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David Morton

A picture postcard view of Blackett Street, Newcastle - and banana-yellow buses

Our recent feature on picture postcards recalled their prevalence in the early decades of the 20th century.

Countless millions were sent as a way of quickly and inexpensively keeping in touch with friends and family in an age long before the arrival of modern communications.

This particular postcard view of Newcastle’s Blackett Street, looking east, dates from a little later in the century.

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