Branching off from For the Love of Sci-Fi we have also made UK Comic Cons another one of our major brands, hosting the cities official Comic Cons in Liverpool, Edinburgh and now we are also hosting the flagship Comic Con for Manchester as well as brand new events in Northern Ireland, Wales and Aberdeen with even more territories to be announced. Headline names we have booked include many first-time UK and European exclusives including and to name a few, WWE legend Mark Calaway “The Undertaker”, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Christopher Lloyd, Millie Bobby Brown, Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley, Alicia Silverstone, David Harbour, Elijah Wood, and many more.

In essence, our pub crawl entails visiting multiple bars and pubs in a singular session, an easy task for a student in Newcastle, and range in distance between each point of interest. In 1774 it was said that the Tyne Conservancy Board had allowed the river to be, from ignorance , inattention and avarice, converted into a cursed horsepond. Shipyards as such were not necessary for keel building, a strip of riverbank or beach from which the vessel could be launched into the river was all that was needed. NSW Ports could have a monopoly for moving containers in the state for 50 years after the Federal Court threw out the competition watchdog’s attempts to stop compensation being paid to Port Botany if the Port of Newcastle develops a rival container terminal, ACCC chairman Rod Sims has warned. He argued NSW Ports, which is owned by AustralianSuper and IFM, could have an “effective monopoly” for moving containers in the state for 50 years after the Federal Court dismissed proceedings brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.As we progress past the halfway point, our next stop is most certainly the quirkiest of the crawl. Specialising in craft beers, the Left Luggage Room is placed in Unit 6 of Monkseaton Metro station, thus requiring the shortest walk from the Metro to your pint. CEO of Monopoly Events, Andy Kleek, said: "We are very excited to be working with ASM global and to be coming to the North East in a three year roadmap which we will be looking to extend for many years afterwards. Expect big guests, amazing set and prop builds, major attractions, cosplay, anime, traders, gaming and more.

If the winds were from the north then a trip to London was straightforward and relatively swift but the return journey could be a nightmare. A sight not often seen in pubs, the Left Luggage Room features no televisions as they relish and embody the established values of the pub; quality alcohol and even better conversation. 6. The Salutation (Tynemouth) After eight hours of work, we have made the mothership of all board games for the people of Jesmond. With the king of Jesmond Mr Francesca at the heart of the board, the game features all the hotspots of Jesmond through a Newcastle student’s eyes as well as some bonus features. Boasting a friendly atmosphere as well as a new refurbishment and a variety of pub games, this compliments the variety of drinks on offer: students, make sure to keep your student ID handy as once again a generous 20% discount will be available. What chance have we got of improving productivity when this is the attitude to competition and growth in the Australian economy?” Mr Sims said.

7. The Wouldhave (South Shields)

A short stroll down Station Road will take you to your third stop. One of the quainter stops on the route, you’ll be given the choice to sit in this classic local or you can take your drinks to the outside seating area situated in front of the pub. By 1800 coal exports had increased to 1,425,151 tons and by 1820 it was past the 2,000,000 tons mark.

The Tyne didn't have a monopoly of supplying London coal, there were many other coalfields in the country eager to sell their coal there as well. The event will be running 9am-6pm each day, allowing punters to celebrate the best comic books and comic book culture the country has to offer. Prominent shipwrights building at Newcastle in the 17th century were Greene, Steel, Wilkinson and Wrangham. Robert Wallis of South Shields is often quoted as the shipbuilder who finally broke this monopoly, but his battle was probably the most public in a series of actions. Some freemen therefore opened yards nearer to the mouth of the river, not at Shields but at Howdon instead.

Diversify away from coal exports

You’re too cool for the average watering hole. You can only about manage 3 minutes in your local supermarket before being disgusted by the bargain-bin brand beard-care products they’re shilling for designer prices. Tiger Hornsby is the bar for you, friend. Not only are their manly alcoholic concoctions award-winning, but they’re served up in one of Newcastle’s classiest looking bars. And yes, some of their drinks can even be set on fire. Unusual? Yes. Awesome? Hell yes. It began in earnest in 1845 when 8,000 tons reached the capital in this way, but then this increased to 38,000 tons in 1848 and 248,000 tons in 1851.

General Manager of Utilita Arena Newcastle, Caroline Ginnane, said: "We are thrilled to be working alongside Monopoly Events to help deliver the biggest ever Comic Con the region has ever seen, right here at Utilita Arena Newcastle. It was therefore decreed that none but freemen of Newcastle and members of the Shipwrights Guild could build ships on the Tyne, and that no vessel should be constructed at Shields, North or South.Henry I (1069 to 1135) granted Newcastle a virtual monopoly of all trade on, to or from the River Tyne. Prior to the Reformation, most of the north-eastern coal deposits were in the hands of the monasteries. The monasteries leased out land for mining but generally set limits on the rate of extraction so as to keep the price high. This meant that the production of coal stayed at a constant level. After the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539, the coal deposits fell into private hands and the restrictions on output disappeared. The yearly rate of extraction increased from approximately 15,000 tons prior to the Reformation, to 162,000 in 1603, to 239,000 in 1609 and to 425,000 in 1634, nearly all for export from the Tyne. Coal was exported to London and other parts of England, but also to Holland, France and Flanders. Coal became by far the most valuable local commodity. As with other traded items, coal could only move through the city of Newcastle if its buying and selling were handled by the town's burgesses. The Hostmen had formed a group within the Company of Merchant Adventurers of Newcastle to exploit this monopoly. In practice, the Hostmen owned the "keels", large boats that were used to transfer the coal from the riverbank to the waiting colliers that were moored downstream. The men who worked these boats were known as " keelmen". The keelmen led a very precarious existence, being paid casually, and they were regarded with distrust by the Hostmen with whom they were often in dispute. [3] Gateshead [ edit ] Working out of their Waterloo Square industrial space, The Bottle Shop Bar & Kitchen serve a mouth-watering selection of no fewer than 127 brews in canned and bottled form to satisfy your beer curiosity. And because man cannot live on ale alone (unfortunately) they’ve also opened a delicious kitchen where you can stuff yourselves silly with man food including 8oz sirloin steaks and the house classic fish-finger sandwich. We think there’s hope for mankind yet. We know. BrewDog pubs. They’re everywhere these days, but for good reason. As soon as you enjoy that first not-so-sobering sip of a Punk IPA you’re lost in an irresistible world of craft beer that you just can’t wait to explore. And sure enough, you’re soon left explaining the difference, tasting notes in hand, between a Hop Fiction and a 5AM Saint to your Fosters-drinking mate Dave. And what a place Newcastle’s BrewDog is to educate him, with “33 taps of craft beer awesomeness” in tow.