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Newcastle header from 120 years ago & a recent view.

Posted by Norman Dunn on 22/11/2024, 9:21 am
Edited by board administrator 22/11/2024, 9:27 am

Grainger-St-1904-copy

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Re: Newcastle header from 120 years ago & a recent view.

Posted by Brian on 22/11/2024, 9:39 am, in reply to " Newcastle header from 120 years ago & a recent view."

The frontage look so bland today compared to the turn of the century.

Re: Newcastle header from 120 years ago & a recent view.

Posted by Liz Dance on 22/11/2024, 9:42 am, in reply to "Re: Newcastle header from 120 years ago & a recent view."

I agree with you Brian, was in Grainger Street a couple of weeks ago it just didn’t have the look of Norman’s photo, maybe we just yearn for a bye gone era?

Lovely photo anorman.

Re: Newcastle header from 120 years ago & a recent view.

Posted by Brian on 22/11/2024, 10:08 am, in reply to "Re: Newcastle header from 120 years ago & a recent view."

It's the blandness of it all nothing stands out.

Re: Newcastle header from 120 years ago & a recent view.

Posted by Mac C on 22/11/2024, 10:46 am, in reply to "Re: Newcastle header from 120 years ago & a recent view."

Liz is right about this yearning for the era.
Lest we forget it was a time of short life span, rudimentary healthcare, REAL poverty, slum housing, awful working conditions.............!!!

Move forward to 2024 and now we have streets like this, bland someone said. And in exchange...........You cant call a man a man or a woman a woman in case he/she/they/them/it/us identify as a cat/dog/furry or even a doormat thus risking the attendance of the thought police.
As my wife says "the world has gone mad"

Re: Newcastle header from 120 years ago & a recent view.

Posted by Geordieboy ns on 22/11/2024, 9:43 am, in reply to " Newcastle header from 120 years ago & a recent view."

Can't go back in time, but prefer the older version of the street. More humane plus horses of course.

Re: Newcastle header from 120 years ago & a recent view.

Posted by Mac Hardy on 22/11/2024, 10:40 am, in reply to "Re: Newcastle header from 120 years ago & a recent view."

Yet more fantastic pictures, a lot busier then now.

Re: Newcastle header from 120 years ago & a recent view.

Posted by Stan Wears on 22/11/2024, 4:28 pm, in reply to "Re: Newcastle header from 120 years ago & a recent view."

The city owes so much to Richard Grainger for these Georgian masterpieces but I wonder what he would make of it today...

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