Northumbria University

a section of wall near Northumbria University's Design and Business Schools in Newcastle upon Tyne

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I suspect this gentleman is probably unaware his photo has been pasted onto a walkway near Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne; maybe he'll see it one day.

Winter comes early to Tyneside

winter came early to the North-East yesterday as demonstrated by this glass outside Northumbria University's Student's Union this morning

Mr Speaker at Northumbria University

John Bercow  the Speaker of the House of Commons was at Northumbria University this evening to give a lecture entitled Parliament Beyond Westminster, at which he
 outlined his plans to reunite Parliament with the public  and to modernise, revive and reform the chamber. During the course of the evening I   asked  him whether he followed his wife Sally's ' tweets'; he said he did not, but vigorously defended her democratic right to do so. Good for him.

Graduation , Northumbria University

Northumbria University  held one of many graduation ceremonies today at Newcastle City Hall

Jane Bown 100 Portraits

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Jane Bown has taken portrait pictures of the famous for the Oberver newspaper since 1949. An exhibition of her work 100 Portraits is currently on display at the Northumbria University Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne

Sunday Market, Quayside, Newcastle

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The Quayside is one of the oldest parts of Newcastle and a record exists of there being a milk market there back in 1717 . According to Henry Bourne's History of Newcastle Upon Tyne of 1736 there were daily markets on the Quayside for fish, herbs, bread, cloth and leather. On Saturdays, the area was home to something called Paddy's market where old clothes were sold. This continued into the second half of the 20th Century and older people may recall being told to tidy their room because it looked like “Paddy's market”. This photo shows the Sunday market which was was established in the late 1800's.

The large building in the bottom right hand corner of the photo houses the Law Courts, to the left of the crane can be seen Northumbria University's Art and Design building; the large building top right is a telephone Exchange.
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