What object or keepsake sums up Tyneside for you? A Newcastle United shirt, a bottle of Brown Ale, a copy of Viz?
If any of those was your choice, you are not alone. They are among the items featured in the first exhibition on the People’s Plinth at the Farrell Centre at Newcastle University.
The centre opened in April, having been instigated by the international architect Sir Terry Farrell, who grew up in the city and graduated from Newcastle University. The public has been invited to lend objects for regularly changing exhibitions on the plinth, with the centre saying: “These objects are personal, but also frequently speak to shared and collective experiences over the years. Together they offer a snapshot of Tyneside as it was, as it is, and as it might become. We are looking for anything and everything that helps tell the story of Tyneside.”
