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Whickham View, Benwell
Image: © Alex McGregor
Taken: 7 Jul 2011
0.15 miles
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La Famiglia, Mozzarella and The Bindi, Whickham View
Image: © Anthony Foster
Taken: 31 Jul 2024
0.20 miles
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John Marley Centre, Whickham View, Benwell
Formerly, Whickham View Schools, dating from 1936-8, now part of Newcastle's West End College. A Grade II Listed Building https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1024807
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There is a statue of Sir John Marley (1590 - 1673) http://www.northumbria.info/Pages/marley.html in the city centre
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Image: © Andrew Curtis
Taken: 23 Mar 2012
0.21 miles
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Interior door, John Marley College, Scotswood, Newcastle upon Tyne
Detail of the still lovely art deco finishings, esp like the way the trim on the brick is reflected and continued on the door
Image: © hayley green
Taken: 29 Aug 2009
0.21 miles
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John Marley Centre, Scotswood, Newcastle upon Tyne
This lovely art deco building was built in 1936 as a secondary school, closed in 1992 and reopened in 1994 as part of Newcastle college, with local boy Mark Knopfler doing the honours.
It was named after Sir John Marley who defended the King's interest in the town during the Civil War and later became Mayor. During the 1644 Siege of Newcastle the Scots, in taking the town for Parliament, threatened to destroy the tower of St. Nicholas Church with cannon-fire to quell resistance. Sir John Marley proceeded to place Scottish prisoners within the structure to save its very existence - and save it he did!
Image: © hayley green
Taken: 29 Aug 2009
0.21 miles
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Whickham View
Image: © Alex McGregor
Taken: 7 Jul 2011
0.23 miles
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Little oak tree, Scotswood Community Garden, Newcastle upon Tyne
As well as growing lots of veg and fruit the idea of the garden project is to green this area and plant lots of native trees. The little oak tree was settling in well and looked very happy in his own glade
Image: © hayley green
Taken: 29 Aug 2009
0.23 miles
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Scotswood Community Garden
Harvest open day.
This community garden was started in 1994 on the site of a former drift mine, and was originally called the Drift Permaculture Project. It has open days a number of times a year and the one today was to celebrate the coming harvest. The promised highland cows didn't show, but on the plus side we did have bees and a talk on bee-keeping
Image: © hayley green
Taken: 29 Aug 2009
0.24 miles
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Denton Burn Methodist Church
Image: © Anthony Foster
Taken: 28 Feb 2014
0.24 miles
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Scotswood Community Garden, Newcastle upon Tyne
Harvest open day.
This community garden was started in 1994 on the site of a former drift mine, and was originally called the Drift Permaculture Project. It has open days a number of times a year and the one today was to celebrate the coming harvest. The home made bread oven wasn't in use but the sausages and burgers smelt very good
Image: © hayley green
Taken: 29 Aug 2009
0.24 miles