Newcastle in the 70s: From Supermac to the last days of Scotswood houses

What a decade that was to live in Newcastle.

The 70s were an era when Supermac arrived at St James’ Park and Newcastle battled their way to cup finals.

It was all change on the housing front in Scotswood and Brendan Foster was doing the area proud in athletics.

That’s just for starters in this selection of great Getty Images photos.

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