This building at the corner of Grainger Street and Westgate Road was originally the Trustee Savings Bank - better known for a while as the TSB, now Lloyds TSB.
A few years back, when the renovation was under way to convert this place into a bar, something went wrong and the whole of the back of the building collapsed. Chaos ensued; metros were cancelled (one of the metro lines goes underneath) and buses diverted while they shored up the facade to make sure it survived. As always, Timmonet has more (I really should email this guy to thank him; he has a great archive of Newcastle shots and tons of information).
Cassandra’s post from last Wednesday is now where it should be! Check it out, it’s a great pic.
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since April 2006.
Like the crenelations(?) on the roof!
I remember the collapse - the whole back of the building came off!! I was working at the Chronicle at the time. That street was closed to buses for best part of a year til the outer scaffolding could come off. Crazy stuff.