Mike Scanlon

1 week ago | newcastleherald.com.au | Mike Scanlon

Piano prodigy and comic Chico Marx (left) with his brother, Harpo, in the 1941 movie The Big Store. Picture - supplied. There's nothing quite like the sound of a good, old-fashioned piano, is there?

2 weeks ago | newcastleherald.com.au | Mike Scanlon

The cover of the new book outlining on the surprising origins of the Royal Australian Navy. On the foreshore at Corlette is a memorial to a historic, almost forgotten, warship that capsized and sank only about 200 metres away.

3 weeks ago | newcastleherald.com.au | Mike Scanlon

The Great Northern Hotel, in Scott Street. Newcastle. Picture, Newcastle Herald. NEWCASTLE's 'people's pub' is truly a great survivor. And, for many people, the fact it is still trading today seems a modern miracle. Subscribe now for unlimited access.

1 month ago | newcastleherald.com.au | Mike Scanlon

An elegantly composed picture taken in 1890 outside Fort Scratchley looking west over Newcastle Harbour awash with square riggers following a strike. Picture by Ralph Snowball. WITHOUT a doubt, Ralph Snowball was a true Hunter Valley visionary. Subscribe now for unlimited access.

1 month ago | newcastleherald.com.au | Mike Scanlon

Above, Maitland railway station under water in 1930, and, inset, Suzanne Martin. Picture by S. Smith. Below, Maitland's former Royal Hotel. Picture by Mike ScanlonHIDDEN in plain sight at the entry to Maitland railway station you can see the recent history of the Hunter's big floods.