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Blue Plaque unveiled at the site of Newcastle's legendary former Club a'Gogo

The Club a'Gogo located on the second floor of Newcastle's Handyside Arcade attracted some of popular music's biggest up-and-coming acts between 1962 and 1968

Chronicle Live · Sep 8, 2022

Legendary Newcastle former nightclub and music venue to get blue plaque next week

Newcastle's Club a'Gogo, which operated on the city's Percy Street, played host to some of popular music's biggest rising stars in the 1960s

Chronicle Live · Aug 30, 2022

The slow decline and final demise of Newcastle's legendary Handyside Arcade

One of the mainstays of Newcastle's Handyside Arcade was the owner of the popular Kard Bar store, Brian Sandells, who was there from the arcade's 1960s renaissance to its 1987 closure

Chronicle Live · Apr 11, 2022