Anyone who rubbed shoulders with the Newcastle music scene in the 1980s and '90s will doubtless remember this place.
This was the Broken Doll pub on Blenheim Street photographed 35 years ago in April 1988. A popular haunt for students from nearby Newcastle College, it also functioned as a notable local gig venue where countless bands - from blues, to punk, to alternative - honed their chops in front of a live audience seven nights a week.
Many of us will remember 'the Doll' as a raucous, earthy, rough-around-the-edges bar with a friendly, mixed crowd. It also sold a mean pint of highly-potent Slalom D lager. Inside, the walls were plastered with posters advertising local groups, and outside there was often a row of impressive motorbikes parked up.
