shown in the updated list, from the INDEX Thread, below . . .

City Guides (Official Newcastle City Guides, 1950s to 2000s)
1950s http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=57008399&postcount=67
1960s http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=74789839&postcount=171
1970s http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=57439231&postcount=68
1980s http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=57816997&postcount=69
1990s http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=58218795&postcount=70
2000s http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=58556085&postcount=73

Steve Ellwood

March 24th, 2011, 05:23 PM

This is a fairly recent book so should be readily available in the shops - good value at £4.50.

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Steve Ellwood

March 26th, 2011, 01:29 PM

A Soldiers Life - The Story of Fenham Barracks by Thomas L Hewitson, an account of the Barracks from 1806 to modern times.

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Newcastle Historian

March 27th, 2011, 12:57 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 28th March 2011.

As I Saw It
John Park
Media & Public Relations, The Sage
2004

Last weeks 'book of the week' review featured the great book about The Sage Concert Hall, by Sargent and Buchanen.

This weeks book is about the same place, but is a completely different book.

It is about one man's 'mission', using a 35mm camera, to record the full story of the construction of the Sage, from his own perspective as he saw it, hence the title of the book.

John writes in the preface to his book . . . "When I moved into my flat in Dog Bank on Newcastle Quayside, I had no idea that the site that was being cleared on the Gateshead side of the River Tyne was going to turn my hobby of photography into an absession, albeit a very rewarding one".

Over the next few years, ending in November 2004, Johns photos in this excellent book record the building of the Sage . . . "As I Saw It".

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GBDT

March 27th, 2011, 06:16 PM

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 28th March 2011.

As I Saw It
John Park
Media & Public Relations, The Sage
2004

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This is a photo of the Sage Gateshead site in 1976. Long before anyone had plans to put a music centre there.

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P&T Image Archive, Newcastle City Council

Cheers
GBDT

Deebex

March 27th, 2011, 09:06 PM

This is a photo of the Sage Gateshead site in 1976. Long before anyone had plans to put a music centre there.

I remember walking past those buildings before they were demolished. One of them had a 'blue plaque' re. Daniel Defoe lodging in the area, and it always stuck in my mind as being pretty incongruous that semi-derelict buildings had a blue plaque on them about such a prominent author.

The plaque has been relocated as part of the Sage redevelopment:

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And this is what it says:

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(image courtesy of: http://www.bpears.org.uk/Misc/Gateshead_Plaques/ )

Steve Ellwood

March 27th, 2011, 09:07 PM

This is a photo of the Sage Gateshead site in 1976. Long before anyone had plans to put a music centre there.

Cheers
GBDT

Aha, RECTORS FIELD - I remember it well from when I gazed down upon it from Tyne Bridge Tower :ohno: - The Travellers Camp and the Scrapyard, what a convenient location for both.

Named Rectors Field in view of its proximity to St Mary's Church.

John Abbot & Co of Gateshead Park Works engineering factory occupied that site from 1835 to 1909, - the same business were involved in the ironwork construction of both the High Level Bridge and Central Station.

The land was also used by the Brandlings Mining Dysnasty to transport coal from Felling to Gateshead and a railway and marshalling yard was built on the site. Coal was discharged to vessels in the Tyne from thus point using a gravity activated system to a quay at east Hillgate.

The brick retaining wall can still be seen on Oakwellgate. Those walls and arches also represent the work undertaken to build Oakwellgate Station in 1839, the line going to South Shields and Monkwearmouth (Brandling Junction Main Line). That passenger route only lasted for 5 years before Gateshead Station was erected and the station at Oakwellgate closed. Two gasometers were also built on the site by British Rail.

On the riverside there was Haggies Ropeworks.

GBDT

March 27th, 2011, 10:18 PM

Aha, RECTORS FIELD - I remember it well from when I gazed down upon it from Tyne Bridge Tower :ohno: - The Travellers Camp and the Scrapyard, what a convenient location for both.

I can remember having to paint the bay numbers onto the ground in the Gypsy encampment. This was when all councils had to provide a site - gateshead picked this lovely site for them. We got them painted just before the first ones arrived. Planning technicians did some funny jobs in those days :nuts:

Cheers
GBDT

Steve Ellwood

March 29th, 2011, 12:41 PM

Northern City An Architectural History of Newcastle Upon Tyne

Cannot see this one having been posted before - Book by Lynn F. Pearson dating from 1996, 80 pages and giving a good summary of architecture of Newcastle and slightly outside of its boundaries. Pen pictures of Architects and a glossary of architectural terms.

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Steve Ellwood

March 30th, 2011, 05:21 PM

A Guide to the Public Monuments & Sculpture of Tyne & Wear

An A5 sized booklet, published in 1996 and running to 88 pages with facts and photographs covering the whole of Tyne & Wear.

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GBDT

March 30th, 2011, 08:40 PM

A brilliant little book. Still refer to it today. Thanks for the publicity (see photo 2) :-)
Cheers
GBDT

Steve Ellwood

March 31st, 2011, 01:58 PM

Bob's Bridges - Jottings from a Northumbrian Foreman's Diaries

This is a handy book for researching bridges in Northumberland from someone who actually worked to repair them. I'm one of these strange folk who like to know the history of a bridge :)

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Steve Ellwood

April 1st, 2011, 12:15 PM

GBDT

April 1st, 2011, 02:02 PM

To The Historic Parks & Gardens of Tyne & Wear

This one will be a happy memory for a certain member on this Forum who had his hand in its production :)

Another handy A5 sized soft backed book running to 64 pages giving a good guide to Parks, Cemeteries, Villa Gardens and Landscapes across Tyne & Wear.

Steve,
we used to produce a specialised book each year. Loved doing them. First one was a visitors guide to the Bowes Railway Centre, then a Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne & wear (1994), a Guide to the Historic Parks and Gardens of Tyne & Wear (1995), a Guide to the Public Monuments & Sculpture of Tyne & Wear (1996). Oh the memories! :)

Glad that they are still of some use.

As the finances dried up for producing these books we concentrated on the Specialist Conservation Team Annual Reports. These provide a description of the work that was done by the team each year. Only 300 were printed each year for limited circulation, but they still hold a wealth of interesting information. Will add (parts) of them th the thread soon.

Cheers
GBDT

Steve Ellwood

April 1st, 2011, 03:15 PM

Steve,
we used to produce a specialised book each year. Loved doing them. First one was a visitors guide to the Bowes Railway Centre, then a Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne & wear (1994), a Guide to the Historic Parks and Gardens of Tyne & Wear (1995), a Guide to the Public Monuments & Sculpture of Tyne & Wear (1996). Oh the memories! :)

Glad that they are still of some use.

As the finances dried up for producing these books we concentrated on the Specialist Conservation Team Annual Reports. These provide a description of the work that was done by the team each year. Only 300 were printed each year for limited circulation, but they still hold a wealth of interesting information. Will add (parts) of them th the thread soon.

