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Axwell Park View, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE15 6NQ

In Benwell, west of Newcastle. At the bottom of the hill, the Gateshead MetroCentre - the largest shopping centre in the EU - can be seen.

A 2009 view of Alan Murray-Rust's 1966 photograph Image The buildings to the right are in the process of being demolished.

A trolleybus arrives at was then the terminus of the Elswick Road service at Benwell. Earlier, services continued beyond this point to Denton. This is the junction of Benwell Lane with Delaval Road to the right. The trolleybus will pull forward across the junction and then reverse into Delaval Road before pulling on to the departure stop (behind the lollipop man). The idea of making this sort of manoeuvre in this day and age would be unthinkable, but at that stage it was still a common practice. The presence of the lollipop man shows that this would be school finishing time, but there is nothing like the amount of traffic that there would be today. Postscript: even in 2009, the traffic seems to be quite light; the astonishing thing is how little the scene has changed Image Postscript 2014: The scene has changed beyond recognition http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3905494 For a slide show of British Trolleybuses in the late 60s http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=1773236&displayclass=slide

A 2014 update of earlier photographs in 1966 Image and 2009 Image The buildings on Benwell Lane and Delaval Road have been demolished.

Looking down on the development site of Scotswood and Delaval, recently cleared and levelled before new house building starts.

This was formerly the lodge to Benwell Towers (recently The Mitre public house) and a listed building http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=304399&resourceID=5

The ornamental gates are at the north entrance to the northerly section of Hodgkin Park on Benwell Lane. The wording in painted cut steel is 'From Lovers Lane to Gretna Road' and 'Lover's Refuge / Nature's Asylum' A reflection of local place names and, I guess, the park's place in local life. Public Monuments and Sculpture Association: http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/9558/

The pumping engine chimney was built in 1904 for the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Co. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1186128 To the right of the chimney is the former lodge house built around 1857 for the Whittle Dean Water Company https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1024949 Although the lodge and chimney are no longer in use, the water pumping station was recently upgraded, providing a supply of drinking water to a large area of Newcastle's west end, via a large underground reservoirs behind. The earlier open reservoirs situated on the east side have been filled in and grassed over.