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The Strawberry

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the old County Court

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building opened 1864, now a solicitor's offices

the Assembly Rooms

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"In an age when the polite arts by general encouragement and emulation,have advanced to a state of perfection unknown in any former period; the first stone of this edifice, dedicated to the most elegant recreation,was laid by William Lowes, Esq.On the 16th of May, 1774"

From: 'Public buildings: The Assembly Rooms', Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Including the Borough of Gateshead (1827),

blue door

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stairs of Newcastle #4

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busking

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http://www.baghdaddies.com/biog.htm

Persian Essence

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the bar under the bridge

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castle on the tracks

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shades of Grey

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footprints

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the Dog Leap Stairs

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with a Valentine's Birthday shout to one of the bairns

the number 1 bus

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sisters in the snow

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original photo by Newsha Tavakolian; snow from Tyneside skies
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a frosty Sage

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the Tyne Bridge

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Edlingham Castle

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13th and 14th centuries

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old flour mill

E and F Turnbull Building

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former warehouse, now apartments

stiff breeze

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rotor blades

taken on the flight deck of HMS Ark Royal, which is paying a courtesy visit to the Tyne this weekend. She was built on the Tyne at the Swan Hunter shipyard , entering service in 1985.