Revisiting the famous site of former shanty town 'Hollywood'

Debris bulldozed aside from the old Hollywood shanty town in the path of the new inner-city bypass. Pictures: Mike Scanlon

IS this bulldozed pile of rusted corrugated iron and timber scraps all that's left of Newcastle's famous shanty town, once called "Hollywood"?

Chances are it is, and although the last squatters here were forcibly evicted 63 years ago, other traces still survive, including a hidden, brick-lined well.