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S in Ringtons, Tea in Heaton

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The imposing white brick Ringtons building on Algernon Road bears the date ‘1924’, indicating that the famous tea company has Heaton connections going back...

An exile remembers: Part 1 – the old house

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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...

Songs of the Ouseburn

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On Wednesday 16 December, we are delighted to welcome well-known Tyneside Irish piper Joe Crane to present 'Songs of the Ouseburn'. This is how Joe...

Heaton Road Shops: then and now

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Our full-colour 32 page book takes you on a walk up Heaton Road, showing you what some of the shops used to look like, telling...

The signalman and his daughter

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Little did we think, when we published 'Dead Man's Handle', the story of a railway accident that took place almost ninety years ago, that...

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...

Heaton Mining Disaster Film – call for volunteers

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A film is in production to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Heaton Mining Disaster of 3 May 1815. The film will feature some...
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