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Today we present a selection of classic photographs as you’ve never seen them before.

They all come from the Chronicle archive and are well-known in their own right.

What is immediately different, of course, is that while the originals are black and white, the updated images are in stunning full colour.

The pictures all have a Newcastle United theme.

They show captain Joe Harvey lifting the FA Cup in 1952.

From 1969, we see Harvey the manager and skipper Bobby Moncur with the Fairs Cup.

There is the unforgettable image of Malcolm Macdonald celebrating scoring on his 1971 home debut.

We see Kevin Keegan wearing that memorable black, red and white striped shirt in the 1981 Great North Run.

For the first time, marvel at the sight of Newcastle United and Arsenal walking out at Wembley for the 1952 FA Cup final.

It was a game United would win 1-0, thanks to a George Robledo goal.

Then we see a quartet of famous Magpies - Joe Harvey, George Robledo, Jackie Milburn and Jack Fairbrother - as we’ve never seen them before, larking around in 1950.

The great Jackie Milburn is pictured signing copies of his 1957 book, Golden Goals, for three young fans.

But arguably the most interesting picture is that of the stern-faced, mustachioed Victorian Newcastle United team of 1895-96.

These fine chaps, featuring star players Willie Wardrope and Andy Aitken, played in a football world - and indeed an everyday world - very different to today.

They would finish fifth in that season’s Division 2, having played long-forgotten teams like Burton Swifts, Darwen, Newton Heath (later Manchester United) and Leicester Fosse.

The man responsible for the technical wizardry of turning black and white into colour is Chronicle photographer, Lewis Arnold.

Lewis said: “I used a digital programme called Photoshop. I converted the pictures to RGB - red, green and blue - to add tints and shades to the images in a similar way to how early artists would colour pictures by hand.”

So that’s all there is to it!

We’ll be converting more black and white pictures to colour, and publishing them next week.

To buy any of these photos, go to www.chroniclelive.co.uk/buyaphoto ; telephone our photosales team on 0191 2016000; or call in to our front reception, NCJ Media, Groat Market, Newcastle Upon Tyne. NE1 1ED.

Follow Lewis Arnold on instagram @lewis_photog