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Coquet Terrace: drawing board to drawing rooms

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We know a lot about the odd-numbered houses on Coquet Terrace, the handsome semi-detached residences with brick porches: who designed and built them; where...

Joy of Flying

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Although powered flight had been possible for a couple of decades before Joy Tamblin (née Laing) was born, she still deserves a place among...

Benton Park: country estate to housing estate

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Benton Park House was an impressive 18th century mansion house set in parkland which occupied the area now largely taken up by the Cochrane...

Caped Crusaders: the Jarrow march

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Wednesday 27 May 2026 7.30pm NO NEED TO BOOK This year is the 90th anniversary of a landmark march by 200 men, one woman and a...

The Land of Oak and Iron

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25 March 2026 7.30pm NO NEED TO BOOK Knowledge of the Durham Derwent Valley's significance in industrial and social history had been lost to all but a...

Jeff Brown’s Sporting Life

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Wednesday 22 April 2026 7.30pm BOOKING IS REQUIRED FOR THIS TALK. SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS Jeff Brown will be a familiar face to most, having...

Cragside: upstairs, downstairs

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Wednesday 25 February 2026 7.30pm THERE'S NO NEED TO BOOK Our February talk takes us to the magnificent Cragside in Northumberland. We'll hear about...

The House on Victoria Street Part 1: Stannington Avenue in context

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This is the story of a Victorian house. Specifically, a terraced house in Stannington Avenue, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne. But perhaps more importantly, it is...

From Blyth and Tyne to Northumberland Line

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Wednesday 28 January 2026 7.30pm THIS TALK REPLACES THE PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED 'The Big Freeze' The North East is justly proclaimed as the cradle of the railways;...

Songs of the North-East: part 2

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Wednesday 10 December 2025 7.30pm THERE IS NO NEED TO BOOK FOR THIS EVENT We look forward to welcoming Old English back to Heaton History Group...
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