The Cathedral Church of St Nicholas started out as a humble parish church. It has only been a cathedral since 25th July 1882 when due to the rapid growth of the industrial population Newcastle separated from ancient diocese of Durham.
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The Cathedral Church of St Nicholas
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 30th 2013
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Newcastle 2013
Morning View
The morning after the night before.
18 Comments CherryPie on Mar 28th 2013
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Newcastle – Day Two – PM
A few minutes after I had settled down into the warmth I spotted JD arriving and being intercepted by the Concierge who, from conversations the previous night, I had realised had a wonderfully dry sense of humour
JD and I sat and chatted for a while and he gave me his painting of the [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Mar 27th 2013
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Newcastle – Day Two – AM
I rose at an ungodly hour to have breakfast with Mr C before he left to deliver his training course. I had a little bit of a giggle whilst the receptionist was trying to call a cab for Mr C. The surname is quite incomprehensible ‘up north’. I proffered the suggestion, just ask [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 26th 2013
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Newcastle – Day One
The fact that the Public and Commercial Services trade union had called a strike on Wednesday gave me the excuse to take an extra day off and accompany Mr C to Newcastle where he was delivering a training course on Thursday. I have fond memories of business trips to Newcastle a number of years ago [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Mar 25th 2013
This warning was displayed on all the motorways on my long journey back from a night away in the frozen north. Whilst I was there I took the opportunity to spend time with a friend.
It has been extremely windy and it has snowed most of the day here, but thankfully it is thawing as [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 22nd 2013
