A year or so ago I bought this on eBay for the princely sum of £1. It is a lovely (original) Wills' Cigarettes card of Carliol House in the heart of Newcastle. I reckon the little item dates to 1931, which is, I think, three years after the Art Deco building originally opened. Here's what is says on the reverse (click on the image to make it bigger) ...
The famous old building running along Market Street East - and with its mighty 'tower' on the junction with Pilgrim Street - is still with us, of course ... if only just. It has survived a recent scare when the whole of the rest of the city centre block (including the Odeon Cinema and Dex Garage car park) were cleared to make way for a huge new office complex. Government workers from Longbenton and Washington, respectively, are earmarked to move into the premises - to be called Pilgrim's Quarter - in 2027. The official website can be found here, but there's loads of stuff available online about the plans.
Don't worry though. They are going to (at the very least) include the fine south-facing facade of the building in the finished article. There has been, however, some concern that they may be ripping out all the 'internals'. Ho-hum.
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