The Common Room

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The Common Room in Newcastle upon Tyne is a heritage venue, library and archive. It has a cafe bar called 5|Quarter.

Pint of science
A book cover dated 1727 with one title side upside down
Man in boiler suit and 70s hair theatrically drops weight into bucket of foam. Images have colour shifted with age
Two book covers John Curr - the man who revolutionised mining / Charles P Dixon A history of Quakers and the lead mining industry of the north Pennines / David Penn
Image of 3 year old carrying large brown box in heritage room
Titled Explore our maritime collections with URL. Four square images of boats and staithes in mix of black and white and colour.
Image of a woman in a sash in pithead showers
MB/009/071 image of an engine house with a Swedish flag on top
People looking at table of resources in a church.
Front cover of a copy of coal news newspaper
a 1983 photo of a yellow and white metro train pulling into West Jesmond station taken from the bridge above
Poster for General admission day, gives details from post plus images of inside the building in diamond shapes.
Three actors in period costume in Wood Hall at The Common Room
Steph stands at lectern before large stained glass window in the wood hall