Stories of the Stones
Stories of the Stones is a Tyne and Wear Buildings Preservation Trust project exploring the stories and natural habitat of St John’s and Westgate Hill cemeteries in Elswick.
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We will give you a tour
Westend residents become graveyard tour guides as part of National Cemeteries and Love your Burial Ground Week Stories of the Stones group members, Ian and Pam Royal took their love of local history to the next level by trying their hand as tour guides at a community...
Chinese Sailor Graves
If you are a regular visitor to St John’s Cemetery, chances are you may have crossed paths with groups of young Chinese students, local Chinese people or Chinese tourists carrying offerings and heading for the six headstones colloquially known as the Chinese sailor...
100 Years later
What does the Montagu Pit disaster mean to the lives of people living today? Local residents take part in creative sessions to help commemorate the people who died in the Montagu Pit Disaster A group of West End residents took part in a creative writing and arts...
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