The Mitre is situated in the Benwell area in the west end of Newcastle Upon Tyne. Benwell is located in the West End of Newcastle upon Tyne. ... This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ...

Built in 1221, it became the residence of the Bishop of Newcastle before becoming home to the Shafto Family until the 1770s when it was sold by Robert Shafto (the son of Bobby Shafto, immortalised in the famous song of the same name). Events and Trends For more events, see 18th century United States Declaration of Independence ratified by the Continental Congress (July 4, 1776). ...

In 1821, the building was renovated by the famous Tyneside architect John Dobson and has since provided a number of different functions. During World War 2 it became a fire station, and then became a training centre for the National Coal Board in 1947. Tyneside is a conurbation in northern England, covering part of the area of Tyne and Wear. ... John Dobson (1787-1865) was a 19th century British architect in the neoclassical tradition. ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ... The National Coal Board (NCB) was the nationalised British coal mining company. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

By the 1970s the building had become The Mitre pub, before achieving national fame in 1989 as the Byker Grove youth club in the BBC childrens' TV series, Byker Grove, a role which it is still used as today. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of South West England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... See TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band European networks National In much of Europe television broadcasting has historically been state dominated, rather than commercially organised, although commercial stations have grown in number recently. ... Byker Grove is a British childrens television series which is shown on BBC One, and was created by Adele Rose. ...