Gosforth Heritage Postcards offers you a chance to look back at the history of Gosforth through part of our postcard collection. Beautiful pictures of bygone Gosforth and a brief history of postcard use!
Category: Gosforth High Street
Coxlodge Hall Gosforth
This post celebrates more Gosforth heritage with the story of Coxlodge Hall and the resident who was charged of an offence under the Food Hoarding Order of 1917.
Old Gosforth Fire Station
Discovering Heritage is a team of specialist historical researchers with expertise in local, residential and family history. Our signature products… Read more Old Gosforth Fire Station
Murder Mayhem and Gosforth
Murder, mayhem and Gosforth. Visitors to the Ahad Tandoori in Gosforth may be interested in this dastardly tale of revenge and the gruesome outcome for one Gosforth resident who lived in the building next door.
Punshon Newsagent
Discovering Heritage has researched the history of T Punshon Newsagent. First trading from Gosforth in 1918
Historical Aspects of Gosforth
Historical Aspects of Gosforth. Join us as we role back the years and take a coach ride through early Gosforth – Bulman Village. From rural idyll to open sewers.
A Northumbrian Naturalist
This post was prompted by the second TV series of A House Through Time in which David Olusoga traces the history of no 5 Ravensworth Terrace in Newcastle NE1. If you enjoyed the series and are interested in House Histories you may be able to pick up some research tips from our post How Do I Research The History Of My House?
John Mood Stationer and Conscientious Objector
Long time residents of Gosforth will recall a stationery shop on Gosforth High Street, Moods of Gosforth. As children, it was a treat to visit the shop and consider which of the books or stationery we might request for our next birthday or Christmas gift. These memories have prompted us to look at the history of this much-loved shop and its founder.
A Real Diamond Geezer
The son of Jacques Fisher and Sybil Jacobs Joe was born in 1922 in Newcastle. He spent most of his years as a resident of Jesmond and Gosforth. His father was a director of the family wholesale jewellery business in Newcastle. Between 1930 and 1936 Joe attended the Royal Grammar School in Newcastle for his secondary education. Joe still lives in Gosforth now at the age of 98.