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Castles of Heaton

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Heaton History Group member, Arthur Andrews, has been researching his family tree. Luckily for us, although Arthur lives in Whitley Bay, a number of...

Cardigan Terrace: the memories live on

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Jean Walker (nee Pretswell) was born in 1925 and lived at number nine Cardigan Terrace from the age of about four until she got...

Notes for: For People Not Cows

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These are the notes for the article 'For People Not Cows: Armstrong Park's cattle run’ by Carlton Reid, published separately to aid readability....

The Lumleys of Sixth Avenue

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The 1911 census has four members of the Lumley family living at number 37 Sixth Avenue. Joseph Smith Lumley, aged 55 was born in...

Dreams of Nature: William Armstrong and Jesmond Dene

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William Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Cragside (1810–1900) is best known as a practical engineer and scientist – the inventor of modern artillery and creator...

The Home Front in World War One

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Blackouts, rationing and air raids were not just features of the Second World War, they were all experienced during the First World War too....

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