Archive for April, 2010
I can’t believe it took me so long to spot this one.
I’ve been telling you all to look up in Newcastle for – well, pretty much as long as I can remember. And yet I still managed to miss this one til February.
Some more detailed pics of the statues are on my flickr photostream – click here.
I looked for more links on this building to try and find out what it used to be and why these statues are there. I didn’t come up with much but this link to timmonet has some more history about what these people did, but also makes me think that while the Carphone Warehouse isn’t the most appropriate tenant for this building – it’s a damned sight better than ‘The Xmas Box’, as was there in 2000. (Also, I’m glad the netting has gone, although I’m kind of worried about how they protect the statues from the birds now….) And, would you believe it, further down the page, what’s there but pictures of the fire at Callers – that’s Callers as featured here last week. How odd!
I also found this link about the history of Eldon Square – interesting to think that Hotspur Way is named after this same Harry Hotspur.
One of the images requested on the facebook group was the Castle Keep. The hubby and I went for a walk last week while we were off on leave and explored some ground above the Quayside that we accessed from behind the Telegraph (a pub behind the station). I’m looking forward to posting some more of the pics.
I wasn’t sure what to post that was red for a while. I thought about posting the old postbox in Jesmond, and about the Millennium Bridge lit up red. But then I remembered the Swing Bridge and decided that had to be it.
When I was on the tour of the Swing Bridge pump room and took these pics, the guy who was showing us around was saying about how it was fairly shocking to have a bridge painted red and white when they are not – how can I put it? – the most popular colours in Newcastle (ahem).
But I really like the Swing Bridge, so this is the pic!
In the background, you can see the Gateshead approach to the Tyne Bridge on the left, and the Gateshead Hilton on the right.
