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Newcastle Corporation Tramways Band 1910 (from the galleries of the International Bandsmans Enquire Within) For reasons which may or may not become clear, I have recently become interested in the Newcastle Corporation Tramways Band. Here they are in 1910 in the rather fetching double breasted...
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Recalling the early days of cinema in Newcastle, Kinematograph Weekly noted that in 1906 there was only one film renter in the city, and that was George Henderson.[1] As I discussed in an earlier post, Henderson was already almost 50 when he entered the film business, showing animated pictures as...
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Here is George Henderson. See how he stands triumphantly atop the Red Lion pub sign, which has been dashed to the ground and lies shattered beneath his feet? In its place he has erected the sign of an alternative recreational pleasure – sober, rational and aspirational – the Picture Theatre. His...