Wakes, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

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Date:1905

Description:The busy market merges with the fair ground rides in this scene of a Wakes in Newcastle. Swing-Boats can be seen in the foreground and were a popular ride at the time.

The first tall building on the right hand side of the street is what became the Nat West Bank. This photograph records the time before the building to its left was demolished in order to enable vehicle access to Hassell Street, around the time of World War Two.


Timeline

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

1770s
Miniature of Dr Blest Hadderton, Mayor of Newcastle, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Miniature of Dr Blest Hadderton, Mayor of Newcastle, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Blest Hadderton began his practice as a doctor in the 1700s on the High Street and ...

1840s
Poster for 'Wakes Week', Newcastle-under-Lyme
Poster for 'Wakes Week', Newcastle-under-Lyme

'Wakes Week' was originally a religious celebration that became a secular tradition, ...

1880s
Fanny Deakin, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Fanny Deakin, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Fanny Deakin was a Labour then Communist councillor for Newcastle-under-Lyme. She ...

1920s
C. Capener's Butchers Shop, Newcastle-under-Lyme
C. Capener's Butchers Shop, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This is Charles Capener's Butchers on Newcastle-under-Lyme's High Street, sometime ...

1930s
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The tall building on the left hand side of this photograph was the original covered ...

1960s
View of the market on High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
View of the market on High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

View of High Street looking south.

1980s
Aerial view of Newcastle-under-Lyme
Aerial view of Newcastle-under-Lyme

The Gas Holder and Smithfield Cattle market, demolished in the mid 1990s, can be ...

2000s
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This is the Newcastle-under-Lyme High Street in 2001. The Woolworths Group collapsed ...

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Donor ref:PA 5733 (22/4512)

Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme

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