Happy Face 29 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 If you want rich Victorian industrialists showing off their wealth, Cragside is fucking mint. Worth the entrance just to see the Heath Robinson kitchen. We need more people like Armstrong spending their ill gotten gains on the community around them (as well as their cribs). Armstrong donated the long wooded gorge of Jesmond Dene to the people of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1883, as well as Armstrong Bridge and Armstrong Park nearby. The University of Newcastle was originally founded by Lord Armstrong in 1871 as the College of Physical Science, later Armstrong College in 1904. Armstrong gave £11,500 towards the building of Newcastle's Hancock Natural History Museum, which was completed in 1882. This was an enormous sum equivalent to over £555,000 in 2010. Lord Armstrong's generosity extended beyond his death. In 1901 his heir, William Watson-Armstrong gave £100,000 (£8,050,243 as of 2012), for the building of the new Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle upon Tyne. The legend. Nowt gets built unless the lottery gives a grant these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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