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Monthly Archives: November, 2016

The Bard of Stratford (Grove Terrace)

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

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

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

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

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

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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