Cheers
GBDT

Yes I was saving the third book till tomorrow, but here goes :)

Another of the A5 sized paper backed books, this one running to 80 pages and covering everything from Transport to Mining to Manufacturing to Food Production and Utilities.

A very comprehensive coverage across Tyne & Wear looking at our once rich vein of industry and a good resource.

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Steve Ellwood

April 3rd, 2011, 03:41 PM

Newcastle upon Tyne Photographic Society

Thought I would scan the 1948-49 Handbook for the Society which may be of interest.

The Society during this period had some 400 members and met for lectures/talks on Monday's and Friday's at 6 Rutherford Street.

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So Kathleen shown in this shot will be about 63 now, interesting that the full address's were shown, wouldn't happen these days I suspect!

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Turners Advert

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Bit of a gut wrenching advert from Jackson the Tailor

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alf stone

April 3rd, 2011, 04:02 PM

Newcastle upon Tyne Photographic Society

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The ad for Jackson the Tailor reminded me of the tales my grandmother told of her early working life. She served her time as a tailoress with Moses Jacobson, the founder of Jacksons and later with his son Lionel. They worked above the shop in very cramped conditions often sitting on the floor while sewing by gaslight. This must have been just before the beginning of WWI and eventually she volunteered for the WRAF and ended up sewing uniforms for our airmen.

Steve Ellwood

April 5th, 2011, 01:16 PM

Newcastle Historian

April 5th, 2011, 10:02 PM

Book on Wallsend freemasonry set to reveal history
by Tony Henderson, The Journal, April 5th 2011

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George Laws, author of the book "A History of Freemasonry in Wallsend"

AFTER 28 years as a freemason, George Laws is backing a policy of openness in the movement - and now he has gone a step further by compiling a book on freemasonry.

Mr Laws, who holds the rank of past provincial junior grand warden, retired last year from the voluntary position of company secretary of the Wallsend Masonic Hall Company.

The hall is used by 14 freemasons’ lodges, totalling around 550 members.

“We have been doing a lot of revamping and redecorating of the hall and a lot of members were asking questions about the place so I thought it was very necessary to make information available to masons and local history people,” said Mr Laws. “Freemasonry both nationally and locally has embarked on a campaign of openness through the Freemasonry in the Community initiative, and that was also part of the motivation for the book.

“It is all part of trying to dispel the misinformation and mystique and get over to people that masons are just ordinary blokes pursuing an interest which is relatively private.

“But there is 100% more information available now than when I joined the craft. I knew nothing about freemasonry when I joined through the family route.”

Read More - http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2011/04/05/book-on-wallsend-freemasonry-set-to-reveal-history-61634-28458849/#ixzz1IgGP3egc

Al Reetson

April 5th, 2011, 10:21 PM

Ships, Strikes and Keelmen - Glimpses of North-Eastern Social History

A paper backed book, 107 pages by David Bell and published by TUP (Trade Union Press) at Lime Street, Ouseburn (now the building used by the Seven Stories). Published in 2001.

As can be seen for the contents page, Dave covers a range of topics including a chapter of Giuseppe Garabaldi's visit to Tyneside in 1854.

Some interesting drawings and photographs throughout the book although disappointingly not of the best print quality.

Looking at the contents page of this book I see there's a chapter titled 'first to sink a sub'. What's the story there Steve?

On the subject of Keelmen, I recently picked up a fascinating book from Tynemouth Market, called 'Bound For The Tyne'. It's extracts from the diary of a Hostman, spanning the years 1749-1756, and was published by the Company of Hostmen of Newcastle upon Tyne to mark their 400th anniversary.

It paints a vivid and very detailed picture of life in 18th century Newcastle, as well as on and around the Tyne.

Steve Ellwood

April 5th, 2011, 11:45 PM

Looking at the contents page of this book I see there's a chapter titled 'first to sink a sub'. What's the story there Steve?

On the subject of Keelmen, I recently picked up a fascinating book from Tynemouth Market, called 'Bound For The Tyne'. It's extracts from the diary of a Hostman, spanning the years 1749-1756, and was published by the Company of Hostmen of Newcastle upon Tyne to mark their 400th anniversary.

It paints a vivid and very detailed picture of life in 18th century Newcastle, as well as on and around the Tyne.

First Merchant Ship to sink Submarine was the Collier THORDIS - this was 28th February 1915 when the Thordis was on route between Blyth and Plymouth with a cargo of 290 tons of coal.

Off Beachy Head she was attacked by the German Submarine but fortunately the torpedo missed and the Captain of Thordis managed to "run over" the enemy vessel and sink it.

Evidently there was a £1.000 reward for the first Merchant Ship to sink and emeny and for a while there was a dispute by the Weswt Hartlepool owned THE ALSTON who also lodged a claim that she had rammed and sunk a Submiarine on 27th February 1919.

In the event Thordis received the reward.

Al Reetson

April 6th, 2011, 12:25 AM

First Merchant Ship to sink Submarine was the Collier THORDIS - this was 28th February 1915 when the Thordis was on route between Blyth and Plymouth with a cargo of 290 tons of coal.

Off Beachy Head she was attacked by the German Submarine but fortunately the torpedo missed and the Captain of Thordis managed to "run over" the enemy vessel and sink it.

Evidently there was a £1.000 reward for the first Merchant Ship to sink and emeny and for a while there was a dispute by the Weswt Hartlepool owned THE ALSTON who also lodged a claim that she had rammed and sunk a Submiarine on 27th February 1919.

In the event Thordis received the reward.

It's a great story Steve, but I must admit I thought it was going to be a keel boat that had sunk a submarine!

Newcastle Historian

April 6th, 2011, 09:45 AM

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Periodic Listing of Books Reviewed on this thread - List 2.

An updated list is produced approximately "every 25 Book Reviews", and the purpose of the periodic list is to help to make searching for a particular book (or subject) just that little bit easier!

List 2 - 93 to 116 . . .

The "Public Transport in the Newcastle Area, Past and Present" Series . . CONTINUED
93. 1974 Official Newcastle Airport Handbook - North East Regional Airport Committee
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=72959581&postcount=156
94. 1980 Official Newcastle Airport Handbook - North East Regional Airport Committee
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=72959581&postcount=156
95. 1983 Official Newcastle Airport Handbook - North East Regional Airport Committee
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=72959581&postcount=156
96. 1985 Official 'Spotters Guide' to Aircraft at Newcastle Airport - North East Regional Airport Committee
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=72959581&postcount=156
97. 1992 Official Newcastle Airport Handbook - North East Regional Airport Committee
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=72959581&postcount=156
98. Concorde's Visit to Newcastle Airport in 1982 - Newcastle Chronicle & Journal Ltd
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=73374437&postcount=160
99. Small Enough to Conquer the Sky (Jim Denyer, Mr Newcastle Airport) - John Sleight
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=73850313&postcount=167
100. 75 Years - Your Airport: Newcastle International 1935-2010 - Various co-authors
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=74220740&postcount=168
END of series.

