Passengers on the Metro, 1985. Picture courtesy of Nexus.

Newcastle United fans on the Gallowgate End terraces at St James' Park, September 11th 1976. Picture courtesy of Mirrorpix. #nufc #newcastleunited

Fireworks over the River Tyne on Bonfire Night, with the Tuxedo Princess sitting under the Tyne Bridge, 1985. Picture courtesy of Newcastle Chronicle.

Eldon Square, circa 1910. From the book Glimpses of Newcastle by Andrew Clark. Picture courtesy of Summerhill Books.

Fenwick Department Store, Northumberland Street, 18th November 1966. Picture courtesy of Newcastle Chronicle.

A packed Northumberland Street during the Christmas sales, December 2001. Picture courtesy of Newcastle Chronicle.

The Inter-City 125 from Kings Cross to Edinburgh leaves Newcastle, 1978. Picture courtesy of Newcastle Chronicle.

The giant floating crane Asian Hercules II setting the Gateshead Millennium Bridge in place, November 20th 2000. Picture courtesy of Newcastle Chronicle.

The Old Assembly Rooms, May 23rd 1958.

Aerial view of the Centre for Life under construction, June 1999. Picture courtesy of Mirrorpix.

"Welcome to your Metro". Promotional material for the Metro from the mid 1980s. Picture courtesy of Nexus.

Baltic Flour Mills, 1950s by photographer J. Allan. Picture courtesy of Newcastle City Library Photographic Collection.

The Blue Star hanging from the White Horse pub in the Groat Market. The pub was demolished in the 1960s and the former Thomson House (home of the Chronicle and Journal) built on the site. From Newcastle's Old Pubs, by Andrew Clark, published by Summerhill Books.

Legends nightclub, Grey Street, undated. Picture courtesy of Newcastle Chronicle.

Chase bar, Newcastle Quayside, 1999. Picture courtesy of Mirrorpix.

The Tuxedo Princess moored on the Tyne during its farewell party, 2007. Picture courtesy of Newcastle Chronicle.