Tag: 19th Century Newcastle

Three Framed Engravings of Newcastle: 1872, 1889 and 1891

June 13, 2018

Tom and Glenda Jones have kindly donated three framed engravings to the University of Newcastle’s Cultural Collections, originally published in the Town and Country Journal, and depicting Newcastle in 1872, 1889 and 1891 respectively. We have digitised them at 600dpi for closer inspection below. Click on each of the images to view the higher resolution … More Three Framed Engravings of Newcastle: 1872, 1889 and 1891

COAL RIVER TRUE CRIME: JOHNNY’S GONE MAD AGAIN

September 30, 2016

Podcast Available Here- Johnny’s Gone Mad Again (28:28) – Dark Stories True Crimes CARDS CASE 9: JOHNNY’S GONE MAD AGAIN By the late 1800s, Newcastle was trading with San Francisco, South America and Europe and the port’s internationalism made it a volatile, if predictable, crime locus for drunken fighting, standover gangs, escaping convicts, prostitution and … More COAL RIVER TRUE CRIME: JOHNNY’S GONE MAD AGAIN