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We recently asked members who attend our talks for their views on how Heaton History Group is doing. In particular, we asked for suggestions for...

The ‘Happy Heatonians’ – Bob Colston’s Variety Entertainment Group

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During WWI there were numerous groups of entertainers prepared to give their time freely and perform throughout the country to cheer up and boost...

Paddy Freeman’s Park and Wild Jesmond Dene

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Our August guided walk has been newly devised by the Ouseburn Park Guides and will be led by Heaton History Group member, Ann Denton, assisted...

Harry Clasper: International Geordie Rowing Superstar

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When Harry Clasper died in 1870, 130,000 people lined the streets of Newcastle to pay their final respects. Who was this forgotten sporting Geordie...

Heaton Beneath Our Feet

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Heaton History Group was fortunate enough to receive a grant last year from Heritage Lottery Fund to research and publicise Heaton's mining heritage. During the...

Parish Church of St Gabriel Part 1: wood, iron & stone

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A study of the 1895 Ordnance Survey map of Heaton reveals a building described as St Gabriel’s Church but it is not where you...

An exile remembers: Part 5 – Heaton Park 2015

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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...

Shields Road Landmarks and Legends

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On Wednesday 27 July, Heaton History Group members are invited to join Mike Greatbatch for a walking tour of Shields Road in which old...

The People’s Shakespeare

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On 20 June 2016 (with perfect, even poetic, symmetry, the very day on which this year's midsummer solstice will fall), actors from the People's Theatre, Heaton,...

Bowlers in bowlers?

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This fantastic photograph, showing a group of men in front of the pavilion in Heaton Park, was taken by Edward G Brewis or at...
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