unsavoury
31 photos tagged unsavoury, from 1 member of Flickr Commons.
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Recent uploads
The last upload was August 2012.
Peter Quinn from North East Museums uploaded August 2012
Arthur Bell from North East Museums uploaded August 2012
William Jones from North East Museums uploaded August 2012
William J Robinson from North East Museums uploaded August 2012
William Bright from North East Museums uploaded August 2012
Thomas Orange from North East Museums uploaded August 2012
Thomas Giles from North East Museums uploaded August 2012
Thomas Boyd from North East Museums uploaded August 2012
Thomas Barker from North East Museums uploaded August 2012
Samuel Holmes from North East Museums uploaded August 2012
Neil Quinn from North East Museums uploaded August 2012
Michael Lavery from North East Museums uploaded August 2012
Matthew Coulson from North East Museums uploaded August 2012
John William Archibald from North East Museums uploaded August 2012
John Thomas Hollings from North East Museums uploaded August 2012
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James Hargreaves Jones
from North East Museums
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Kate McDonnell said:
Looks like Richard Burton made up for a crook role.
James Boyd Potter
from North East Museums
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ianpwatkinson said:
its eraserhead !
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MattysFlicks said:
I retouched this photo and made it into something awesome!

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Elizabeth said:
"Fatty" Potter? How on earth would he have scored a nickname like that!
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Brenda Anderson said:
I found 9 newspaper stories (from 1926-1932) about this fellow. Here's one: A "CAT" MAN CAUGHT -- HID IN A LIFT SHAFT -- Newcastle. Monday. - Described as "a dangerous man who could climb any wall and get to any house window", James Boyd Potter was at Newcastle today sent to prison for three months for being on enclosed premises. Sergt. Robinson found the accused hiding in a lift shaft in buildings in Bath-lane. "It was a dark night," the accused pleaded, "and the doors were open. What could you expect me to do?" -Hull Daily Mail - Monday 11 October 1926
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Brenda Anderson said:
From a year earlier: APPEAL FOR ANOTHER CHANCE -- Man Who Did Not Pretend To Be an Angel. Pleading guilty at Newcastle to two charges of theft from warehouses in which goods valued at £50 15s 9d were involved, James Boyd Potter (25), of no fixed abode, against whom was a long list of previous convictions, appealed to the the Bench for another chance. "I don't want you to think I am an angel," he said. "I have a bad record, but I came out of prison four months ago, after a sentence of eighteen months, determined to do what was right. I had not a penny and could not get work. I am willing to do anything. I have had no assistance from the parish or the "dole." Give me another chance, and if I come back you can send me to prison for as long as you like. Prison has no effect on me." Mr. C.J. Dymond (chairman) said it was difficult to know what to do with a man with a record like accused. However, they decided not to send him for trial. He would have to go to prison for twelve months. "Twelve months! And I will come out without a penny!" exclaimed accused as he went below to the cells. Dundee Evening Telegraph - Friday 13 November 1925