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Jesmond Old Cemetery – the Highgate of the North

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So many noteworthy people are buried in Jesmond Old Cemetery that it's been called 'The Highgate of the North'. The cemetery opened in 1836...

High Flyer of Tenth Avenue

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On 23rd March 1915, 17 year old William Douglass Horsley became the third young man from Tenth Avenue to be charged with an offence...

The Poetry of Alex Robson

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Alex Robson’s   (The Bard of Stratford Grove West) poems seem to divide into three broad types: celebrations of nature and the world around him;...

All With Smiling Faces – Football Double Bill

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Heaton has a proud football history. Newcastle East End, one of the two clubs which merged to form Newcastle United, used to play their...

Mrs Sweeney Remembers Bygone Heaton

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Heaton History Group has been interviewing older Heatonians so that we can capture memories and personal photographs to complement more easily accessed published and...

In Memory of William Brogg Leighton

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If you've ever looked into Newcastle's past or have ancestors from Heaton, you'll have come across the name 'Leighton', pronounced locally 'Light-on'. There was...

Hens That Want To Crow: Suffragists and Suffragettes of the North East of England, 1866-1918

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For most people, the story of the struggle for votes for women conjures up images of suffragettes chaining themselves to railings, haranguing crowds of...

Heaton’s Favourite Football Team

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Who are we? We play on Tyneside in black and white striped shirts. Easy! We played an national side in 2012. Mmmm? We won...

Pressed! History of the Press Gang in the North East of England

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For our December event, we'll combine history and music with Pressed! an insight into the history of forced enlistment into the navy, focussing on...

Heaton’s Mining Heritage – and your chance to help commemorate it

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2015 sees the two hundredth anniversary of Newcastle's worst disaster of modern times. On 3 May 1815, floodwaters from a neighbouring, disused mine overwhelmed...
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