Nuggets of wisdom from 16 years on night shift at King Street McDonalds

Ann Bower has worked at McDonalds for more than 40 years, 16 of which have been spent on the late shift at King Street. She has a tale to tell.

There's something very democratic about the Maccas run. It's the one restaurant in town that has had almost everyone as a customer at one time or another.

And, perhaps more than any other in town, the Maccas on the corner of King and Steel streets in Newcastle takes all sorts and has seen - for better or worse - the bones and viscera of the city.