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Swalwell
is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of
Gateshead in North East England. It is probably better known
today for being the location of Gateshead Metro Centre but
it has been the birthplace and/or residence of some
interesting people. The last thing Swalwell could be
described as is a pretty village, but it has had an interesting social
and industrial history. Sadly, little has been recorded. I have pulled together bits and pieces about the village and
they are all included on this site.
Here you can learn a little of Swalwell's
history, its famous personalities, see how Swalwell is today and what it was like in the past.
You can learn about the famous Swalwell Cabbage and the Radford
Special, a car built in the front room of a Swalwell resident. You
can see photographs of Swalwell people and read some of their
memories, (perhaps you will know some
of them) and other aspects of Swalwell including the biggest
panoramic view of the village ever produced AND MUCH MORE... You can
download 'The Swalwell Story', 'The Swalwell School Booklet' and
'The Swalwell Co-op Book' and keep them forever, but you will require Adobe Reader
to view them, which can be
obtained for free from HERE
I
believe in the adage that a picture speaks a thousand words,
and have included old and new photographs of Swalwell on
almost every page. To save space and speed of page loading
most of the images are smallish but if you would like to
have some larger copies for yourself, please let me know and
I will be more than happy to email to you.
I hope
that the site content will invigorate memories in visiting
Swalwellers, and that visitors will enjoy what they see and
return again on many occasions. Your feedback, memories,
content and photographs of Swalwell would also be very much
appreciated.
The sources of
information and images on this site are many. I would like
to thank the following for their contributions. Members of
Swalwell Local History Society, Numerous Swalwell folk
including Michael Gallagher, Gateshead Library, The Dean and
Chapter Westminster Abbey, The National Portrait Gallery,
Dragonfly Music, The Northumbrian Pipe Society, the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission and those ex-Swalwellers
from around the world who have sent me photographs and
information. Thank you all!
If any visitor would like
a FREE personal Swalwell email address e,g
bill@swalwell-online.co.uk,
please email me at davidn at swalwell-online.co.uk
David Newton

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