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Monthly Archives: July, 2016

Chilli Road School: a fascinating new history

Whether or not you have ever been a pupil at Chillingham Road School, if you're interested in Heaton or social history more generally, this new book...

The Really Incredible Heaton Telescope

Our October talk, 'A Gift of Stars', will tell the story of how Grubb Parsons came to be in Newcastle and will, in particular, focus...

Heaton Herbals

In the Newcastle trade directories from 1914-1923 the head of household of 2 Warwick Street, Heaton,  George Kingdon, was described as a 'herbalist'. We...

Den of Thieves

On 22 January 1917, all three occupants of 45 Hotspur Street were sent to jail for a remarkable spree of shoplifting and petty crime....

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