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©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.4km<br/>Hexham Road was built on the line of Hadrian's Wall and gives a long, straight walk to Heddon on the Wall. The property on the far side of Dhillon's Fish Inn (Fish & Chip Shop) was once Throckley Post Office. Taken from same location as the Francis Frith photo from 1950 http://www.francisfrith.com/throckley/photos/the-post-office-c1950_T141010/ Geograph comparison viewer http://www.geograph.org.uk/stuff/frith.php?id=2240067
©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.4km<br/>Outside St Mary the Virgin Church.
©Phil Thirkell
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©Phil Thirkell
Dist:0.4km<br/>Looking along the B6528, at one time a stretch of the A69 which now bypasses Throckley.
©Stephen McKay
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©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.4km<br/>On the opposite corner is [[1975956]]
©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.4km<br/>View is down towards Throckley roundabout. On the left is [[1975904]] with a heavy buttressed retaining wall to the filtration beds. On the right is the junction with Coach Road.
©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.4km<br/>Valve House for the Newcastle & Gateshead Water Company [[1975904]] near the junction with Coach Road.
©Andrew Curtis
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©Bill Henderson
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©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.5km<br/>Taken from the roundabout at the junction with Hexham Road. St Mary's Church is on the left [[103956]]. The small building behind the car is the only reminder of the Lyric Cinema which used to be at this junction. The store is called, 'Lyric Wines'. The Lyric Cinema opened in 1935 and closed in 1966. There are photos in the Newcastle Libraries collection here http://www.flickr.com/photos/newcastlelibraries/4084947095/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/newcastlelibraries/4090995482/
©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.5km<br/>Filter beds constructed by the Newcastle & Gateshead Water Company (now disused). The small building below the trees is a valve house dating from c. 1870. Water was to Throckley by an open aqueduct and tunnel from Whittle Dean Reservoir, and then distributed by 30-inch and 24-inch metal pipes to the city.
©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.5km<br/>Houses viewed from the Co-op car park.
©Helen Wilkinson
Dist:0.5km<br/>A Care Home and Community Centre built on the site of the Centurion Public House, demolished in 2009. The junction of Broomy Hill Road is on the right. I wish that I had photographed the pub (built in the 1950s) as I used to pass it every day and never considered it would disappear. The only photo I could find was the sad tale accompanying its demolition http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2009/02/18/worker-trapped-by-collapsing-chimney-at-centurion-pub-61634-22952736/ Newcastle Libraries recent posted one dated c1960 http://www.flickr.com/photos/newcastlelibraries/4085705878/
©Andrew Curtis

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