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Tom Watson: football pioneer

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There are, at the time of writing, only four correct answers to the question ‘Which football managers have won the English top flight league...

Shopping Spree: iconic shops of Newcastle

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Wednesday 25 November 2026 7.30pm An illustrated talk about some of Newcastle’s iconic shops, past and present, including Fenwicks, Bainbridges and Callers, and some of...

Killingworth New Town: full of surprises

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Wednesday 9 December 2026 7.30pm NO NEED TO BOOK Killingworth was one of several new towns in the north east built in the 1950s and...

The House on Victoria Street Part 3: John R Glendenning

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John Robinson Glendenning, a 42 year old cigar merchant and tobacconist, settled into Stannington Avenue, Heaton, in 1897. Yet he was born on 18...

Tyneside on Film

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Wednesday 28 October 2026 7..30pm NO NEED TO BOOK At our October talk, we will look at some of the movies that have been set...

Remembering the Fallen: Heaton railway workers of WW1

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On 4 August 1921 a memorial to commemorate those from the Heaton Locomotive Works who had served in the 'Great War' was unveiled outside...

Benton House: origins revisited

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If you have ever driven or walked north out of High Heaton and along Longbenton Front Street, you may have noticed that its south...

African Lives

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Wednesday 23 September 2026 7.30pm NO NEED TO BOOK Our September talk introduces the rationale for focusing on African lives in northern England and will...

The House on Victoria Street Part 2: Annie Sill

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As we saw in Part 1, Stannington Avenue was built in 1890 as part of a rapidly expanding Heaton area of Newcastle. Offering space,...

Susan Denham Christie: naval architect

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Susan Denham Christie was born into a shipbuilding dynasty and her achievements would have made her distinguished family members proud. Fittingly, it was the...
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