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Power to all people? The 1960s fight for Byker
Byker is a monument of community-driven design - still influencing and still standing as a listed landmark. Sally Watson & Silvie Fisch...
Sally Watson & Silvie Fisch
3 days ago8 min read


Paper Sticks: A Childhood in Byker in the 1960s
In his own words, Brian Thompson relives his experience growing up in the midst of a changing Byker - a time when Tyneside flats and the...

Brian Thompson
Oct 13, 20223 min read


Broken Glasses by Tom Kelly
As part of the 'North East People's Archive' project, we've asked folk of the North East to submit stories and mementos from some of...

Tom Kelly
Oct 3, 20224 min read


Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen’s Byker
Jack Turner explores the beautiful and evocative photographs of Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, and how her vision of Byker and its melting pot...

Jack Turner
Mar 14, 20215 min read
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