Much change has taken place in Newcastle city centre since our main image was captured 50 years ago.
The likes of Eldon Square shopping centre, the Tyne and Wear Metro system, and the pedestrianisation of Northumberland Street were still some years off in December 1972 - while this striking building on Pilgrim Street was then home to the city's principal fire station.
If you're ever passing, you will see Roman numerals inscribed above the entrance showing the date 1931 - which was when construction work began. It was built on the site of the Victorian courts and police station which stood on the corner of Pilgrim Street and Worswick Street.
