Municipal Hall, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme

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Date:1965

Description:Painted in 1965 by Jack Clarkson this picture shows the magnificent Municipal Hall in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Demolished in 1967 the Hall was replaced by Newcastle library. To the left of the painting the side of the old Post Office building, now a J.D. Wetherspoons, can be seen and an entrance to the Queens Gardens forms the foreground of the painting. Notice the old red telephone box to the left of the picture. The painting is in acrylic and is signed and dated bottom right by J.Clarkson,1965.


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1800s
View of the Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
View of the Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme

A watercolour painting of the Ironmarket produced in about 1800 by James Hulse. ...

1870s
Steps House, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Steps House, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Steps House still stands today, though the steps have been removed as the height ...

1890s
H Watsons Provisions Warehouse, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
H Watsons Provisions Warehouse, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme

H. Watson's tea and provisions warehouse was located at numbers 31 & 32 Ironmarket. ...

1920s
The Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Taken in 1920 this photograph shows the Ironmarket in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The ...

1940s
Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The name of Ironmarket no doubt came from the fact that Newcastle was a centre of ...

1960s
Demolition of the Municipal Hall, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Demolition of the Municipal Hall, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The Hall was demolished in 1967 and the present Newcastle Library now occupies the ...

2000s
Municipal Hall and Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Municipal Hall and Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Signed and dated 2001 by artist Alf Fallows this watercolour depicts the Ironmarket ...

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Donor ref:PAC176-88 (22/22990)

Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme

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