White Stuff, a fashion shop, is the latest reincarnation of what was formerly the shop of Gibson & Son Chemist and Opticians.
The intricate carvings above Gibson's Pharmacy were produced in 1916 by a Belgian refugee
NY9364 : Sign for The Old Pharmacy. The contents of the 'Old Pharmacy' are now held in the Science Museum, London.
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John Pattison Gibson was born on 4th January 1838 and was the son of William Wilson Gibson.
The Gibson Photographic Collection was deposited with Northumberland Archives in 1979. The work represented within the Collection is that of John Pattison Gibson, his son John Gibson, and another photographer, Edgar G. Lee. The collection comprises cameras, certificates, framed photographs, sepia prints and glass plate negatives, as well as family artefacts and papers.
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The Hexham poet, Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878-1962)
NT8623 : White & brown on Black Hag, was the son of the photographer, John Pattison Gibson, one of eight children.
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