101. NewcastleGateshead: Shaping the City - Peter Hetherington
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=72720035&postcount=153
102. Dome of Memories: Whitley Bay Spanish City Dome - Mick Sharp
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=73108109&postcount=159
103. Views That Time Forgot - Ernie Wearmouth
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=73541795&postcount=161
104. The Sage Gateshead - Anthony Sargent and Peter Buchanan
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=74592975&postcount=169
105. Official Newcastle City Guide 1968 (See also book reviews 33 to 40 above, for other 'City Guides' from earlier and later years)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=74789839&postcount=171
106. Victoria Tunnel: Newcastle's Hidden Heritage - The Ouseburn Trust
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=74849969&postcount=173
107. A Soldiers Life: the Story of Fenham Barracks - Thomas L Hewitson
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=74953569&postcount=174
108. As I Saw It: The Sage Gateshead - John Park
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=75003341&postcount=175
109. Northern City: An Architectural History of Newcastle upon Tyne - Lynn F Pearson
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=75117763&postcount=180
110. Public Monuments & Sculpture of Tyne & Wear - Ayris, Jubb, Palmer and Usherwood
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=75193347&postcount=181
111. Bob's Bridges: Jottings from a Northumbrian foreman's diaries - Robert Robson B.E.M.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=75243631&postcount=183
112. Historic Parks & Gardens of Tyne & Wear - Fiona Green
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=75298891&postcount=184
113. Industrial Archaelogy of Tyne & Wear - Ayris, Stafford and Linsley
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=75306769&postcount=186
114. Newcastle upon Tyne Photographic Society - 1948/49 Handbook
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=75410045&postcount=187
115. Ships, Strikes and Keelmen: Glimpses of North-Eastern Social History - David Bell
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=75518651&postcount=189
116. A History of Freemasonry in Wallsend - George Laws
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=75546195&postcount=190

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Steve Ellwood

April 6th, 2011, 09:33 PM

The Blaydon Races by Joan Gale is an A5 paperback pamphlet type publication, printed in 1970 by Orel Press Ltd in Ridley Place, Newcastle. Running to 56 pages it gives a good history of both the Blaydon Race itself and also of Geordie Ridley and his famous song. Also includes photographs, illustrations and scans of adverts and newspaper items of the time.

There is also a Blaydon Races Heritage Tour pamphlet available in PDF format @ http://www.lhi.org.uk/docs/Heritage_Trail.pdf

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Steve Ellwood

April 7th, 2011, 12:59 PM

Centenary of Blaydon Race 1862-1962, from the City & County of Newcastle Upon Tyne and Blaydon Urban District Council and history compiled by W. Tynemouth Deputy Newcastle City Librarian.

Bit tattered now but a nice little A5 paper backed booklet running to 77 pages full of history and some great adverts. Produced as a souvenir brochure for the celebrations that were organised for the centenary.

Printed by Smith & Son (Newcastle) ltd, Clavering Place which has been discussed on another thread this week.

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Steve Ellwood

April 9th, 2011, 01:36 PM

The St Mary's Story by Anthea Lang - an A4 sized paper back publication by Gateshead Council in July 2009. ISNB 0 901273 48 1

Priced at the amazing price of £4.99 it can of course be purchased from St Mary's Church, it is well worth making the visit to the Church just to have a look around both the building and its Churchyard. Also some fine views of Newcastle from St Mary's.

The book itself charts the full history of the Church which may well have been the site of a Monastery in AD653. Well written and supported by many drawings, paintings, photographs. The only negative I would have is the absence of a plan of the Church not being included within the book.

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monkchester

April 12th, 2011, 09:49 PM

I don't know if this will interest you. This is a promotional booklet published by the Newcastle and Gateshead Chamber of Commerce in about 1908.

I scanned the rest of the book and published it on my site (permission from the successors of the Chamber of Commerce was sought and granted)

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Chris

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Newcastle Historian

April 13th, 2011, 10:03 AM

^^

Above post (appropriate to this thread) 'copied here' from the Questions thread.

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Newcastle Historian

April 13th, 2011, 10:33 AM

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Just heard about a new book about THOMAS BEWICK due out this week . . .

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Newcastle Historian

April 13th, 2011, 12:22 PM

New Thomas Bewick book is unveiled
at Newcastle City Library
by Tony Henderson, The Journal, April 13th 2011

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AUTHOR Nigel Tattersfield travelled from London to Newcastle yesterday to launch his three-volume epic work on the region’s famed engraver and naturalist Thomas Bewick. London-based Mr Tattersfield has invested 20 years in researching and writing The Complete Illustrative Works of Thomas Bewick, which is published by the British Library.

It covers the vast volume of illustrations turned out in the Newcastle workshop of Bewick and his partner Ralph Beilby, and later that of Bewick himself.

Although Northumberland-born Bewick is celebrated for his major books on the histories of quadrupeds and birds, Mr Tattersfield’s volumes include around 1,000 illustrations which poured out of the workshop. From its inception in 1765 until its demise in 1849, the workshop provided illustrations to books, pamphlets, exercise books, periodicals and newspapers.

Mr Tattersfield was invited by the North East’s Bewick Society to hold the launch in the Bewick Gallery of Newcastle City Library. Society spokeswoman June Holmes said: “We wanted to honour 20 years of hard work on the author’s part.

“Thomas Bewick is a major artist for the North East and we wanted the book to be launched here rather than in London.”

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Read More - http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2011/04/13/thomas-bewick-book-is-unveiled-at-newcastle-city-library-61634-28509842/#ixzz1JO84iTYN

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Newcastle Historian

April 17th, 2011, 05:16 PM

Following on from ^^
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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 18th April 2011.

Bewick Gleanings
Julia Boyd
Frank Graham
1886 / Facsimile 1973

The newly published, last week, three book set about Thomas Bewick, (see the immediately previous post) may be a tad expensive at over £100, but the below book about Bewick . . . Bewick Gleanings . . . is a little bit less costly!

I'm lucky to still have it though, as I was given it as a Christmas Present in 1977 and I had just collected it and had carelessly left it (and other presents) in the car, as I stopped off at a Christmas party in Wallsend. When I came out, after the party, the car and all presents had disappeared. The book was off my parents, who kindly then gave me their own copy, which is how I have it today.

The book itself was actually written and published in 1886, but this facsimile version of it was published by Frank Graham, in 1973. The Sleeve Notes explain . . . The Author, Julia Boyd, was the daughter of a Novocastrian who had actually known Bewick as a boy. So, her book is based on local knowledge and contains impressions from many Bewick Wood Blocks and Copper Plates.

Since original publication in 1886, the book has become a collectors piece, and is one of the VERY best books about Thomas Bewick.

