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Description: | This is a brass door knocker, with the upper half shaped like the Tyne Bridge. The lower half shows Newcastle's Coat of Arms. It is inscribed 'Tyne-Bridge Newcastle on Tyne. Bridge opened 1928. Exhibition 1929'. The knocker was probably sold as a souvenir at the 1929 North East Coast Exhibition, but it also commemorates the opening of the Tyne Bridge, which quickly became one of Newcastle's most famous landmarks. Both the exhibition and the bridge were symbols of hope for Newcastle at a time of recession. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | living in the North East home life Newcastle | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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