Monthly Archives: December, 2013

George Waller – world champion cyclist

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Nine of the riders at the starting line of the World Cycling Championships in London on 28 April 1879 knew each other well. They...

Heaton, Byker and Walker in Old Picture Postcards

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Andrew Clark and George Nairn have put together an enthralling collection of old photographs of Heaton and the east end, most of which are...

The House on Victoria Street Part 1: Stannington Avenue in context

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Songs of the North-East: part 2

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Julia Darling: electrified the ordinary

The Sinking of the Cobra: a Heaton maritime disaster

Neil Bartlett: the noble chemist

Elsie Tu: champion of the poor

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