The cobbled back lane of Cotfield Street seen from above: yard walls and outhouses, chimney stacks, a telegraph pole, and a poster on the gable end at right.

Charlie Rogers

Back Cotfield Street, Gateshead

1964

The back lane Charlie painted from his aunt’s window at 262 Bensham Road in November 1964, the painting that started it all. Photographed in its frame and supplied by Brian Rankin in October 2026.

Medium: Pen and wash
Place: Cotfield Street
Chapter: Charlie's Gateshead
Image: Photographed from the original

Cotfield Street

Painted 1964; demolished, year not yet confirmed.