I used to live on this street and to this day I have absolutely no understanding of why he is on the end of this house!! As far as I know he has no connection at all to Newcastle,so I can only assume he was put there by brickies with a sense of humour!! (click on photo for more detailed view)
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April 1, 2006 - April Fool?
about April Fool? ... posted by chris.h.

if nothing else it shows the geordie brickies have a sense of humour an understanding of literary history and an artistic flair.
that’s freakin cool. like pointulism with rectangles….in brick.brilliant!
dont matter as long as looks good !
There must be a true fan living there… Nice idea.
Crazy idea? interesting one? hard to say. I find it funky, lot creative, but would like it better if it was temporary ;)
hehe… has a tapestry kinda feel to it…
Hah! Excellent photo.
I love it!
Literary brickies of course. What’s on the other end?
I should get geordie brickies to build my house…it’s great! very talented!
It’s quite a sight. I pass it every day as my boy goes to school behind you when you took that photo.