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Title	Content type	Description	Contact details	Areas covered	Key words
Groundwork North East	Organisation	Groundwork North East is an environmental organisation and a registered charity operating locally. Groundwork North East is an environmental organisation and a registered charity operating locally. We offer a portfolio of programmes and activities focused around the environment. Groundwork North	Joanne.Norman@groundwork.org.uk Tel: 0191 460 4280	Gateshead Wide	Arts / Crafts / Photography, Education / Training / Employment, Climate / Environment, Gardening, History / Heritage
Equal Arts	Organisation	We are a leading creative ageing charity supporting older people in Newcastle, Gateshead and across the UK. Our team works to improve the lives of older people through creativity and our arts activities around the North East provide creative opportunities to help improve people’s wellbeing. We	information@equalarts.org.uk 0191 261 1619	Gateshead Wide	Arts / Crafts / Photography, Music / Film / Dance / Drama, Dementia, Long Term Conditions, Older People
Birtley Heritage Group	Organisation	A local history group encouraging the curiosity of people to delve into the hidden past and unearth some of the stories of Birtley's heritage to discover how the area has changed over the last one hundred and fifty years and pass on that information to today's residents. Originally in 2009 we were a	birtleyheritagegroup@hotmail.co.uk 0191 433 6101	Birtley	History / Heritage
Bensham Grove Community Centre	Organisation	Bensham Grove Community Centre can be found in a wonderful Grade ll listed building in the heart of Gateshead. The building has lots of original Arts and Crafts features and is well worth a visit. The Centre has been a Community Centre for the people of Bensham for more than 90 years and has all of	centremanager@benshamgrove.org.uk 0191 433 6450	Bensham, Dunston, Saltwell, Teams	Education / Training / Employment, Arts / Crafts / Photography, Community Development
Bensham and Saltwell Alive	Organisation	Bensham and Saltwell Alive is an initiative that has two key aims. The first is to highlight the wide variety of interests, gifts and talents that every resident in the neighbourhood has, whatever their age and background. The second is to give residents a chance to share these skills, help each		Bensham, Bridges, Saltwell, Windmill Hills	Arts / Crafts / Photography, Community Development, Music / Film / Dance / Drama, Climate / Environment, Events / Festivals / Fairs, Food / Cooking / Nutrition, Gardening, History / Heritage
The Passing of a True Hero	Information	Thomas Bartley Hughes 23rd November 1921 - 31st December 2010 Aged 18 in 1940, he joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve as a pilot and started his flying training on DH Tiger Moths at 7 Elementary Flying Training School at Desford, Leics, that October. There he flew in a mix of civilian and service		Gateshead Wide, Lobley Hill, Sunniside, Whickham	History / Heritage
Highfield Homing Society	Organisation	A group of pigeon fanciers based in HighfieldAs a group of Pigeon fanciers we race our pigeons from race points in the UK and France. We race 27 races, these start in April and end in October each year. Our members are historically drawn from the local community which surrounds the immediate area of	Carrhilllofts@hotmail.co.uk 0191 421 6418	Highfield	Sport
Replacing The Burnhope Colliery Banner	Information	The Banners of North East Collieries are large silk sheets painted on both sides with various designs and icons. Banners can be either portrait or landscape shaped and would have a 'device' painted in either a roundel or rectangle. The sheet would be supported by two carrying poles joined by a cross		Sunniside, Whickham	History / Heritage
Gateshead Borough Bowling Club	Organisation	Gateshead Borough Bowling Club Hi, So ends another outdoor bowling season. the weather has been very kind, with only one game rained off the entire summer, so the time has arrived to tell you all of the ups & downs of our 'summer of bowling' We finished 2nd in the monday night 'Tens' league. We		Gateshead Wide, Saltwell	Keep Fit / Exercise, Outdoor Activities, Hobbies and Interests, Sport
Burnopfield Folk Singer & Song Writer Mike Weston	Information	Mike Weston and his wife Sheila moved from Manchester to Burnopfield in 1980. They have 3 children and 4 grand children. Sheila is a retired Teacher and retired Mike is a keen folk singer and songwriter. Mike has 'a thing' about forgotten heroes and his folk songs are a tribute to lesser known			History / Heritage, Music / Film / Dance / Drama
Farm Hind & Family at Ravensworth	Information	Close House Farm Ravensworth was sited half way along the Coach Road between Lobley Hill and Lamesley The Farm was owned by gentleman Farmer Mr Andrew Sanderson and the bulk of the land then being farmed extended over what is now the Team Valley Trading Estate. This ‘contract of employment’ written		Sunniside	History / Heritage
Violette Szabo	Information	Violette Szabo GC monument on Albert Embankment commemorating all those in SOE Our members love history, we are fortunate that they are certainly not parochial. This story is worthy of a special place in the history of our country. As a former Royal Marine Commando who fought in trouble spots with		Sunniside, Whickham	History / Heritage
A Historical Description of Old Byermoor	Information	A Brief Historical Description of Old Byermoor The Photograph above taken from the pit slag heap, shows Byermoor Colliery (closed 31st Jnuary 1968) in the foreground with the old Colliery housing to the right. The old mining village of Byermoor originally stood nestling on a hillside overlooking the		Sunniside	History / Heritage
How Did Burnopfield Get It's Name?	Information	How did Burnopfield get its name? One theory is that it is a combination of Saxon and Scandinavian words: `burn' - a Saxon word for a small stream; `hope' - a Scandinavian word shortened to `op', meaning the head of a dene; and `field' - from the Saxon word `fell' meaning a fell or moor. Burnopfield		Sunniside	History / Heritage
Dunston Staithes	Information	The Dunston riverside was once a hive of activity, with lots of ships waiting at the river mouth to be loaded with coal from the Keel boats as early as 1671. The Keel men had to be strong, as the Keel boats carried 20 tons of coal with just a square sail and two large oars, they did four or five		Dunston	History / Heritage
The Hobson Pit Strike 1849	Information	The Hobson Colliery c1900 December 1849 saw the beginning of a short but very bitter dispute between the owners of Marley Hill colliery and their workmen over low wages. The men were only able to earn between two shillings and sixpence, and three shillings and sixpence per day, and out of this they		Sunniside	History / Heritage
The Bridging Of The River Tyne	Information	A HISTORY OF THE TYNE BRIDGES c1250 to 1876 When the wooden built Norman bridge was destroyed by fire in the year 1248, it was essential that it was replaced as quickly as possible. The Officials of Newcastle Corporation and the Bishop of Durham reached agreement on the financial arrangement. The		Gateshead Wide	History / Heritage
Memories of Old Sunniside by Mary Harrison	Information	OLD SUNNISIDE. The layout consisted of 9 houses, then, 'Prospect House' with it's walled garden. The other 5 houses were set around a square, there was also a cottage. The street of houses was surrounded by gardens, very pretty and pleasant, they could be seen very clearly from the main road, where		Sunniside, Whickham	History / Heritage
The Eddie Liddle Story	Information	BORN:14th FEBRUARY 1909 DIED: 25th JULY 1982 Life begins for all of us in many varied ways, mine began at High Row (pictured above). This was a one street place, one could hardly call it a village, as there was no church or pub, and only a small shop, if it could qualify for that name, a Mrs Ellison		Sunniside, Whickham	History / Heritage
Colliery Banners of the Coal Fields	Information	Our villages sprung up largely because of the proximity of the coal mines. The miners were a close band of brothers whilst working underground and also in the community with their families. They became proud Trade Unionists, members of The National Union of Coal Miners. Many mines formed brass bands		Gateshead Wide	History / Heritage