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Feeding the Avenues

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From the outbreak of WW1, getting food onto the table became increasingly difficult. We have been researching how the people of the Avenues were...

The Grainger Market: a people’s history

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Many books have been written about Richard Grainger and his architectural achievements in  Newcastle, including the great Grainger Market, but Heaton History Group member, Yvonne Young, wanted to...

Dead Man’s Handle

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It is late evening on a Saturday in early August 1926. The sun set an hour ago, but the sky in the west is...

The Woods of Seventh Avenue

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Mrs Wood of 57 Seventh Avenue is listed in the local press as having donated lettuce and flowers between 21 August and 26 August...

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