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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...

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