Blackett Charlton's were a Geordie firm through and through, which you might expect given two surnames laden with Northumbrian heritage. Charlie MacCallam comprehensively tells the story of this once dominant engineers from its beginning, on the side streets of Newcastle, through its peaks to its recent twilight years. R. Blackett Charlton & Co were a Newcastle company founded by a young engineer, Robert Blackett Charlton in 1860. This engineering enterprise started at the height of the...