Balanced but precariously so, given her grip on the curved Georgian architecture of the pub from which she has climbed through a first-floor window, a Geordie lass, most likely, has the best ledge in the street as Newcastle United’s FA Cup winners roll unhurriedly through the crowds below.
She dare not return the wave of star player Jackie Milburn and captain Joe Harvey on board the first of three buses, for fear of an unceremonious date with the pavements of Grey Street. Her friend is more audacious, raising an arm in salute of the Cup heroes, adopting the wide-legged stance of a heavyweight boxer to safeguard against the fall.