Gateshead, Bottle Bank, People's Music Hall

HER Number:
7873

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Bottle Bank, People's Music Hall

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Music Speech and Dance Venue

Site Type: Specific:
Music Hall

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This was in a large public house in Bottle Bank. It seated 400 people. But it had a short life from 1874-80. The owner was George Handyside, who later built the Handyside Arcade in Newcastle. He tried to establish another music hall at Pleasant Row, but residents petitioned and a theatre licence was withheld.

Easting:
254

Northing:
635

Grid Reference:
NZ254635

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
I.C. Carlton, 1974, A Short History of Gateshead, p 68