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Yearly Archives: 2022

Neil Bartlett: the noble chemist

‘NEWCASTLE DOCTOR ROCKS CHEMICAL WORLD WITH YELLOW POWDER’ screamed ‘The Journal’ headline. It went on to say that the doctor had ‘done something which...

Trewhitt to Woo

Trewhitt Road in Heaton first appears in trade directories in 1907-8 but only as far as number 188. Among the road’s first residents were...

Wallsend’s Roman Baths

22 June 2022 7.30pm at Heaton Baptist Church Open for all bookings In 2014, local residents taking part in WallQuest, a community archaeology project, discovered the...

History of Cresswell village from 1191

Wednesday 25 May 2022 7.30pm Heaton Baptist Church Open for all bookings Cresswell in Northumberland is a tiny village with a big history. In our May...

Saint Ann’s Church and All Saints Parish c1750-1801

23 March 2022 7.30pm at Heaton Baptist Church When built in 1767/68, Saint Ann's was designed to be a symbol of Newcastle's emerging role...

A Tale of Two Surtees?

On 28 April 1842, the first report  of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Children’s Employment was presented to parliament. The commission had been...

The Northumbrians

Wednesday 27 April 7.30pm Heaton Baptist Church Open for member and non-member bookings For our April talk, Dan Jackson, author of the best-selling ‘The Northumbrians: north-east...

F R Barnes: Heaton head

We have written in the past about the opening of the school that was recently renamed Jesmond Park Academy. We mentioned that the first...

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