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When referring to the people, as opposed to the dialect, dictionary definitions of a Geordie typically refer to a native or inhabitant of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, or its environs, [16] an area that encompasses North Tyneside, Newcastle, South Tyneside and Gateshead.
The Nine Hours Strike was an 1871 labour dispute in the engineering trade, in Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain.Its name refers to the engineers' demand that a normal working day should consist of no more than nine hours.
Berwick dialect, spoken in Berwick-upon-Tweed, the northernmost town in England Northumbrian proper, the only rhotic or variably rhotic dialect left in the region (Northumberland and northwest Durham), nearly extinct, which uses the Northumbrian burr , mostly spoken today only by the oldest rural, male speakers.
He was the chairman of the Scottish Labour Party in 1984 and was elected to the House of Commons at the 1987 General Election for Newcastle North in Tyneside following the deselection of the sitting Labour MP Robert Brown. Henderson held the seat with a majority of 5,243, and in the 2005 election, he received 50% of the vote with a majority of ...
Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle (/ nj uː ˈ k æ s əl / ⓘ new-KASS-əl, RP: / ˈ nj uː k ɑː s əl / ⓘ NEW-kah-səl), [5] is a cathedral city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is England's northernmost metropolitan borough, located on the River Tyne's northern bank opposite Gateshead to the south.
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Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West BC: 76,969 11,060 Chi Onwurah‡ Ashton Muncaster# Tyne and Wear: Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend BC: 76,425 12,817 Mary Glindon‡ Janice Richardson# Tyne and Wear: Newcastle upon Tyne North BC: 75,146 17,762 Catherine McKinnell‡ Guy Renner-Thompson† Tyne and Wear: Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor ...
New Writing North was established in 1996 in Newcastle upon Tyne, [1] working with writers across the North East of England. In 2012 the agency became part of Arts Council England's National Portfolio programme and expanded its remit to cover the whole of the North of England. [2] New Writing North is a registered charity [3] and a limited ...