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2. Fawdon Factory - Wikipedia

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   The council voted by 38 to 25 to let Rowntree buy the land. The Labour group on Newcastle City Council had opposed the sale, as the Labour group wanted the land to be leased, not bought. [4] The site would make Smarties, Fruit Gums and Fruit Pastilles. The factory would cost around £2m, and was hoped to open in March 1958. It had 22 ovens. [5]

3. Ouseburn Valley - Wikipedia

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   The lower Ouseburn was the cradle of the Industrial Revolution in Newcastle. [1] There was a cluster of heavy crafts and industries in the area. Coal was brought from the Town Moor along the Victoria Tunnel, where the tidal nature of the Ouseburn allowed wherries – the local barges – to be loaded at low tide and pulled out to the collier brigs and snows waiting in the Tyne.

4. David Abrahams (businessman) - Wikipedia

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   Abrahams was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, and brought up in Whitley Bay as the only child in a strongly political family. [4] [5] His father Bennie Abrahams (1906–1990) was a Labour councillor for the Monkchester ward of Newcastle City Councilfor 35 years, and served as the city's lord mayor for one year in 1981-2.

5. North Tyneside Council - Wikipedia

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   Since 1986 the council has provided both district-level and county-level functions, with some services being provided through joint arrangements with the other Tyne and Wear councils. In 2024 a combined authority was established covering North Tyneside, County Durham , Gateshead , Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , South Tyneside and ...

6. Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead - Wikipedia

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   The borough forms part of the Tyneside conurbation, centred on Newcastle upon Tyne. At the 2021 census, the borough had a population of 196,154. It is bordered by the local authority areas of Newcastle upon Tyne to the north, Northumberland to the west, County Durham to the south, Sunderland to the south-east, and South Tyneside to the east.

7. Geordie - Wikipedia

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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.