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growly grace

April 17th, 2011, 05:36 PM

I would like to see a reassessment of the work of Joseph Crawhall who has been rather neglected.

Steve Ellwood

April 18th, 2011, 02:43 PM

Together Newcastle and Gateshead
have a superb story to tell
by Tony Henderson, The Journal, February 16th 2011

TONIGHT sees the launch of a major book charting the past, present and future of twin communities on either side of the Tyne. The book will be unveiled in one of the buildings it celebrates as a key component in the regeneration of NewcastleGateshead – the Baltic arts centre.

It explores the history, architecture, environment, planning, politics and popular culture of NewcastleGateshead.

Some will be irked by the classification of Newcastle and Gateshead as twin cities. But for Peter, who is a trustee and vice president of the Town and Country Planing Association, that union – instead of competition – is a way of plotting a confident Tyneside future.

Peter examines:

1 - Layers of history which go back 2,000 years to the Roman settlement of what is now Newcastle and Gateshead;

2 - The transformation of Newcastle from largely medieval town to emerging city by Richard Grainger in the first half of the 19th Century – a feat which led the way in Britain and Europe;

3 - Another era of wholesale change in the 1960s, again linked to one man’s vision – this time Newcastle City Council leader T Dan Smith;

4 - The 1980s-90s regeneration of Newcastle and Gateshead, on the banks of a now clean and re-born salmon river;

and

5 - What the future holds for the “twin cities”.

BOOK Information:

NewcastleGateshead: Shaping the City
Peter Hetherington
2011

Read More (a VERY interesting article) - http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2011/02/16/together-we-have-a-superb-story-to-tell-61634-28178325/#ixzz1E74zf7Ix

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Managed to get my hands on this book at the weekend when I saw it on sale at Waterstones (Silverlink) - priced at £19.95.

Its an A4 sized hard backed book but doesn't come with a dust cover and runs to 238 pages. ISBN 978 1 85946 356 7

In my opinion print quality is good with some great photographs that I for one had not seen before.

History of Newcastle and Gateshead covered explaining with some good maps, the rise of both from Roman times to date, written in quite a laid back (chatty) style.

A couple of chapters concentrate on the transformations since the 1960's

Major architectural work since 2008 gets individual coverage, for instance the restoration of the High Level Bridge completed in 2008. Some excellent photographs of work in progress and the text side of things includes a description of the Client's Brief, Design Process and Project Evaluation. All written in an easy to follow (understand) manner. Also the Introduction to the projects gives detail of the history of the building which makes the book such a good reference resource.

A big thumbs up to Peter Hetherington for this piece of work and also Sally Ann Norman for some fine photographs.

Some images of the book to show what is on offer.

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Steve Ellwood

April 22nd, 2011, 02:03 PM

A Century of Newcastle - Events , People and Places Over The Last 100 years by John Alexander and published by Sutton Publishing, ISBN 0-7509-2657-0 , priced at £14.00 and distributed by W H Smiths.

A hard backed A4 sized book it runs to 121 pages of black and white photographs of Newcastle from 1900 to 2000.

One of the reasons for the purchase was the fact that most of the photographs were one's that I hadn't seen in other similar books.

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Newcastle Historian

April 24th, 2011, 11:58 AM

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This new book covers more than just the events of the day we beat Nottingham Forest 4-3 in the FA Cup, but is particularly interesting (to me) because of that! I remember that day (like it was yesterday) and the whole day was really a very memorable football-match experience!!! I was at the replays in Liverpool (Goodison Park) as well, where we eventually won 1-0 at the second replay.

New book reveals truth behind 1974 St James' Park riot
April 24th 2011 by Dan Warburton, Sunday Sun

THE TRUE story behind the Toon Army’s infamous FA Cup pitch invasion can today be revealed.

Newcastle United fans stormed the field during the Magpies’ 1974 quarter-final clash with Nottingham Forest after they went 3-1 down.

Now, in a new book documenting Tyneside’s murky criminal underworld, author Bernard O’Mahoney reveals the real reason the volatile supporters rushed the St James’ Park pitch.

He claims it was Leonard Conroy, the dad of feared West End villain Paddy, who triggered the riot.

Intent on having the match abandoned, Leonard spearheaded the charge that caused mayhem inside the ground.

In total, 23 people were taken to hospital - two suffering from fractured skulls - and 103 people received treatment at the ground. Around 39 people were arrested.

In images published in the book, Fog on the Tyne by Bernard O’Mahoney, Leonard is pictured being led off the pitch following scuffles with police.

The invasion sparked a fightback from 10-men Newcastle with Toon hero Terry McDermott finding the net twice, before Bobby Moncur won the game in the last minute.

But FA chiefs sparked controversy when they ruled the game would have to be replayed at a neutral venue.

Read More - http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/north-east-news/2011/04/24/new-book-reveals-truth-behind-1974-st-james-park-riot-79310-28573708/

Steve Ellwood

April 24th, 2011, 12:12 PM

Newcastle Historian

April 27th, 2011, 11:03 AM

Story told of historic battle in Newcastle
by Tony Henderson, The Journal, April 27th 2011

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A BOOK and a film were launched last night which reveal the dramatic details of some of the most momentous months in Newcastle's history.

For two months in 1644, Newcastle was besieged and finally stormed by a 22,000-strong Scottish army allied to the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War.

The largely-forgotten saga of resistance and suffering was revived last night at Newcastle’s Live Theatre during the launch of the book The Great Siege of Newcastle 1644, published by the History Press at £12.99, by John Sadler and Rosie Serdiville.

Military Historian John Sadler, co-author of the new book on the siege of Newcastle, described what the experience would have been like for the townspeople.

“The siege and the storming of the town would have been horrible, absolutely awful, for the people in the town,” said Mr Sadler, who lives in Belsay in Northumberland.

“Food supplies would have been short, the town overcrowded with people moving in from outlying areas, and the threat from artillery bombardment and sniping and finally the fighting in the streets

“The siege is probably the biggest single military action in Newcastle’s military history.”

Mr Sadler said that the siege had been largely ignored by historians because it followed the Battle of Marston Moor near York, which was regarded as signaling the end for the Royalist cause in the North of England.

“But the siege of Newcastle was equally important because the town controlled the coal trade, without which London would have frozen, and was a supply port for the Royalists in the North,” said Mr Sadler.

Read More - http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2011/04/27/story-told-of-historic-battle-in-newcastle-61634-28587672/#ixzz1KiDwvhUs

Steve Ellwood

May 2nd, 2011, 07:21 PM

Alderman Fenwick's House - Buildings of Newcastle No3 by D.H. Heslop, B. Jobling and G.McCombie for The Society of Antiquarians of Newcastle upon Tyne. ISBN 0 90108206305 and published in 2001.

A paper back booklet type publication in a size somewhere between A4 and A5 and running to 48 pages.

Full of facts and colour plates together with old sketches of the building over the years.

