Stories of the Stones
We’re a community group looking to revitalise the Elswick and Westgate Hill Cemeteries in the West-End of Newcastle.
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Contact either Julie or Don at:
We’d love to hear about your stories or meet you at one of our regular community hubs at the West End Library.
Blog & Updates
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...
Private Ivy Everard 1922-1942
Private Ivy Everard (1922-1942) whose Commonwealth War Grave is at St John’s Cemetery, Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne
Heritage Open Days Event at St John’s Cemetery
September 9th 2024 Come and find out more about Stories of the Stones and meet the people behind the project! Cemeteries are community touchstones and over the past 18 months the Stories of the Stones Project has worked volunteers from the local community, alongside...
Garden Party at West Lodge
Project volunteer Kay, kindly invited the core Stories of the Stones group to West Lodge at St John's Cemetery for a garden party this week. We celebrated the achievements of the project so far with sandwiches, tea and cake. We also did a bit of work to plan what will...
Blueprints for Elswick
Cyanotype image by Pam Royale Cyanotype workshops in the sun at St John's Cemetery The summer sun finally made a showing at St John's Cemetery two mornings in June for cyanotype workshops led by Stories of the Stones artist Julie...
Stories of the Stones Launch Event – A night of memories, poetry, photos and music
Residents and those with connections to the West End of Newcastle gathered at a celebration event at the John Marley Centre, Scotswood to launch the Stories of the Stones poetry book and website. Members of local history group, Stories of the Stones presented memories...
Poetic Memories of the WestEnd
Local residents write poetry to explore their memories of growing up in the WestEnd The Stories of the Stones group tried their hand at writing poetry, celebrating memories of growing up in Newcastle's WestEnd. The group of local residents having been meeting weekly...