These fantastic images of Newcastle upon Tyne taken in the 1950s and 60s were taken by employees of Turners’s Ltd. This popular photographic business stemmed from when Jack Turner, who ran a chemist shop, made the bold move to start selling cameras in 1932. Turners, by all accounts, had an excellent reputation and were commissioned by local businesses to take photos of their products and premises.
It had shops on Pink Lane, Eldon Square, Blackett Street and Clayton Street in Newcastle, as well as branches in Whitley Bay, South Shields and Darlington. Despite its relative success and popularity in the North East of England, Turners began to scale down its services in the 1980s and gradually began closing its stores.
By 1988, all its shops and photographic labs had gone.
The photos in this Flashbak collection are all courtesy of the Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums.
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I remember the Clayton Street Branch. Its where I got most of my photographic equipment back in the day before smart phones.
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Sounds really interesting Bob am I right in saying you were only a year old when this shop was here in Newcastle am I right Bob.
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No, I was in my early twneties and would have been around 1973. Turners had been around for a long time before I went their.
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I see what you mean Bob so that was thirteen years before I was born I love blogging about things like this from years before I was born Bob.
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I guess it was one of those institutions that started in Newcastle and then spread nationwide. Not sure why it was never taken over unless digital photography took over from general photographic services for the public?
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That’s all really interesting Bob I’ll have to read more about that on Google to and read more about it on Google this week in park view project Bob
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