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2. bookshop on Percy Street later taken over by Blackwell's (7)
4. Cinema in Pilgrim Street; opened in 1937 as a news cinema: still in its original Grade 2 listed building (8)
5. saint's name of church in front of Newcastle Civic Centre (6)
6. Bob's wife in The Likely Lads (6)
7. name of family who owned Wallington Hall: one member was the MP for Newcastle Central between the wars (9)
8. military vehicles produced by Vickers Armstrong: one is now on display in front of the Discovery Museum (5)
10. site of priory and castle where the Tyne meets the North Sea; its priors owned a large part of the estate of Benwell before the Reformation (9)

1. type of bus connected to system of overhead electric wires: replaced trams in Newcastle which ran on rails in the road (7)
2. river marking the boundary between England and Scotland for much of its distance (5)
3. original product of Rington's when founded in 1907 (3)
4. imposing building on the left hand side of Grey Street: part of Richard Grainger's city centre redevelopment in the 19th century (7,5)
6. popular fizzy drink in the 1950s: advertised as "the appetiser" (5)
7. railway still operating in County Durham today, run by volunteers: believed to be the world's oldest railway (8)
9. Mark .....: ice cream parlour in Newcastle: founded in 1892 (5)
10. favourite game in the school yard (5)
11. number of balls in this West Newcastle lane (3)