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Educating High Heaton

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This photograph of pupils at High Heaton Infants School was taken in 1935. Geoffrey Wedderburn, formerly of 60 Swaledale Gardens, is the boy at the...

Wherrymen and Chain-horse Lads: transport in the Ouseburn

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River transport, in the form of shallow draft barges called wherries, was central to the Ouseburn's development as a centre for heavy industry.  Likewise...

An exile remembers: Part 2 – the old walk

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Heaton History Group is often contacted by people who used to live in the neighbourhood and have vivid and usually fond recollections. We love...

Heaton’s four times champion

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In Heaton, we rightly celebrate the footballing achievements of local polymath, Colin Campbell McKechnie Veitch, who won three championship medals with Newcastle United. But how many...

Joseph Fagg Story – Food Prices and Impact on Wages

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On 6 February 1916, an open letter appeared in the Newcastle 'Daily Journal' from Joseph Fagg, of 27 Third Avenue in his capacity as...

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