The official opening of Tish Murtha House in Newcastle's West End means the name of the acclaimed photographer who captured many of her iconic images in that part of the world will now be immortalised.
Her striking depictions of Tyneside working class life in the late 1970s and 1980s, such as Elswick Kids, have gained major recognition from far and wide. Tish died in March 2013 on the day before her 57th birthday. Since then, her daughter Ella has worked tirelessly to promote her mother’s pictorial legacy.
Ella and Dexter Murtha-Brown (Tish's grandson) were joined by the Sheriff of Newcastle, Coun Veronica Dunn, residents, and invited guests for the official opening of Tish Murtha House on Wolsingham Street, Elswick. The name for the sheltered housing scheme of 38 one and two-bedroomed apartments for older people was chosen by local schoolchildren from St Michael’s Primary School.
