2015年2月18日 · We recalled how the grand old Town Hall, which was demolished in 1973, was home to a winter zoo for a couple of years during the mid-1960s. The attraction housed a host of lions, tigers,...

2018年8月14日 · As a special birthday treat, four year old Sarah Bangor's parents took her to the Newcastle Winter Zoo. As an extra special treat, Sarah, of Pollard Street, South Shields, was allowed to feed...

2015年2月18日 · We recalled how the grand old Town Hall, which was demolished in 1973, was home to a winter zoo for a couple of years during the mid-1960s. The attraction housed a host of lions, tigers, monkeys, llamas, exotic birds, snakes, and even a dolphin.

This rare footage is part of a short film that was unearthed in an attic which will bring back memories of an unusual zoo which pitched up in Newcastle. The Winter Zoo took up residence in...

2019年3月22日 · This Winter Market Zoo in Newcastle was set up to overwinter the Animal Collection from Flamingo Park in North Yorkshire ... The Winter Zoo began in 1965 and ran until at least 1969 ... over the Winter period only ... amongst the collection were Lions , Tigers , Monkeys , Exotic Birds , Giraffe, Chimpanzees , Llamas , Elephants , Snakes and a ...

2013年3月7日 · NOTHING has sparked more interest among Remember When readers than the old Winter Zoo in late 1960s Newcastle. Following the story of the newly-discovered cine film, now published on our...

Bigg Market Winter Zoo , Town Hall , Exhibition Centre , St Nicholas Square , Newcastle Upon Tyne .. This Winter Market Zoo in Newcastle was set up to overwinter the Animal Collection from Flamingo...

The Bigg Market is located close to Newcastle Cathedral. The market was the former location of Newcastle’s old Town Hall, which was built between 1858 and 1863 and which housed a zoo in the 1960s. The building was demolished in 1973.

The Bigg Market is a site of historical significance in Newcastle upon Tyne and dates back to the Middle Ages, when it was the site of a thriving marketplace that formed an important part of the Great North Road. The market was named after a type of coarse barley, called bigg, that was widely sold from the stalls. [1]

2020年6月19日 · Did you know that there once was a Winter Zoo in the Bigg Market? Sounds a bit strange doesn't it, now that it's usually more famous for it's nightlife! The Zoo was set up to overwinter the...