Newcastle upon Tyne
Welcome to the culture capital of the UK.
- Newcastle and the North East has contributed so much to the world
- The Electric Light - Invented by Josepth Swan The First street lights were errected outside what is now a bookshop at the monument/top of Grey St in Newcastle upon Tyne
- The Turbinia - Produced by Lord Armstrong, who incidentally lived at Cragside in Northumberland which was The house was the first in the world to be lit by hydro-electricity. The worlds first steam turbine powered ship
- Modern Railways - George Stephenson, the father of modern railways
Then of course there's always the world famous
Bigg Marketas featured extensively in Viz home of Sid the Sexist and the Fat Slags.
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owen haren....probably lurking
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