Sept. 2. - As some workmen were digging under a house in the Flesh market, Newcastle, they discovered, at the depth of 18 inches from the surface, two human sculls, and several other bones, which had apparently belonged to full grown men or women.
From: T Fordyce, J. Sykes. Local records; or, Historical register of remarkable events which have occurred in Northumberland and Durham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Berwick-upon-Tweed..., published 1867
The Rutherford Fountain in the Bigg Market was unveiled following it's restoration on the 21st of April 1998. The red sandstone monument, originally built in 1894, had become weathered required renovation. A decision was made not to reconnect the water supply to the renovated fountain for health and safety reasons. The fountain bears the message 'water is best', the message of the anti-alcohol Band of Hope Union which commissioned the fountain in 1890 in memory of John Rutherford.
Co-Curate is a project which brings together online collections, museums, universities, schools
and community groups to make and re-make stories and images from North East England and Cumbria.
Co-Curate
is a trans-disciplinary project that will open up 'official' museum and 'un-officia'l co-created
community-based collections and archives through innovative collaborative approaches using
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