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ADVERTS : Old Adverts from times past in Newcastle and the North East

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The Evening Chronicle - Monday November 2nd 1885.

This is a very important issue of the Evening Chronicle, as it is the VERY FIRST edition of the paper ever published. As can be seen, in those days the front page was all adverts (and quite small ones too, difficult to read) so there is no news on it to show what was happening in the world (or in our region) on that day.

To put this newspaper into context though, 1885 was the year that General Gordon was killed in Khartoum.

Now, I wish I owned a copy of this actual newspaper, but sadly I do not. The front page shown here is just a facsimile that I have, but interesting to see nonetheless . . .





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Old adverts associated with the Rupali Restaurant, Bigg Market, Newcastle

Follow up to my recent posts # 71, 77 -81 about Abdul Latif, Lord of Harpole on the "Newcastle and the North East - Characters of Note" thread http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1345599&page=4 here are a few adverts associated with the Rupali Restaurant from up to 26 years ago - copies of articles in Rupali Scrapbooks courtesy of Rukon Latif











This from 1987



Images hosted on Photobucket

KEN
 
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I was browsing in the local history section of Gateshead Central Library today when I came across a book called: Gateshead A Pictorial History by Robert Woodhouse. It included this ad which is particularly relevant to me as the Dobsons were relations of mine although I didn't broadcast the fact in my youth because of the inevitable "last knackers in Gateshead" taunts.

DSCF5636 by alfred stone, on Flickr

Can anyone date it from the two digit telephone number? I recall a discussion on here about the lengthening of phone numbers but I don't know if it went back that far.
 
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I was browsing in the local history section of Gateshead Central Library today when I came across a book called: Gateshead A Pictorial History by Robert Woodhouse. It included this ad which is particularly relevant to me as the Dobsons were relations of mine although I didn't broadcast the fact in my youth because of the inevitable "last knackers in Gateshead" taunts.

Can anyone date it from the two digit telephone number?

I recall a discussion on here about the lengthening of phone numbers but I don't know if it went back that far.

Alf,

Here is a list of 'links' to the discussions you mention . . .

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Telephone Codes in this Region - The History of the Newcastle Area/STD Telephone Codes (Was 0632, then 091 and is currently 0191)

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=69556629&postcount=49
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=70298635&postcount=1400
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=99632924&postcount=3466
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I don't think the discussion goes as far back as "two digit" numbers (may be wrong) but from the information supplied above, if there is anyone on the forum who MAY know the answer I think it is Jazmincleo.
 
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Old Adverts from June 1978 concerning foodstuff from Laws, Value Stores and North Eastern Co-op

Came across part of an Evening Chronicle dated Wednsday 28 June 1978 lining the bottom of a drawer so made scanned copies of particular adverts (images hosted on Photobucket) - makes interesting read when comparing with food prices now

Laws Stores - who had recent discussion on shop branches




Value Stores - who seem to have had abut 10 stores across Tyneside





North Eastern Co-op



Another post to follow with adverts on "Cars"

KEN
 
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The Stephenson Trust web site @ http://www.robertstephensontrust.com/page16.html mentions

After 1904 - While some of the locomotive shops were acquired by their Forth Banks neighbours, R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie, the bulk of the site passed to George and Jobling, motor engineers.


The last new engine to leave, on 14th August, 1902, was works no. 3094, an 0-6-0ST for the London & India Docks Company, their number 12. Altogether some 2,748 locomotives had been constructed there in its lifetime as a locomotive works before the doors were finally closed to this class of work in 1904.
 
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1930s - 1950s Adverts

Quite some time ago I was sent a large collection of Old Adverts. I do not know their origin, so cannot attribute them, and I cannot get hold of the person who sent me them.

Also, while they are NOT exclusively local adverts to this area (no 'Newcastle Addresses' etc) they will undoubtedly have been very familiar to people around here, in newspapers and magazines througout the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.

Indeed some of them are very reminisent of my early 1950s childhood, from when my parents used to own a Corner Shop in West Hartlepool.

I have more, but here are ten of them . . .





























 
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