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THIS HOTEL is located in the trendy Canal St Martin area of Paris, near various fashionable bars and shops and is just a stones throw away from the Gare du Nord. I think your readers would agree it is an ideal place to stay for any Geordie straying from the Costa del Whitley over the summer months.
Thanks to C. |
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SOME PEOPLE like to relax with a morning paper after a heavy night out, while others may prefer to take advantage of the E-Top Up service helpfully provided by Chillingham News, in Heaton. |
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CUSTOMER RELATIONS have never been better at Wilkinsons’ Newcastle branch - where staff are only too happy to provide special assistance for short, fat people |
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THE LONG-TERM future of Ellington Colliery - Northumberland’s last remaining coal mine - may be uncertain, but residents of the nearby village don’t see much of a future if this road sign is anything to go by |
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ANYONE ON Tyneside will know that ‘tack’ is charva slang for hash, so this was a particularly ill-advised name for a shop in Seaton Delaval selling horse equipment. Anyway, the shop is now closed-down, so here’s a ready-made opportunity for some enterprising radgie to open a drugs den |
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RESIDENTS OF Longbenton have had their devotion to junk food recognised by Findus, who recently put this sign up near the entrance of the estate.
It’s not clear what form the sponsorship takes, but it’s hoped their example will be followed by other companies.
It’s about time the likes of Lambert & Butler, White Lightning, Kappa, Netto and other prestige brands and labels also put something back into the communities which support them.
Nice one, Findus.
• Editors note: The sign is 100% genuine- check it out if you don't believe it. |
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NEWCASTLE has been voted the Stag and Hen capital of the UK and it’s champion to see the city’s caterers doing the Toon proud.
Upon hearing the news, local bakers Milligans wasted no time in ammending their sandwich menu: no more stottie sandwiches - now revellers can get their teeth into some local tottie (poor spelling forgiven, just this once.) |
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THE PICTURE on the left was submitted anonymously. The note attached says this place has its knockers, but it’s a perfectly sensible name for a fast-food shop near the Bigg Market.
We are also asked to refrain from cheap and smutty comments along the lines of “I’ll have a couple of quarter-pounders, please.” Not our style, mate.
Meanwhile, pity the poor promotions girls who had to hand out the leaflet below, on Northumberland Street.
One can only hope the invitation wasn’t taken too literally by starved blokes who fancied something to munch on.
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BUILDERS WORKING on a new restaurant in Pudding Chare cleverly rearranged some of the letters of its previous name, into the sign pictured on the left. Nearby Evening Chronicle staff didn’t find it amusing and called the police, who ordered the new owners to remove it immediately.
Now open and trading under the name of Diablo. |
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A RARE London win for Newcastle United was celebrated in style this month, when a Toon top and scarf were placed on the Northern Goldsmith clock, on Westgate Road, immediately after Spurs were beaten 1-0.
Maybe not quite as ambitious as the huge number-nine shirt draped on the Gateshead Angel a couple of years ago, this is nevertheless a magnificent effort, and worth recording in Newcastle Stuff before it's removed. |
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AN ADVERT in the window of Raby News, in Byker, proves we’re an animal-loving lot in Newcastle. Who else would provide their dog with a comfy chair to relax in, after a hard day at the track? |
