Record of the area around Bigg Market and Grainger Street, Newcastle, commissioned by Newcastle City Planning Department during major re-development of the city in the 1960s. Record of Bigg Market at the junction with Grainger Street, where a branch of the North East Co-op shop can be seen. Double decker buses pass by, one advertising Senior Service Satisfy. Next,there is a view of Robsons store, with Colliers Tailoring on the adjacent corner. View down an alley, through Bowers, towards the...

Record of the area around Bigg Market and Grainger Street, Newcastle, commissioned by Newcastle City Planning Department during major re-development of the city in the 1960s. Record of Bigg Market at the junction with Grainger Street, where a branch of the North East Co-op shop can be seen. Double decker buses pass by, one advertising Senior Service Satisfy. Next,there is a view of Robsons store, with Colliers Tailoring on the adjacent corner. View down an alley, through Bowers, towards the Empire Palace Theatre in Newgate Street covered in scaffolding. Signs for Bowers and Bass left and right. Another shot of the building in scaffolding [very dark at street level] ends this sequence. The film was commissioned by Newcastle City Planning Department in 1964 during re-development of the area. [Cataloguer's Note: During the 1960s many parts of Newcastle were designated Comprehensive Development Areas (CDAs). T. Dan Smith, City Councillor 1950-1965, and William Burns, Chief Planning Officer, initiated a modernisation programme with widespread demolition of Victorian and Georgian parts of the city and construction of new urban motorways, parking facilities, commercial buildings and housing.]