The building dates from the 17th Century and its structure is quite complex having included parts of adjoining properties and also extensions which over the years have been demolished.

Probably safe to say that this is the oldest brick built house in the City Centre.

Built as a home for Fenwick who was a Merchant it went on to become part of the Queens Head Hotel then the Newcastle Liberal Club. Unfortunately it was then left to decline for a number of years and was threatened by its then owners with demolition. However Newcastle City Council stepped in and purchased the building in 1980 and leased it to the Tyne and Wear Buildings Preservation Trust who carried out the restoration. The book charts that restoration which was completed in 1997 and the building is now used as offices.

A good book which complements a very nice Newcastle building which is Grade 1 Listed.

Not open to the public but often takes part in the Heritage Open Days Weekend.

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May 4th, 2011, 07:42 PM

Newcastle United fan Billy Costine unveils new book
by Tom Mullen, Evening Chronicle, May 4th 2011

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HE HAS followed the Toon through 50 seasons of ups and downs and met some of the club's most celebrated players.

Now, Magpies fanatic Billy Costine has unveiled a remarkable memento of his devotion to the team.

From Jackie Milburn to Alan Shearer and Kenny Dalglish to Sir Bobby Robson, Billy, from Waterford, Ireland, has amassed a collection of more than 200 autographs.

And this week he is launching a book (The Flight of a Magpie, by Billy Costine) that tells the stories behind all those signatures.

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Former talent scout Billy, 57, began supporting Newcastle in 1961 as an eight-year-old gathered around a Subbuteo set with his brothers.

His love affair began when he sent off for new model players for the game – and was drawn to Newcastle’s striking black and white strip.

Billy was instantly hooked, obsessively following every snippet of team news on the radio, and dreaming of the day he could watch his heroes play in the flesh.

That day came in 1976 when a friend from the Waterford Crystal factory, where Billy worked as a glass cutter, pulled some strings to get the lads tickets to a Liverpool-Newcastle clash at Anfield.

Newcastle lost 2-0, but Billy wasn’t deterred. He set his heart on seeing St James’ Park, finally arriving at the stadium in 1987. Ahead of the game, Billy wrote to manager Willie McFaul, who arranged for him to meet the team.

And as he left the dressing room, Billy spotted his heroes – 50s stars Joe Harvey and Jackie Milburn. They signed his ‘black book’, which is now brimming with history.

Read More - http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2011/05/04/newcastle-united-fan-billy-costine-unveils-new-book-72703-28633000/#ixzz1LOibkNjS

Steve Ellwood

May 5th, 2011, 01:05 PM

The recent discussion on Ben Jonson's rhythm had me reaching for a couple of book I have for The Cathedral Church of Saint Nicholas, so thought I would scan some pages:

The first one is a small pocket sized paperbacked publication, dating from 1932 and published by the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne. Running to 38 pages it is written by Mr Thomas Wake who was one of the Curators of the Antiquarians. The booklet covers the full history of the Church and Cathedral with some fine sketches of notable feautures.

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The second book is one which is on sale within the Cathedral itself and is ideal to use in a tour of the building as it gives a lot of information on the notable features of the Cathedral. A paperback, slightly larger than A5 and running to 22 pages. Published by Jarrold Publishing, photographs by Neil Jinkerson and text by David Lovie.
Some great photographs in the booklet, well lit, which anyone who has been in the rather dark building will appreciate.

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Newcastle Historian

May 5th, 2011, 02:33 PM

^^ Excellent books on The Cathedral Church of St Nicholas, Steve.

My own personal favourite book about the Cathedral has always been the first one you reviewed, the 1932 book by the Society of Antiquaries.

So, in the interests of 'completeness', and so that all books about St Nicholas Cathedral (that we have) are catalogued on here together, I have two other books on the subject, that I will now show . .

1 - The Cathedral Church of St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne.
J W Stafford
Jarrold Colour Publications
1986.

This first one is effectively an 'earlier version' published by Jarrold Colour Publications, of the second book shown by Steve Ellwood in the previous post, as it is the 1986 version of the visitors guide that was on sale in the Cathedral itself . . .

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The second book is classed as a 'short guide' to the Cathedral, but is actually quite a detailed guide, with a good narrative and excellent photos, and runs to some 32 'roughly A5' size pages . .

2 - A Short Guide to the Cathedral Church of St Nicholas.
Hugh Robert Clelland (Senior Warden)
J & P Bealls Ltd
1972.

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DXNewcastle

May 5th, 2011, 03:39 PM

Perhaps I can add to the St.Nicholas' story by quoting some extracts from John Sykes' "Historical Register of Remarkable Events" which relate to the Church? Published by T.Fordyce 1866, this book is now long out of Copyright. These are in the form of a chronology.

1091. St. Nicholas' church, in Newcastle, appears to have been founded this year by Osmond, bishop of Salisbury.

1216 This year, St. Nicholas' church, in Newcastle, appears to have suffered by fire.

1280. The justices itinerant held their courts in the churches of St. Nicholas and St. Andrew, in Newcastle.

1359. St Nicholas' church, in Newcastle, appears to have been rebuilt. It is 240 feet in length and 75 in breadth. The beautiful steeple of this church, which Mr. Pennant allows to be very justly the boast of the inhabitants, is in height about 194 feet, and, for its peculiar excellency of design and delicacy of execution, is justly esteemed one of the finest specimens of architectural beauty in the world.

1474. Robert Rodes presented a cross of gold to the shrine of St. Cuthbert, at Durham. He was steward to the prior and convent of Durham, and enjoyed the fraternity of that church. It is generally thought that the upper part of St. Nicholas' steeple is a superstructure, and that it was raised upon the original tower, by Robert Rodes. On the arch of the belfry of this steeple, there are four shields, with the arms of Rodes, and an inscription as follows :
Grate pro Anima Roberti Rodes
The font of this church seems to have been made or repaired at the expense of Robert Rodes, as his coat of arms and another (probably his wife's) are sculptured on it. The canopy of this font is of most elegant workmanship. There are also five shields on the roof of this church, with the arras of Rodes.

1608. This year, about ten feet of the centre or highest spire of St. Nicholas' church, in Newcastle, was taken down and rebuilt. The corporation have been charged with the reparation of this steeple from time immemorial.

1676. About this time the corporation of Newcastle contributed £300 towards the erection of the present organ in St. Nicholas' church, in that town. They added a trumpet stop in 1699, and in 1710, paid £200 for finishing the back front, and cleaning and repairing the whole instrument. The swell was ordered by the common-council in 1749, and which it is supposed was added by Sneizler, the celebrated organ builder.

1754 (Feb. 1). Was rung, at St. Nicholas' church, in Newcastle, by the young society of ringers, 2520 changes of bob triples, in one hour and thirty-six minutes, being half the complete peal, which had never been performed there before, it being thought impossible for any society of ringers to complete the whole peal on these bells, by reason of the bad hanging.

