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A Hundred Years of Heaton Sprouts

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A hundred years ago today (ie 22 December 1916), Newcastle Corporation announced that it would be making land available across the city for individuals...

John Wallace: landscape painter in oils

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This evocative detail of 'Newcastle upon Tyne from the South West' is available on a greetings card, sold by Tyne and Wear Museums.     The...

Our Shakespeare Streets

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On Monday 28 November Chillingham Road Primary School and Hotspur Primary School put on a wonderful performance for family and friends to commemorate the...

Our home in Eighth Avenue (Heaton in...

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We love to hear the memories of older Heatonians, past and present, so were delighted to receive an email from Eric Dale. Eric was...

The Bard of Stratford (Grove Terrace)

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Twilight Across the sky with outstretched wings Of ev’ry colour blest, A mystic bird of paradise Is speeding to the west, Upon its wings the night gods ride To yonder...

The Slavery Business and North East England

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Given its remoteness from the Caribbean it might seem strange to argue that the North East had much connection with colonial slavery. But research in local archives and...

The Night Bombs Rained on Heaton: expanded second edition

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To commemorate the 75th anniversary of one of Newcastle's worst nights of World War 2, Heaton History Group member, Ian Clough, wrote: 'The Night Bombs...

Byker: wall to wall

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Our talk on Monday 25 January will be about the long and rich history of our neighbouring district of Byker from the building of Hadrian's...

Heaton Olivers

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This photograph of Heaton's North View School choir with their teacher, Miss Brown, taken outside Newcastle's City Hall in 1948 was sent to us from...

Slippers by the Hearth: home from home on Stratford Grove

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In the mid to late nineteenth century, as Newcastle prospered and grew, the township of Heaton spread eastwards and northwards so some of the...
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