Byker Bank, New Hawk Inn

Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Built in 1881 to replace the Old Hawk Inn on the opposite side of the street, which had become Freddie Shepherd's Rag Shop. The New Hawk was a free house which sold Wilkinson's beers from the Pine Street Brewery off Scotswood Road. In the 1930s Tommy Watson, who fought for the world boxing title in New York, was manager. The upstairs meeting room of the pub was used as his gym.