Mundane pictures of the North

[neonwilderness]

 

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[neonwilderness]

Newcastle Civic Centre

 

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Great North Road

 

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Brandling Park

 

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[not-bono-ever]

i lived 150 metres from there

in the olden days, the tunnels were littered with Cathy Secker chalk grafitti

no one will understand this I know

 

[Puddy_Tat]

'dog leap stairs'

 

[neonwilderness]

'dog leap stairs'

• Dog Leap Stairs lead from the Castle Garth to Side. The name refers to ‘a narrow slip of ground between houses’. In 1772 Baron Eldon, later Lord Chancellor of England, eloped with Bessie Surtees making their escape, according to folkore, on horseback up Dog Leap Stairs. Dog Leap Stairs is also mentioned in the 1978 song ‘Down to the Waterline’ by Dire Straits.

I'm still none the wiser

 

[Limejuice]

Dog leap stairs. I've puffed up them a few times.

 

[kwaimaisabai]

Love all the stairs. Keep up the good work follks.

 

[Limejuice]

At the top of Dog Leap Stairs, it's a way round to St Nick's Cathedral.

This is what it looked like a couple of years ago, when Newcastle United were winning football matches. Church spire in the distance; the lane is the Black Gate; view from the top of the stairs:

(Not quite a "mundane" pic, but it's evocative.)

 

[longdog]

Dog leap stairs. I've puffed up them a few times.

There are more steps there than in the whole of Hull.

 

[avu9lives]

Nice gate post

 

[avu9lives]

Donation Station (Stockport road)

 

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Stockport

 

[avu9lives]

Bury

 

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[Roadkill]

It's ages since I've looked at this thread. I've a few photos on my phone which I'll try and get around to uploading this weekend.

 

[kwaimaisabai]

Bury

Many years ago there was an all night cafe called The Umbrella in that row. I think.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Castlefield, Manc

 

[SpookyFrank]

Somewhere in the Calder valley, possibly Todmorden.

 

[Fez909]

Somewhere in the Calder valley, possibly Todmorden.

Looks like Todd to me.

I think that's Gordon Riggs (ace shop )

 

[Orang Utan]

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Castlefield, Manc

And you don't like Leeds?

 

[Roadkill]

A wintry walk to work, a few weeks ago:



Spring Bank corner



Princes Avenue



Victoria Square



Guildhall Road

 

[Roadkill]

Horrible 1950s building, Prospect Street. The big banner on the building behind it is an ad for a proposed office development, a swanky building called Trinity Tower. It's been there since before the recession...



A proper old-fashioned joke shop, in Hepworth's Arcade.



The front of a more than passable pub, the Sailmaker's Arms.



Salthouse Lane



Park Street



This has been empty as long as I can remember, but all of a sudden it's being refurbished. Nice to see a derelict building coming back to life.

 

[blairsh]