@billy6715

Local history mad

 Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined August 2018
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Windows from the Saxon period at St Paul’s Jarrow. The glass in the left and right windows were replaced by the Victorians. The middle glass dates from the Saxon monastery workshop, with it found on archaeological digs and replaced in a random patten in 1980.
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Sir WG Armstrong's Elswick shipyard, Newcastle on 13th June 1885. The occasion being the launch of the first ship built in the yard the Austro-Hungarian cruiser 'Panther' To the left of the bow can be seen Kings Meadows island in the River Tyne (detail in comments) By W Parry of South Shields.
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Kings Meadows island?
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Demolition of the Winding House Fenwick Colliry East Holywell This disappointing planning application on the North Tyneside Council web site @ idoxpublicaccess.northtynesi… Reference26/01471/DEMGDO Alternative ReferencePP-15294200 Application ReceivedWed 21 Oct 2026 Application ValidatedWed 21 Oct 2026 AddressFenwick Colliery East Holywell Earsdon To Backworth Link Road Backworth Newcastle Upon Tyne NE27 0J ProposalDemolition of the former winding houseStatus Awaiting decision AB Heritage Limited has been commissioned by Northumberland Estates to produce a Heritage Statement covering the proposed demolition of the Locally Listed East Holywell Colliery Winding House, Easy Holywell, Newcastle, NE27 0JJ. It was requested as part of a forthcoming planning application. East Holywell Colliery was established in the first half of the 19th century but it wasn’t until 1946 when the existing Winding House replaced the earlier steam powered Winding House. The existing structure was built as part of refurbishment works that took place after East Holywell Colliery came under the control of the National Coal Board. The Colliery closed in 1973 and the Winding House has been vacant since then. This report has concluded that the Winding House is a heritage asset of Low significance based on its diminished architectural, historic and setting interests. The proposals have been assessed to result in a low level of harm to the significance to the Locally Listed East Holywell Colliery Winding House. However, given the structurally unsound nature of the building making it no longer economically viable to repair, as well as the former Colliery site being potentially allocated for housing in the forthcoming North Tyneside Local Plan, it is expected that public benefits associated with reusing the brownfield site for housing would outweigh the harm identified. AB Heritage has no recommendations to make, the final decision for further works lies with the Local Planning Authority.
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Sir WG Armstrong's Elswick shipyard viewed from Kings Meadow Island on 13th June 1885. The occasion being the launch of the first ship built in the yard the Austro-Hungarian cruiser 'Panther' the light grey ship on the stocks. Chilean ironclad 'Blanco Encalada' is moored on the left of the photo, the first ship in the world to be sunk by a torpedo in 1891. By W Parry of South Shields who were contracted to Armstrong's to photograph the ships.
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Closed in 1998 .Marcus Price had stores at Percy street,Grey Street,Groat market.Bob Dylan,Bryan Ferry and the Beach boys shopped there.Always sold nice clobber.First shop in Newcastle to sell Brut🙈
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The Union Club at 48 Westgate Road, Newcastle seen c1885 had opened in 1874 later became a JD Wetherspoons bar after a huge restoration, before Wetherspoons eventually sold the bar on for some reason.
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George Stephenson's monument on Westgate Road, Newcastle in November 1941 by GB Wood. The advert is for War Bonds. The sculptor was John Graham Lough.
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Paddle steamer 'Audrey' entering the Tyne on 2nd May 1897. At this date the north pier lighthouse was identical to the south pier lighthouse.
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Here is Whitley Row on the 1895 OS map.
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This is the probate record of James - notice the spelling of his surname as Butterley, appears to be the same person ❓
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Seaton Burn 'murder' in February 1843. Newcastle Coroner Stephen Reed came to the conclusion that pitman Thomas Wilkinson of Seaton Burn Colliery had met his death due to exposure outside whilst intoxicated. His family however were unhappy at the verdict & did their own investigations that strongly sugested that Thomas had met a violent death.
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In Earsdon cemetery we see the grave of John Butterly who lost his life 'by the coal waggons passing over him' in 1859 aged 71 years. Also his son John who lost his life in Backworth pit aged 12 years in 1832. Son James lost his life in Backworth pit in 1874 aged 35 years.
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Hope Brothers shop on Grainger Street, Newcastle in November 1941. Photo by GB Wood.
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Wanless brothers grave at Earsdon Churchyard. Earsdon Churchyard in October 2026. The grave of brothers Christopher, Thomas and John Wanless all killed in the New Hartley Colliery disaster in January 1862. Also their brother in law Winship Jack who also died in the same disaste.a lot of clearance work has recently been carried out in the cemetery making access much better.
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The studios of Tyne Tees Television, City Road, Newcastle in the early 1970s.
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Looks like Ralph Gillespie was operating out of South Shields as well, piece from the Newcastle Weekly Courant 21st August 1863.
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