Share your experiences of these popular gathering spots through these pictures which come to us from the excellent Newcastle Photo Archive.
We have memories from the 1950s to the 1980s including the Rock Hotel, Crooked Billet, Darnell, Durham Ox and Broken Doll.
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1. The Queen Victoria
The Queen Victoria pictured on Blenheim and Sunderland Street in an archive scene from 1956. | Newcastle Photo Archive

2. Shipwright Arms
The Shipwright Arms and the Fountain are both captured in this archive view from 1956. | Newcastle Photo Archive

3. Freemasons Arms
The Freemasons Arms in Scotswood Road gets our attention in a view from 1956. | Newcastle Photo Archive

4. Behind the bakery
The old 'crystal palace' pub which was behind the bakery. Tell us if you remember it. | Newcastle Photo Archive