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Rex Hart, The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

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Knowing that we're always on the look out for stories of interesting Heatonians from times past, Allan Robinson of High Heaton has contacted us...

The Grand Opening

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In our previous article about Heaton's Shakespearean heritage, we showed that, in the late 1870s, Heaton was home to an important local theatrical figure...

The Pleasures of the Postcard: small but beautifully formed

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Though the postcard can easily be dismissed as an ephemeral and outdated form of communication, as evidence of the sender’s taste it also represents...

A Road by Any Other Name

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On 20th June 2016 in Stratford upon Avon, amateur actors from The People's Theatre, Heaton will appear in a production of 'A Midsummer Night's...

Heaton History Film Night

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On 25 May, it will be our great pleasure to present the world premiere of Under Heaton Fields, a film made as part of...

Photography in the blood

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This rare photograph, of the visit to Newcastle in August 1884 of the Prince and Princess of Wales, was taken by Thomas Maitland Laws....

An exile remembers: Part 4 – Armstrong 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...

Heaton’s Back Lane Mysteries and Memories

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Jack Common wrote of the many traders who called at Third Avenue: 'Greengrocery and fish and coal came to the back door... Down here came the Cullercoats...

Ringtons’ Story

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  Ringtons is one of Heaton's most long established family firms. The tea company was founded by Sam Smith and Will Titterington in Heaton's Avenues...
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