Is there a 'secret newcastle'?

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Mon 23 May, 2011 12:13 am

Link to website if you know, thanks.

String o' beads · Post by **String o' beads** » Mon 23 May, 2011 12:41 am

Funnily enough, I was considering setting one up. There isn't one that I know of. There are a few local history sites but nothing like secret leeds.

String o' beads · Post by **String o' beads** » Mon 23 May, 2011 12:44 am

This is one of the local sites but it's not a message board. This guy went and photographed all the pubs in Gateshead. It will make a valuable archive. http://www.gateshead-pubs.com/4595.html

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Mon 23 May, 2011 12:50 am

I was bouncing down Forth Lane after the match an noticed a city crest in the wall above the passage. Wondered if it was some sort of boundary marker. It'll be about where the wall went.

String o' beads · Post by **String o' beads** » Mon 23 May, 2011 1:05 am

Yes, that's an area where the city walls were. I'll try and find out some more.

buffaloskinner · Post by **buffaloskinner** » Mon 23 May, 2011 7:23 pm

Not quite Newcastle, a few miles short but very interesting all the sameHidden Teessidehttp://www.hidden-teesside.co.uk/

Post by **chameleon** » Mon 23 May, 2011 8:10 pm

I seem to remember that there is a counterpart to Secret Leeds for Glassgow at least, other cities and towns somewhere must do something similar - theinternet seems like the place to research this.Interesting as it will be to learn of other sites, please let's remember that this one is about Leeds (and the odd secret village)and avoid delving too much into the secret environs of more distant lands!

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Mon 23 May, 2011 8:22 pm

There is an excellent website centered around the Get Carter locations - then and now pics, history of the locations and the wider area, local info etc. Post edited to say I've found the link: http://www.getcartertour.pwp.blueyonder ... tcarter/So not quite a Secret Tyneside, but a website worth and hour or two if you have the time.Phill also has some excellent Get Carter location pics on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn ... 494044859/

Post by **chameleon** » Mon 23 May, 2011 10:47 pm

raveydavey wrote: There is an excellent website centered around the Get Carter locations - then and now pics, history of the locations and the wider area, local info etc. Post edited to say I've found the link: http://www.getcartertour.pwp.blueyonder ... tcarter/So not quite a Secret Tyneside, but a website worth and hour or two if you have the time.Phill also has some excellent Get Carter location pics on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn ... 494044859/ I remember that being mentioned Davey, in another thread - don't remember which though!

String o' beads · Post by **String o' beads** » Mon 23 May, 2011 11:56 pm

chameleon wrote: Interesting as it will be to learn of other sites, please let's remember that this one is about Leeds (and the odd secret village)and avoid delving too much into the secret environs of more distant lands! Indeed. If only we had a website with a pm facility we could discuss off topic stuff without cluttering it.So, just a final word about Forth Lane - a passage that reminds me a lot of the ones off Kirkgate and Briggate. I don't know if the city arms plaque is there because it is indeed close to the site of one area of the town walls, or whether it's for the building itself, which now houses Newcastle Arts Centre, which has some interesting information on its website:http://www.newcastle-arts-centre.co.uk/history.htm