I awoke abruptly at 1am in the morning to the sound of what I soon realized was the fire alarm going off. We both leaped out of bed just as the alarm stopped ringing so I returned to bed and when I was satisfied it was a false alarm I went back to sleep. I [...]
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Filed under Anecdotes, Art, Holidays, Newcastle 2015
Newcastle – Day Four
22 Comments CherryPie on Nov 3rd 2015
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 [...]
22 Comments CherryPie on Sep 17th 2013
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle 2013
The Black Gate
Taken from a signboard located in front of the Black Gate:
Built between 1247 and 1250 during the reign of King Henry III, the Black Gate was the last addition to the medieval Castle defences. Now a scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade I Listed Building it was the gatehouse of the barbican, a walled defensive entrance [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 17th 2013
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle 2013
The Castle Keep and The Black Gate
In this photograph The Castle Keep is situated behind The Black Gate. The Castle Keep website has this to say about the keep:
The Castle Keep of Newcastle upon Tyne was built by Henry II between 1168-1178, it is one of the finest surviving examples of a Norman Keep in the country.
It stands within a [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Apr 16th 2013
