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Door No. 12
Illustration of geese from Our Poultry (Douglas Gilchrist Collection, G636.5 WEI)
This very whimsical coloured plate of a gaggle of Emden geese, says ‘Property of Mr F G Rawson’ underneath.
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Door No. 9
Page from Illustrated London News, Volume 92 (19th Century Collection, 19th C. Coll ILL 030)
Page from Illustrated London News, Vol. 92, dated 7th January 1888. Illustrations shows various different pantomime costumes including characters Puss in Boots, The Queen, The Blondin Donkey and Cupid.
Have you been to any pantomines this Christmas season yet?
Illustrated London News is part of our 19th Century Collection and 20th Century Collection. You can find this volume and other Illustrated London News on our Library Catalogue here.
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Door no. 8
Butcher Market, Avenue (Local Illustrations, ILL/11/206)
General plan of the Butcher and Vegetable Markets (Local Illustrations, ILL/11/206)
These two illustrations depict the interior of the Butcher’s Market, which is now known as the Grainger Market in Newcastle. A great place to visit to pick up some unique Christmas gifts!
Grainger Market opened its doors in 1835 and is named after Richard Grainger (1797 – 1861) the builder, developer and entrepreneur behind the Market. At the time it was the largest in Britain covering two acres with 12 entrances and 243 shops and stalls.
Originally it was a meat and vegetable market but the flesh-market section was optimistically large and so other goods like baskets and pottery were introduced.
On October 22nd 1835 a celebratory dinner was held in the market attended by 2000 men including John Dobson (1787 – 1865) and Grainger. Over 300 women were allowed to watch the feast in a specially constructed gallery!
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Door No. 7
Daguerrotype of The American Falls, 1840 (Daguerrotypes, DAG/2)
Daguerrotype of The Horseshoe Falls, part of Niagra Falls, 1740 (Daguerrotypes, DAG/5)
Daguerrotypes were an early form of photography. They were produced using an early photographuc process involving an iodine-sentitised silvered plate and mercury vapour. This photographic method does not permit reproduction so the images are unique.
These particular ones are significant as they are some of the first known images of the Clifton Hotel and Niagra Falls.
You can see other Daguerrotypes of Niagra Falls on CollectionsCaptured.
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Door No. 6
Page from Old Aunt Elspa’s ABC (Joseph Crawhall Collection, Crawhall 50)
Y
For Youngsters,
and Yawning,
and Yelling,
Yahoo!
Is this something that you’ll be doing on Christmas morning?
Old Aunt Elspa’s ABC is an alphabet book containing woodblock printed letters, with associated images, detailing the alphabet, created by Joseph Crawhall II.
Joseph Crawhall II was born in Newcastle in 1821 and was the son of Joseph Crawhall I, who was a sheriff of Newcastle. As well as running the family ropery business with his brothers, he also spent his time illustrating, making woodcuts and producing books.
See the full book online via CollectionsCaptured.
Interested in more from Joseph Crawhall II? Find more in the Joseph Crawhall II Collection and Joseph Crawhall II Archive.
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Door no. 3
Students Scottish dancing, 1963 (University Archives, NUA/018179-7)
Judo match, 1963 (University Archives,
NUA/018179-14)
Fencing class, 1963 (University Archives, NUA/018179-4)
These three photographs show students practicing sporting activities. What activities will you be getting up to during this festive period? Has much changed today since 1963?
You can see more from the University Archives on CollectionsCaptured.
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Door No. 24
HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVE!
The Newcastle University Special Collections team
would like to wish you all a very
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
What does your Christmas Eve consist of? Do you play games just like Kathleen Ainslie’s peg dolls, to get you in the mood for Christmas?
Illustrations taken from ‘Lady Tabitha and Us’ by Kathleen Ainslie (Rare Books, RB 823.912 AIN). You join Tabitha, a peg doll and her friends on Christmas Eve. They play party games, such as tug of war and drop the handkerchief, along with musical chairs, hunt the slippers, hide and seek, orange and lemons, blind man’s buff, guessing games and the Sir Roger dance. They then finally eat supper and “we didn’t go home till morning, till daylight did appear”.
Visit Door number 1 to find out a little bit more about Kathleen Ainslie.
Explore another Kathleen Ainslie book that we have in Special Collections; ‘Catherine Susan and Me’s Coming Out’, in our February 2017 Treasure of the Month Feature.
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Door No. 22
Letter from Geoffrey Washington Trevelyan to Father Christmas, 1917 (CPT Uncat/30)
This letter to Father Christmas was written by Geoffrey Washington Trevelyan, the youngest son of the politician Charles Philips and Lady Mary Trevelyan of Wallington (find out more about the Trevelyan Charles Philips Trevelyan here). Written at his grandparents’ house Rounton Grange on Christmas Eve 1917, when he was seven years old. Geoffrey requests that Father Christmas decorate the tree and bring presents for the children.
Geoffrey later became an engineer at de Havilland, and the 5th Baronet of Wallington.
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Door No. 21
Powell’s Products advert from Rag Pie, 1932 (University Archives, NUA/13/5)
Advertisement for Powell’s Products in Rag Pie.
This advertisement is contained within the 1932 issue of Rag Pie, which was created and published by University students of Newcastle upon Tyne, in aid of the Newcastle Dispensary, The Babies’ Hospital, The Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital and the Eye Hospital. The magazine contains advertisements alongside stories, poems and songs written by students and sold for 6d to raise money for charity.
Front cover of Rag Pie, 1932
RAG is a student-led committee which organised fundraising activities and is still active today, although Rag Pie is no longer published.
Powells Products Ltd. operated on Kells Lane Low Fell until it went into liquidation in 1970.
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Door No. 20
Christmas Tyde poem, pgs 194-195, from ‘Christmas Eve in the the Olden Time’ (Robert White Collection, W245 COL)
Christmas Tyde poem, pgs 196, from Christmas Eve in the the Olden Time (Robert White Collection, W245 COL)
Poem by Walter Scott from ‘Christmas Tyde: A Series of Sacred Songs and Poetical Pieces suited to the season’, published London: William Pickering, 1849, created by Sara Coleridge.
Find out more about the White (Robert) Collection.