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Mapping the Town: 3: Newcastle

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Archaeologist Julian Richards presents a series showing how to discover your town's past through the streets and buildings of today.

He reveals why both the Romans and the Normans built bridges and castles on the same site by the River Tyne and how coal and the railways transformed medieval Newcastle into one of the world's greatest industrial cities. Producer David Olusoga

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Presenter:
Julian Richards
Producer:
David Olusoga
Source: Radio Times

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