Dedicated to Kenton Bar Estate and the Kenton Bar Pyramid. Situated to the north west of Newcastle Upon Tyne. Kenton Bar is a housing estate that is part of Kenton Ward in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is situated next to North Kenton, Cragston Park and Cowgate. It was the product of the architectural partnership Gordon Ryder and Peter Yates.
The blog is particularly interested in the architecture of the estate and also to hear anecdotes from Kenton Bar residents past and present
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Rutter Carroll was born and educated in the North east of England. He worked for Ove Arup before deciding on a career in architecture. Rutter gained a first class honours degree at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, spending a number of years in practice before taking up a career in academia
He has taught at the Universities of Leeds, Northumbria, Huddersfield and Birmingham, writing a number of articles on post war architecture, reinforced concrete and structural engineering many of which have been published in learned journals
Rutter completed a Masters Degree at the University of York on the work of Ryder and Yates which led to his meeting Gordon Ryder in 1984 and marking the beginning of an association that lasted until Gordon's death in 2000
Since then he has continued to promote the importance of the contribution made by Ryder and Yates in the history of modern architecture both locally and nationally in a series of lectures and seminars to local and national societies
Rutter now resides in Newcastle with his wife Kathleen. Amongst his passions are watching Newcastle United with his son James and helping to restore a Ryder and Yates house, recently purchased by James and his partner Lizzie
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talking of CB handles, anyone remember any nicknames of kids from those days? for example I remember 2 twins from up the top known as 'the ghastly twins'and a kid called 'Charlie Fox wears dirty socks' ...there was also a 'Hendas'and a 'Spud' ...any more chaps...?
If you look closely enough you can see Michelle Dyer in her bedroom window in Gunnerstone Avenue….this view taken from the field in front of Hillsview school is my guess.
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