Nancy Pilgrim Street has the wonderful Alderman Fenwick'shouse which is well worth a visit on Heritage Open Days . Also the Firestation is there where many people will remember going as a child to see the large Christmas Nativity which I believe is still on and outside of which was the place to meet your date in the 70s and 80s. Swan House roundabout used to be grim but now has huge signage for Metro radio, 55 degrees North and the Newcastle Spa Retreat loudly broadcasting Pilgrim Street as the entrance to a modern city that even subreferences a TV programme. Even the Old Odeon is a treasure house inside . Carliol House at the top is as art deco as you could find although I'd like to know more of this era in the town. Across the road The newly refurbished Tyneside Cinema is our art house cinema of national reputation with a tea room that is far less busy than the cafes a hundred yards up the road on Northumberland Street. The ceiling in the Monkey bar is also worth a look although I can't remember what the real name of the Monkey Bar is these days. Debs -------------------------------------------------- > > Pilgrim Street, especially the southern part, today is a blott on > Newcastle's landscape.