Princess Street, Gateshead 1971
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Princess Street in Gateshead is captured in this authentic 1970s colour photograph, documenting a traditional Tyneside residential terrace shortly before its demolition. The archival image shows a long, uniform row of two-storey brick houses with slate roofs and prominent chimney stacks, many featuring the vibrant red doors typical of the era. The foreground consists of a large, desolate area of cleared land and rubble, indicating the early stages of the urban renewal projects that would eventually see this site replaced by the Gateshead Civic Centre. Stationary period vehicles are visible along the street, including a blue Volkswagen Type 2 (T1) delivery van and a tan-coloured heavy goods flatbed lorry. This factual record preserves the final years of mid-century industrial housing in the North East of England during the 1970s, serving as a poignant document of the region’s changing architectural and social landscape.
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