April 10. A complete peal of bob triples, consisting of 5,040 changes, was rung in three hours, thirteen minutes, and a quarter, on the bells of St. Nicholas, in Newcastle. The above number of changes had not been rung there before, on account of the bad hanging of the bells. The magistrates, finding the deficiency, sent for Mr. Lawrence, a noted bell hanger of London, who hung them so effectually, that the peal was rung through with the greatest ease, considering the weight of the tenor bell, which had recently been recast.

1761 (October). A new clock, with chimes, was made by Mr. Walker, in the Close, Newcastle, which was put up in St. Nicholas' Church, and greatly admired, and by good judges was esteemed an excellent piece of workmanship.

1769 June 9. St. Nicholas' church, in Newcastle, was undergoing very extensive repairs. It was opened again for divine service on Sunday, September 24th, the same year.

1771 July 21. Notice was given that there would be no service in St. Nicholas' church, Newcastle, on this day (Sunday), as a part of the west end had been taken down, and it was rebuilding.

1783 This year, a subscription was commenced, which, in a short time,
amounted to a large sum, for the purpose of converting St. Nicholas' Church, in Newcastle, into a sort of cathedral, but the curious will ever regret the change, as by it nearly all the fine old funeral monuments, &c., were destroyed.

1785 June 12. The church of St. Nicholas, Newcastle, after undergoing great alterations, was opened for divine service.

1788 August 28. Thomas Morton, one of the guards of the Royal Mail-coach, undertook, for a considerable wager, to throw a stone over the highest vane of the steeple of St. Nicholas' church, in Newcastle, which he acccomplished with ease at the fourth throw, the stone being seen several feet above the highest pinnacle of the steeple, which is 194 feet high.

(Some of these dates and reports may subsequently have been 'improved' upon by others)

Steve Ellwood

May 8th, 2011, 01:12 PM

Down Our Streets - Newcastle's Street Names Explored by Father and Son, Jack and John Leslie, published by Tyne Bridge Publishing ISBN 1-857951-91-3.

A paper backed book which in size falls between A4 and A5, running to 47 pages and full of the meaning behind the street names of Newcastle, supported by many old photographs. Sections are spilt into specific areas of the City Centre, with useful maps and more importantly an index which is something that is left out of other similar Local History type books.

A good resource.

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Newcastle Historian

May 8th, 2011, 01:55 PM

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To jump onto the Newcastle Street Names 'bandwagon', the above book posted by Steve Ellwood is far and away the best book on the subject, that I have found.

However, there have been other publications, and here are two of them . . .

1 - The History of Newcastle through the names of its Streets
Desmond O'Donnell
Bridge Studios
1990

A small book, of half A5 Size . . .

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2 - The Street Names of Old Newcastle
D Hakin
N J Munro and A P Champley
1977

A thin 'booklet', printed in black & white by the Tyneside Free Press . . .

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Interestingly, it includes the derivations of the 'Eldon Square Shopping Centre' Mall (street) names . .
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Steve Ellwood

May 8th, 2011, 07:56 PM

Just to keep the 'Bandwagon' rolling along :lol:

What's In A Name...? - Some Newcastle street names explained published by Newcastle City Libraries & Art back in 1992, ISBN 1-85795-015-1. A paper backed booklet type publication, somewhere between A4 and A5 compiled by Anna Flowers and Maria Hoy.

This one has no index which is something that slightly miffs me!. Old photographs with text descriptions are grouped around perhaps the way in which someone would walk around the City. Some excellent old photographs, sketches and maps making it yet another great resource for 'understanding' Newcastle's streets and thoroughfares.

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Newcastle Historian

May 8th, 2011, 08:26 PM

I'm just looking through that book now, I had COMPLETELY forgotten it existed, haven't read it for years!

I know what you're saying about the lack of an Index, but some of the photos in there are excellent, some of them do not seem to appear elsewhere.

Great choice!

Steve Ellwood

May 9th, 2011, 10:29 AM

Not Just Bricks and Mortar - A look at some of Newcastle's most interesting dwellings by the late Jimmy Donald, published by Newcastle City Libraries and Arts in 1994 - ISBN 1-85795-041-0. Paper backed book, sized between A4 and A5 and running to 40 pages.

Some interesting buildings in the Newcastle area that perhaps wouldn't immediately come to mind, some of which no longer exist. Good photographs, sketches, maps and descriptions making ita good resource.

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Newcastle Historian

May 10th, 2011, 11:14 AM

A City Of Palaces - Richard Grainger and the making of Newcastle upon Tyne
Ian Ayris
Newcastle Libraries & Information Service
1997

Following on from the article in "The Penny Magazine" featuring a contemporary report about Richard Grainger's activities as a 'Developer' on the Historic Newcastle thread yesterday . . .

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=77485921&postcount=2035

I thought it was an opportune time to feature the below excellent book, here on the BOOKS thread.

On the cover, part of the summary of the book reads : "A City Of Palaces traces the radical 19th Century development of the centre of Newcastle as it became a town of great splendour. A transformation which created the streets and buildings which still form the heart of the modern city today. Richard Grainger - the extraordinary magician" . . .

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Newcastle Historian

May 11th, 2011, 07:43 PM

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Article from the Evening Chronicle ('Remember When' Section) 11th May 2011

Steve Ellwood

May 12th, 2011, 12:58 PM

John Dobson Architect of the North East by Thomas Faulkner and Andrew Greg, by Tyne Bridge Publishing ISBN 185795131X.

An A4 sized paper back book runnning to 200 pages full of information about the man himself and the buildings he designed throughout the North east and wider country. Lots of photographs and sketches of the buildings he was involved with make this a very good resource.

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Newcastle Historian

May 12th, 2011, 02:14 PM

Author Bridget Gubbins releases
new book on Morpeth's past
by Tony Henderson, The Journal, May 12th 2011

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The Curious Yards and Alleyways of Morpeth
Bridget Gubbins
Greater Morpeth Development Trust
2011

SOME are now long gone, but the network of ancient alleyways and yards which once criss-crossed the heart of a historic Northumberland market town has been put under the spotlight in a new book.

The Norman barons who built Morpeth in the 13th century based the riverside community’s design on the curved lines of the furrows ploughed by local farmers and their teams of oxen.

The secluded yards and narrow alleyways which snaked off from the old town centre and market square remained as a unique feature over the centuries.

They once echoed to the sound of horses and carts, and are still remembered today in evocative names such as Whalebone Yard, Nag’s Head Yard and George and Dragon Yard.

Now their important role in the development of Morpeth has been examined in a new book by local author Bridget Gubbins, who herself lives in Old Bakehouse Yard off Newgate Street.

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The 90-page book – The Curious Yards and Alleyways of Morpeth – has been published with support from the Greater Morpeth Development Trust, and Heritage Lottery funding.

