Can Someone Please Help Me...

[Jackdaw33]

...I have spent over an hour on Google with no success.

Because of some very bad news I have just received I need to find the full postcode for the following address:

85 Queen's Court
Barrack Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE(?) 6BN

Can someone give me the number to replace the ?

[Jackdaw33]

I agree, everh. We were all brought up in Wallsend. David Street is set back from where the GPO exchange used to be and, as you say, a very quiet area.

[jno]

sorry to hear that, Jackdaw; I hope they find out what happened.

London's postcodes cover all corners of the compass except NE and S, because these areas weren't getting enough mail so Anthony Trollope, who worked for the Post Office at the time, recommended they be abolished. Newcastle was allowed to use NE. Sheffield got S.

[Jackdaw33]

Details are very scant at the moment. Given that the person in custody is of the same age as my nephew, I can only conclude that he is an old school friend of his. No names have yet been released, but it will all come out in the wash. My only worry for his mother and his surviving brothers is that this will be in the public domain long after his funeral.

[lady-janine]

sorry to read this jack. a great shame. please accept my sympathy.