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Will Ye Buy Ma Fresh Fish?

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On Wednesday 11 December, Hazel Graham and Hilary East will give a visual talk on the life of the Cullercoats fishwife with traditional live...

Heaton Station: a whistle-stop tour

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Heaton's place in history is bound up with railways so we thought we'd chug along its stations' timeline to see what we could find....

Jack Common

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Writer Jack Common was born on 15 August 1903 at 44 Third Avenue, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne. He attended Chillingham Road School. He is...

76 Heaton Road

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The story really starts in Dean Street in Newcastle’s City Centre where, at number 6, John R S Baker is a Pork Butcher. ...

Colin Veitch plaque unveiled

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On 25 September 2013, after a campaign by Heaton History Group, a commemorative plaque was unveiled at former Newcastle United captain and People's Theatre...

Poem for Colin Veitch

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To commemorate the unveiling of a plaque at Colin Veitch's former home at 1 Stratford Villas, Heaton, local poet, Keith Armstrong, has written this...

Memories of Jesmond Vale

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During the August members' walk, Ann and Maggie mentioned a book which is available for reference in the Local Studies section of Newcastle City...

92 Heaton Road

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The shop in the premises now occupied by Pizzeria Uno has been through many changes of ownership since it opened in 1897. The first proprietor...

Colin Veitch’s Twelve Days of Christmas

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The days immediately following Christmas 1906 were bleak across much of Britain, with heavy falls of snow, icy temperatures, strong winds, even thunder and...

Working at the Wills Factory

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The Wills Building was voted Heaton's second favourite building in our recent poll. It's now a smart, residential apartment block but until the 1980s housed a...
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