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In pictures: Newcastle's Fenwick celebrates 140 years

News imageFenwick Fenwick's Newcastle storeFenwick
Fenwick has eight stores around the country as well as its flagship shop in Newcastle

A city centre's iconic department store is celebrating 140 years of trading.

John James Fenwick, known as JJ, opened his first store at 5 Northumberland Street in Newcastle on 23 March 1882.

Now the company has eight department stores around the country as well as its flagship store in the centre of Newcastle.

The shop has become well-known for its annual Christmas window display. Here are a selection of pictures from the company's archive.

News imageFenwick John James FenwickFenwick
JJ Fenwick was born in Richmond, North Yorkshire, in 1846
News imageFenwick Sketch of the first shopFenwick
JJ Fenwick opened his first clothing store at 5 Northumberland Street in Newcastle on 23 March 1882
News imageFenwick Fenwick family on store balcony with crowd passing in frontFenwick
Fenwick took over 37 and 39 Northumberland Street over the following three years, with the store's balcony a good vantage point for his family to watch a passing circus from
News imageFenwick Picture of Fenwick's store on Bond Street from the 1890sFenwick
After expanding his Newcastle store, JJ Fenwick opened a store on London's trendy Bond Street in 1891
News imageFenwick Rington's carriage and horse with Fenwick's advertFenwick
Fenwick is said to be the first establishment in the UK to advertise on public transport
News imageFenwick Table and chairs in ornate tearoomFenwick
Shoppers could take a break in Fenwick's opulent tearoom...
News imageFenwick Fenwick's band plays in a tearoomFenwick
... and enjoy entertainment from Fenwick's tearoom band
News imageFenwick Woman collecting on Flag Day outside the Bond Street storeFenwick
As well as the Bond Street shop and several others in London, Fenwick also has department stores in York, Canterbury, Colchester and Tunbridge Wells
News imageFenwick 1955 FA cup parade bus passes by crowds in front of Fenwick'sFenwick
Newcastle United's 1955 FA Cup-winning team paraded past Fenwick
News imageFenwick Camberwick Green characters in the shop windowFenwick
Fenwick held its first animated Christmas display in 1971 featuring the characters of Camberwick Green
News imageFenwick People look in shop window at Christmas display figuresFenwick
The annual display has become a hugely popular event with recent characters including Paddington and Shaun The Sheep
News imageFenwick Four tills with clerks in the 1970sFenwick
Fenwick started with clothes but went on to numerous other enterprises including a popular delicatessen, pictured here in 1971
News imageFenwick The Queen meets staff in a Fenwick's shopFenwick
The Queen visited the Bracknell store in recent years, one of several older department stores Fenwick bought and rebranded
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