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A Forgotten NE Photographer - Charles Nicol
Heritage Open Day: Julian Harrop, from Beamish Museum, tells the story of Charles Nicol, a gifted photographer based in Grosvenor Road in Jesmond, whose archive is a vital record of local places and personalities from 1900 onwards. Julian Harrop, the Photographic Collections Coordinator from Beamish Museum, tells the story of Charles Nicol a locally based photographer who was born in Jesmond, the son of a Master Mariner, who did his apprenticeship in Newcastle and area.Photographs will include central Newcastle and the coast, 1890s, also some of his wonderful local holiday recording.He was a member of Jesmond Presbyterian Church, Associate of the Royal Photographic Society, President of the Durham and Northumberland Photographs Association and a popular portrait photographer for over 50 years.
Thursday 17 September
Jesmond Library, St. Georges Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE2 2DL
Thu 17 Sep:6-7pm; Free Entry.
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