Newcastle Quay

Newcastle Quay

Postby Whickham » Fri Jun 18, 2021 10:07 pm

Kevin has sent me this fine view of the river taken from behind the scenes.

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Photo courtesy of Kevin Blair
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Re: Newcastle Quay

Postby northeast » Sat Jun 19, 2021 6:20 am

Another good find from the man behind the scenes.
Looks to me like OLIVIAN COAST on the Quay
http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ye ... VIAN+COAST

Maybe one of the older Constantine steamers on the south side.
Who's the bloke occupying a car parking space?
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Re: Newcastle Quay

Postby magoonigal » Sat Jun 19, 2021 8:01 am

The memorial fountain and statue of Colonel William Lisle Blenkinsop Coulson (1841 – 1911) is located on Horatio Street in Newcastle. It was originally located by the Haymarket when unveiled by the Lord Mayor on the 27th May 1914. Because of congestion by the Haymarket the statue was moved. Colonel Coulson was a founding member of the Humanitarian League, formed in England in 1891. The League opposed both corporal and capital punishment; and was also a forerunner to the modern animal rights movement, campaigning for the banning of all hunting for sport, and vivisection. The Humanitarian League was discontinued in 1919. The memorial is Grade II listed.

Looks a bit different now with all the development, but this is how I remember it from my Lunchtime Quayside walks when I was at school.
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Re: Newcastle Quay

Postby magoonigal » Sat Jun 19, 2021 8:13 am

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2010 picture credited to Andrew Curtis.
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Re: Newcastle Quay

Postby northeast » Sat Jun 19, 2021 9:47 am

Very good, I wonder if he was related to the shipbuilding Coulsons.
What a sad contrast with Kevin's old photo.
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