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← Football, Racing, Boxing & Rugby 16th November 2005

A printed announcement for Blyth and Seaton Sluice races 23rd & 24th July 1832, woodcut engraving and details of race conditions, printed by W Fordyce, Newcastle; sold with printed words for a Geordie folksong titled Newcastle Races (a new song, tune 'Abraham Newland'), the chorus being: There's nowse, mun, like Newcastle Races, Folks may talk till they're black i' their faces; But for gam', mun, an' drink, I maek bould te think, There's nowse like wor Newcastle Races (2)

Hammer Price:
£150
Estimated Price:

£200 - £300

A printed announcement for Blyth and Seaton Sluice races 23rd & 24th July 1832, woodcut engraving and details of race conditions, printed by W Fordyce, Newcastle; sold with printed words for a Geordie folksong titled Newcastle Races (a new song, tune 'Abraham Newland'), the chorus being: There's nowse, mun, like Newcastle Races, Folks may talk till they're black i' their faces; But for gam', mun, an' drink, I maek bould te think, There's nowse like wor Newcastle Races (2)