The High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, during a Zeppelin air raid

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Date:1917

Description:Sunset sky, lamps creating diffused light on a dim High Street through which the Guildhall can just be seen. A running figure is just visible towards the right of the picture. This pastel image is signed by A. W. Harrison and dated 1917 in the bottom righthand corner. Harrison was inspired to create the picture from a photograph that captured the L13 Zepplin as it passed over the town on its way to a bombing raid over Liverpool on 31st January 1916.


Timeline

The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.

1280s
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Trinity Fair Charter, Granted by King Edward I
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Trinity Fair Charter, Granted by King Edward I

This is Newcastle-under-Lyme’s oldest surviving charter. A charter is a formal ...

1800s
View from Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme looking south
View from Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme looking south

Watercolour by James Hulse of a view looking from Red Lion Square towards the High ...

1840s
The Rutland, Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Rutland, Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme

A pen ink and coloured wash by John Whessell of the Rutland public house, Red Lion ...

1870s
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This very early photograph captures the scene as a horse and cart waits on the cobbles ...

1890s
Newcastle Cycling Club, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle Cycling Club, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Photogragh of the Newcastle Cycling Club with penny-farthing bicycles.

1910s
Oxen's Chemist, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Oxen's Chemist, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Oxen's had two chemists shops in Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1905 onwards. The original ...

1930s
Roebuck Coaching Inn, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Roebuck Coaching Inn, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Photograph of the Old Roebuck coaching Inn shortly before it was demolished to make ...

1950s
Old Town Clerk's Office, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Old Town Clerk's Office, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Photograph of the Old Town Clerk's office which was located on the High Street. The ...

1990s
Laura Ashley's, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Laura Ashley's, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Watercolour by Alston Emery in 1991 showing the frontage of the Laura Ashley shop, ...

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Donor ref:PAC142-88 (22/22978)

Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme

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