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Heaton United 1909-10: the players’ stories

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When this rather battered photograph of Heaton United's 1909-10 squad was taken Newcastle United were the League Champions (and had been in three of...

The Real Dad’s Army

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Wednesday 8 December 2021 7.30pm Dad’s Army' does contain a great deal of truth: the muddling amateurishness, chronic shortages of weapons and equipment, Heath...

Murderous Newcastle

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Wednesday 26 January 2022 7.30pm Newcastle is rich in history and has endured many turbulent times. Some people died an unexpected and violent death resulting...

Harry Hotspur’s Big Night Out: the Battle of Otterburn

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Wednesday 23 February 7.30pm at Heaton Baptist Church Our February talk is about the Battle of Otterburn in 1388, the dramatic border reiver battle of...

North East Singers 1911 World Tour

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Wednesday 24 November 7.30pm Can you imagine being given the opportunity to tour the world for six months, all expenses paid? You'd have to sing...

Elsie Tu: champion of the poor

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She was awarded the prestigious pan-Asian honour, the Ramon Magsaysay Award,  for ‘Outstanding Contribution in Government Service’  in 1976, one of the very...

Shakespearean’s Final Curtain

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As soon as the train from Carlisle pulled into Newcastle Central Station, concerned travelling companions carried one of their number to a horse drawn...

Mystery of a Knight on a Bike

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He’s conducted painstaking research into many topics of local interest but, in a quiet moment during lockdown, Heaton History Group’s Ian Clough decided to...

Heaton Below the Surface: William ‘Strata’ Smith and Charles Hatchett

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One of the most treasured possessions in the library of Newcastle’s Mining Institute is the ‘Geological Atlas of England and Wales’ by William Smith,...

Doctor Henstock of Heaton High

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A recent article about Heaton's Olympians, which included a profile of the former head of Heaton Grammar, Harry Askew, elicited a number of responses...
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