LAUREL and HARDY in NEWCASTLE

Laurel & Hardy in Newcastle

NEWCASTLE EMPIRE THEATRE
Newgate Street
(Demolished 1963. Swallow Hotel built on site.)

Laurel & Hardy came to Newcastle on all four tours. In 1932 they were in the area for just one day - 28 July. They stayed the night in Tynemouth, but made walk-on appearances at the Queen's Hall and the Stoll Cinema in Newcastle.

In 1947 they opened their tour w/c 24 February at the Newcastle Empire, and stayed at the Royal Station Hotel.

1952 - w/c 17 March - found Laurel and Hardy back at the Newcastle Empire, but they ended up staying in Tynemouth again.

Laurel and Hardy's last visit was w/c 23 November 1953, where they made their third visit to the Newcastle Empire, and this time managed to get booked into the Royal Station Hotel.

Laurel & Hardy in Newcastle

ROYAL STATION HOTEL
Neville Street, adjacent to the Central Railway Station.
(2008 still a working hotel.)

ROYAL STATION HOTEL NEWCASTLE

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