Bast Art in the Ouseburn

Bast  is a Brooklyn based street artist who currently has an exhibition  at the Lazarides Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne. he has been busy down in the Ouseburn valley where this picture was taken.

Liddle-Henzell Glass-works

marking the site of the glass-works in the Ouseburn valley, Newcastle upon Tyne

bike

Near the Cluny at the Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, yesterday

Easter Sunday

 part of a huge crowd of young people at the Ouseburn artistic quarter enjoying unseasonably warm weather in Newcastle upon Tyne today

Ouseburn terrace

Ouseburn Bridges

please see here for more details: The Ouseburn

the Ouseburn

Pleasure craft on the lower reaches of  the Ouseburn  in Newcastle upon Tyne

Andy Carroll goes to Liverpool

Both local and National news has  followed the story of the recent sale of Newcastle United's young talismanic striker to Liverpool for £35 million. The Newcastle Chairman, Mike Ashley, has few fans on Tyneside and Carroll  lost a few for agreeing to change clubs. One disgruntled fan has made his views known on the Metro bridge high above the Ouseburn valley.

The Cluny

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The Cluny is a bar and music venue set in the the Ouseburn valley which once was a thriving industrial area containing lead works, potteries and a corn mill. The Cluny building once housed a bottling plant for a Scotch whisky called the Cluny.

refunk your junk

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the Ouseburn valley in Newcastle hosts numerous art, print and artisan workshops, one of the latest being Refunk your Junk which takes old furniture and gives it a twist.

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http://www.refunkyourjunk.co.uk/

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Ouseburn building

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this is in the Ouseburn valley which was once a centre for industrial activity but is now a location for arts, crafts and new creative businesses.
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