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Benton Hall: a lost mansion

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If you were to stand in the Lochside Pub having a pint (or other drink of your choice) and suddenly found yourself transported back...

Roman Vindolanda and nearby Magna

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Wednesday 26 November 2025 7.30pm THERE IS NO NEED TO BOOK Come to our November talk to learn more about the amazing discoveries at Vindolanda...

Historic Heaton Quarter

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The new Heaton Quarter estate is being built on land that is particularly important in the history of Heaton and indeed Newcastle. It is...

Potters’ Marks: 90 years at Heaton Hall

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Three generations of the Potter family owned and lived at Heaton Hall between 1840 and 1931 and left their mark on the public and...

Sunshine and Sugar

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On 19 June 1921,  census night,  two young boys of a similar age were living just across the railway from each other in Heaton....

St George’s, Jesmond and its Parish: c1887 – 1925

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Wednesday 22 October 2025 7.30pm THERE IS NO NEED TO BOOK Our October talk is about the foundation and early years of St George's Church,...

The Enemy Within: aliens in the north-east

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Wednesday 24 September 2025 7.30pm THERE IS NO NEED TO BOOK Almost 10,000 foreign nationals in the North East became friendly or enemy aliens at...

Women Travelling through Time

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A poem inspired by Coxlodge Waggonway and its history. Women travelling through time The female explorer whose name escaped me A rich woman explorer in 1698 Celia Fiennes! Riding...

Stranded: Bert’s Arctic ordeal

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At 4.00pm on 11 January 1914, Bert Williamson stood on the frozen Arctic Ocean and, peering through the darkness, saw his ship disappear into...

Bigges Main: pit village near Heaton

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Look on a modern OS map of Tyneside and you will find the name ‘Bigges Main’, identifying an area a short distance along the...
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