It paints a picture of the crowded and often unsanitary living and working conditions of the families and traders who populated the alleyways and yards in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Read More - http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2011/05/12/author-bridget-gubbins-releases-new-book-on-morpeth-s-past-61634-28678099/#ixzz1M8iZqgP6

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Newcastle Historian

May 12th, 2011, 04:26 PM

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Periodic Listing of Books Reviewed on this thread - List 3.

An updated list is produced approximately "every 25 Book Reviews", and the purpose of the periodic list is to help to make searching for a particular book (or subject) just that little bit easier!

List 3 - 117 to 140 . . .

117. The Blaydon Races - Joan Gale
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=75606793&postcount=195
118. Centenary of Blaydon Races (1862-1962) - Compiled by W Tynemouth
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=75641269&postcount=196
119. St Mary's Story - Anthea Lang (the story of St Mary's Church, Gateshead, now a 'Heritage Centre' next to The Sage)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=75758743&postcount=197
120. The River Tyne: Its Advantages and Possibilities - Newcastle and Gateshead Chamber of Commerce, in 1908
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=75950493&postcount=198
121. The Complete Illustrative Works of Thomas Bewick (in Three Volumes) - Nigel Tattersfield
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=75978019&postcount=201
122. Bewick Gleanings - Julia Boyd
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=76217721&postcount=202
123. A Century of Newcastle: events, people and places over the last 100 years - John Alexander
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=76501657&postcount=205
124. Fog on the Tyne - Bernard O’Mahoney
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=76597003&postcount=206
125. The Great Siege of Newcastle 1644 - Rosie Serdiville and John Sadler
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=76759293&postcount=208
126. Alderman Fenwicks House: Buildings of Newcastle No 3 - D H Heslop, B. Jobling and G.McCombie
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=77064053&postcount=209
127. The Flight of a Magpie - Billy Costine
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=77188673&postcount=210

The "St Nicholas Cathedral" Series . .
128. The Cathedral Church of Saint Nicholas - Thomas Wake (one of the Curators of the Society of Antiquarians)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=77230741&postcount=211
129. The Cathedral Church of Saint Nicholas - David Lovie & Neil Jinkerson (The 2nd of two books included in this post)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=77230741&postcount=211
130. The Cathedral Church of Saint Nicholas - J W Stafford
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=77234281&postcount=212
131. A Short Guide to the Cathedral Church of Saint Nicholas - Hugh Robert Clelland, Senior Warden (The 2nd of two books included in this post)
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END of series

The "Origins of Newcastle Street Names" Series . .
132. Down Our Streets: Newcastle's Street Names Explored - Jack and John Leslie
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=77400187&postcount=214
133. The History of Newcastle through the names of its Streets - Desmond O'Donnell
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=77401579&postcount=215
134. The Street Names of Old Newcastle - D Hakin, N J Munro and A P Champley (The 2nd of two books included in this post)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=77401579&postcount=215
135. What's In A Name: Some Newcastle street names explained - Anna Flowers & Maria Hoy
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=77417747&postcount=216
END of series

136. Not Just Bricks and Mortar: A Look at some of Newcastle's Most Interesting Dwellings - Jimmy Donald
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=77449491&postcount=218
137. A City Of Palaces: Richard Grainger and the making of Newcastle upon Tyne - Ian Ayris
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=77512063&postcount=219
138. King for a Day - John Tudor
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=77600045&postcount=220
139. John Dobson Architect of the North East - Thomas Faulkner & Andrew Greg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=77642381&postcount=221
140. The Curious Yards and Alleyways of Morpeth - Bridget Gubbins
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=77645647&postcount=222

PREVIOUS LISTS . . .

List 1 - Book Reviews 001 to 092 : http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=72608913&postcount=152
List 2 - Book Reviews 093 to 116 : http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=75572613&postcount=194

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Steve Ellwood

May 23rd, 2011, 03:20 PM

Newcastle Between The Wars - Byron Dawson's Tyneside by Marshall Hall and published by Tyne Bridge Publishing for £7.99 - ISBN978-1-857952-02-5.

This is a paperback booklet, sized about 3/4 of A4 and running to 72 pages.

In my opinion an excellent collection of drawings and paintings of 1930's Newcastle by Byron Dawson. Added to each view is a history of the location but it is the artwork that really does stand out from the page, such a change from looking at photographs.

One negative on the book is the fact that whilst it is meant to represent the artwork of Dawson it does for some starnge reason contain a couple of views displayed as photographs.

Well worth the cost and one that I would recommend for anyone with an interest in Newcastle.

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WilfBurnsFan

May 23rd, 2011, 03:26 PM

Has that just been published, Steve? I don't think I've seen it before.

Steve Ellwood

May 23rd, 2011, 03:31 PM

Has that just been published, Steve? I don't think I've seen it before.

Yes just out - Marshall Hall is giving a talk on Byron Dawson and the book on 24th May (14.00-15.00) at the Newcastle Central Library but prior booking is required on 0191 277 4100.

growly grace

May 24th, 2011, 11:25 AM

I have just started to read "A guide to the new ruins of Great Britain" by Owen Hatherley,
I see he is going to cover Tyneside. Anyone else read it?

WilfBurnsFan

May 24th, 2011, 12:06 PM

I have just started to read "A guide to the new ruins of Great Britain" by Owen Hatherley,
I see he is going to cover Tyneside. Anyone else read it?

I have.. I thought he was pretty good on Newcastle and especially on the oddness of Killingworth (though I must confess to having a liking or a lot of the 60s/70s stuff). Trouble is I tried reading the book in one fell swoop and it got a bit stodgy, especially for cities I don't know very well. Some maps, and definitely some better photographs, would have improved it no end in my opinion. Also it does sometimes read like what it is - entries from his blog clagged together - rather than a book trying to make a particular argument.

BigLebowski

May 24th, 2011, 05:53 PM

I have just started to read "A guide to the new ruins of Great Britain" by Owen Hatherley,
I see he is going to cover Tyneside. Anyone else read it?

Should be interesting.....

"Here in the UK, with a tiny handful of exceptions, we've been keen to parcel off these spaces to the cheapest available firms... In Leeds, especially, the result is astoundingly cheap-looking architecture, with the developers assuming we wouldn't notice the meanness and cheapness if they put a wavy roof on top and plenty of contrasting materials on the façade"

He's going to have a field day with the East Quayside!

Steve Ellwood

May 25th, 2011, 11:02 AM

Tyne Tees Television - The First 20 Years by Antony Brown and published by Tyne Tees Television Ltd in 1979.

An A4 hard backed book it runs to 80 pages of stills taken in the first 20 years of TTT together with notes and descriptions of the various programs that have been produced over the years.

I well remember attending The One O'Clock Show as a child when the street I lived in Westerhope arranged a trip for the kids to the show.

Who can remember Jack Haig as Wacky Jacky and the Where the Jobs Are slots that used to be shown.

