Charlie Rogers (painter)

Turning to painting after a sports injury in the 1960s, he made unpretentious Tyneside localities and their inhabitants his subject matter.

He suffered a footballing injury when he was 34 and then took to sketching and eventually painting local street scenes, although he never had formal art training.

Outside the North East, he also exhibited at London's National Gallery and the Royal Scottish Academy.

[2] Charlie was a life-long member of the Gateshead Art Society and a former holder of the Tyne Tees Trident Fellowship.

However, his partiality to back lanes and unmodernised parts meant that he was often one step ahead of the demolition teams and their bulldozers.