Heaton, Red Hall Drive, The Lochside Public House

HER Number:
15639

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Heaton, Red Hall Drive, The Lochside Public House

Place:
Heaton

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Licensed Premises

Site Type: Specific:
Public House

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Opened in 1954 By James Deuchar to serve Cochrane Park estate. He closed the Criterion and the Cricketer's Arms in Newcastle to open this pub. The name comes from two coastal steamers, Lochside (launched 1905) and Lochside II (launched in 1925), which brought beer from Deuchar's brewery in Montrose to Tyneside. 1500 barrels of beer were carried on the 16-hour voyage. Locals said 'all the sloshing about improved the beer'.

Easting:
2773

Northing:
6702

Grid Reference:
NZ27736702

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 15