Heaton History Group

Happy birthday, Jack Common! @keelrowbookshop @OldHeaton

This is our piece about Tom Bacon, now commemorated by a Blue Plaque in Cambridge heatonhistorygroup.org/2019/07/20/par…

Tom Bacon started his career at Parsons’ in Heaton. He’s now got a Blue Plaque in Cambridge. Tribute for British visionary who took giant leap to get us to the moon theguardian.com/science/2024/n…

Hi Carlton, That’s right! We can drop off a copy of the book.

All you have to do is be the first to answer this question: In what year did the mining disaster, in which 75 men and boys died, take place?

Would you like to win a copy of this book for yourself or a younger friend or family member? It’s by local author @KaronJAlderman and is set in and around Heaton today and around the time of the Heaton mining disaster.

Come and join us for an exclusive celebration honouring the talent of local author, @KaronJAlderman, as she launches her extraordinary debut novel ‘Dark Flood’ set right here in our beloved Newcastle!📖 Don’t miss out on this wonderful, FREE event!✨ 🔗sevenstories.org.uk/event/dark-flo…

Victorian who built first hydroelectric-powered house theguardian.com/environment/ar…

A historic Newcastle banqueting hall has been named one of the 10 most endangered buildings in the UK chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-eas…

I've never seen the #NorthernLights over Heaton before. Amazing.

Tonight we made history for Heaton, an unassuming suburb of Newcastle. Thank you to every volunteer who made today and this season possible. We walk into next season together … whatever happens we are the Stan ⚫️⚪️

Enjoying a talk from @BarbaraCrosbie on the amazing Cumbrian born Anne Fisher at @OldHeaton If you missed the talk - catch the podcast!! 😜 @SueCumbria @CumbriaEnglish podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/bio…

@sphericalsquare @ChiOnwurah Well done, Mark. When publicise transport is sorted, you should get a blue plaque!

What do you know about the Iris Brickfield before it was a park? heatonhistorygroup.org/2024/01/19/bri…

Our #free January NEIMME Lecture on the Willington #Railway and the archaeological evidence challenging the view that railways began with the #Stockton & #Darlington. Watch live, 6pm 18th January👉 youtube.com/watch?v=pGqCUU… To join us in person see👉eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-event…

Digital-only archives: material items still matter to historians theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Make it your New Year’s resolution to find out more about the history of our area. (Everyone’s welcome at our next talk but let us know you’re coming). heatonhistorygroup.org/2023/12/28/the…

@JonL95236912 Lovely idea.

@OldHeaton My wife and I are going to start doing Jolabokaflod every year. I’m going to stipulate we get the books from here.

Heaton’s got a new bookshop. Bolingbroke Street on the corner with Heaton Park Road. It’s time you were down there!

@MarekBidwell I heard it’s going to be both but certainly lots of new books in there today. A lot of novels, children’s books, all sorts.

@OldHeaton Great. It is new or 2nd hand, do you know? My mate, Lee, had a bookshop near there about 15 years ago!

Gorgeous new addition to Newcastle's independent scene, 1b Books - congratulations to Mandy & co from @the_Crack 🙌 #ChooseBookshops #Heaton