One negative from the book is this passage which contains a blaring error:

..the new station had also found a new home, a site formerly occupied by two warehouses in City Road, which links Newcastle to South Shields and the famous Wallsend shipyards.

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Newcastle Historian

May 25th, 2011, 11:26 AM

That ^^ looks a very interesting book Steve, and one I have not read (will have to try and get hold of a copy!)

That now makes two excellent "History of Tyne Tees TV" books, reviewed on this thread so far, the first one was covered back in February 2010 . . .

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'Book of the Week' - W/C Monday 15th February 2010 . .

Memories of Tyne Tees Television
Geoff Phillips
G P Electronic Services
1998.

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I thought this would be a particularly relevant book to choose this week, in view of all the recent posts and photos on the 'Tyne Tees Studios' project thread, showing the sad demolition along City Road, that started last week.

The book itself is excellent in its coverage of the very early years of Tyne Tees TV, in the 1950s and 1960s. Unfortunately the 1970s and 1980s are not quite so well covered, so the many years of the fabulous TTTV National live music programmmes (Razzamataz, Geordie Scene, Roxy, The Tube, etc) do not receive much coverage. In fact, when this book came out, I assumed it was just 'Volume One', but there has been no sign of 'Volume Two' arriving!

Still, a very good book (lots of photos, stories and actual 'TV listings and schedules') for anyone interested in the details of Newcastle's role in the national ITV Media, in the early years.

Steve Ellwood

May 25th, 2011, 11:35 AM

That ^^ looks a very interesting book Steve, and one I have not read (will have to try and get hold of a copy!)

That now makes two excellent "History of Tyne Tees TV" books, reviewed on this thread so far, the first one was covered back in February 2010 . . .

Yes, Geoff's Memories book is well worth the purchase as it is so full of all things TTT - one of the more interesting items in the book being the copies of TTT schedules from The Viewer magazine.

And who can forget The Epilogue :lol:

Newcastle Historian

May 25th, 2011, 05:19 PM

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I know this book has already been reviewed on this thread . . . see POST 224 - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=78274992&postcount=224

. . . but, I couldn't resist posting this, from todays Journal, after I saw the paintings shown in the Journal article . . .

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I haven't seen this book yet myself, but I am very much looking forward to it!!

growly grace

May 26th, 2011, 10:21 AM

I love the murals in the Laing and have always thought they were underrated by the gallery.

Steve Ellwood

May 26th, 2011, 01:10 PM

A Fine and Private Place - Jesmond Old Cemetery by Alan Morgan and published by Tyne Bridge Publishing, ISBN185795 155 7.
An A5 sized softback book running to 80 pages.

One of my most thumbed books, a treasure trove of Newcastle's historical figures who now reside in Jesmond Old Cemetery.

Alan's book charts the reasons for the building of the Cemetery, has maps and drawings of the original design. He then moves on to explain Rites and Rituals covering such things as internment costs and the cost of mourning dress.

The book covers the three sections of the Cemetery, North West, South West and East, giving maps for each and identifying where the featured graves are located. He then covers some 105 individual graves, outlining the history and background of each individual, with the support of photographs and drawings of both headstones and buildings associated with many of the featured people.

A valuable resource and an essential guide to anyone wishing to seek out Newcastle's rich and famous as well as the less known.

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Newcastle Historian

June 19th, 2011, 09:02 AM

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Port of Tyne Report and Handbook 1978-1979
Port of Tyne
1979.

This 'Annual Handbook' qualifies to be reviewed on this Books thread, as it is indeed a lengthy (180 pages) book, containing some fantastic photos and narrative about the activities and places within the 'Port of Tyne' area.

I am lucky enough to also have 1982-1983 year, and I'm not the only one on this forum who has copies . .

I have three Port of Tyne handbooks of varying dates excellent source of material/info etc in them.

These books will (I'm certain) be available to examine in the Reference section of major libraries, and they do occasionally turn up in 2nd hand bookshops and on eBay.

So, if you are interested in the recent history of our great river, get hold of a copy of one of these books. In this limited space here I cannot even begin to do justice to the vast amount of interesting facts and photos that you will find in there!

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Steve Ellwood

June 19th, 2011, 10:07 AM

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Port of Tyne Report and Handbook 1978-1979
Port of Tyne
1979.

This 'Annual Handbook' qualifies to be reviewed on this Books thread, as it is indeed a lengthy (180 pages) book, containing some fantastic photos and narrative about the activities and places within the 'Port of Tyne' area.

I am lucky enough to also have 1982-1983 year, and I'm not the only one on this forum who has copies . .

These books will (I'm certain) be available to examine in the Reference section of major libraries, and they do occasionally turn up in 2nd hand bookshops and on eBay.

So, if you are interested in the recent history of our great river, get hold of a copy of one of these books. In this limited space here I cannot even begin to do justice to the vast amount of interesting facts and photos that you will find in there!

They are indeed fine sources of information, I've got the 1984-85 handbook and also one dating from 1925 which was originally owned by the Trinity Maritime Centre.

Here are a few scans of the 1925 handbook, it has some lovely plans of the Docks on very fine paper annexes but they are too large for my scanner. As you say NH, full of facts, figures, photographs and some fine adverts.

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Newcastle Historian

June 26th, 2011, 06:47 PM

Books about - "Our Past In Living Memory"

A 'new category' of book to review . . .

A lot of books about Newcastle are historical in nature, and they tend to fall into two main categories . .

1 – Those containing more recent living memories of times past - photos and writings from people alive today or very recently, and
2 – Those relying on written records and drawings (and perhaps some photos) from times long ago, often well prior to the 19th and 20th Centuries.

The first category . . . "our living Past" . . . is (I think) an interesting one to be our 'next category’ of books to review on here!

When added to the 145 books already reviewed on this thread (as at 26th June 2011) I feel that by the time we have exhausted all books in this category, this thread will have made further strides towards becoming the most definitive record of “Newcastle and Area” books on the entire internet – if it isn't already!

Obviously some books (that fall into this 'living memories' category) may have already been reviewed on this thread, so I will try (in making ‘my’ choices) not to duplicate any of those, though it may happen.

I hope that anyone and everyone who has books they want to contribute to this series and review on here, will do so.

I (personally) will probably choose ‘one a week’ (for as long as I have any of this category of books not covered) but if there are any books of this type that people would like to see reviewed (that perhaps they don't have themselves) . . . please let me know.

I will kick the series off in with . . .

Our Past In Living Memory – Book No. 1

Memory Lane Tyneside
Evening Chronicle
Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd
2000.

This is an excellent book, containing 192 pages chock full of memories!

I could make out a case for including almost all of them in this review, but as always (and for copyright reasons) I will just include the usual few pages permitted for 'review' purposes . . .
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It is NOT always expressed as above, but I understand this is the generally accepted meaning of the routine "Copyright Statement", made at the front of most books.

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Here you can even see the location of the new SLEEPERZ Hotel . .
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