The Newcastle Chronicle has an excellent new article on the Brutalist buildings that Owen Luder designed for Newcastle Upon Tyne. Naturally, it includes some information and great pictures of the famous Get Carter car park. It’s an interesting read and … Read More
Without much notice, the BBC magazine programme, The One Show, this week broadcast a small piece in which Dave King (of The Hairy Bikers) returned to Newcastle to interview Get Carter director Mike Hodges. The piece centred around the changing … Read More
This week represents the 45th anniversary of the release of Get Carter to cinemas, reports the Newcastle Chronicle. Interestingly, the movie opened in the USA a full week before it did in the UK – but only in the New York … Read More
The Northern Echo is reporting that the nightclub featured in Get Carter is to be knocked down and transformed into student flats. The nightclub has had many names in recent years, but to any fans of the film it will always … Read More
2016 represents five years since the infamous Owen Luder brutalist structure was pulled down, reports the Newcastle Chronicle. The car park had been on a gradual shutdown since 1995 when the upper levels were closed before finally fully shutting its … Read More