When I got up in the morning and looked out of the window I noticed that the weather had changed to rain. After breakfast, equipped with raincoat and umbrella, I left the hotel and set off towards Grey Street to see the monument. Luckily on this occasion the scaffolding had gone so I could enjoy [...]
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22 Comments CherryPie on Sep 17th 2013
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle 2013
Grey Street
Unfortunately Grey Street wasn’t at its best when I visited. It was shrouded with scaffolding!
The inscription on the base of Grey’s monument reads as follows:
THIS COLUMN WAS ERECTED IN 1838
TO COMMEMORATE
THE SERVICES RENDERED TO HIS COUNTRY BY
CHARLES EARL GREY K.G.
WHO, DURING AN ACTIVE POLITICAL CAREER OF
NEARLY HALF A CENTURY
WAS THE CONSTANT ADVOCATE OF PEACE
AND [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 11th 2013
