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Product details
- ISBN 9781857952186
- Format: Paperback
- Dimensions: 130 x 220mm
- Publication Date: 05 May 2014
- Publisher: Newcastle Libraries & Information Service
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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This book tells the story of Newcastle's Town Moor, an almost timeless green space at the heart of a busy conurbation. Famously bigger than Hyde Park and Hampstead Heath, every year it hosts the Hoppings, one of the biggest travelling funfairs in Europe. The moor has witnessed coalmining, horse racing, political meetings, ambitious exhibitions. Parks and gardens, hospitals and roads have encroached upon it, but cattle have always grazed there. They belong to the Freemen of Newcastle, who, with the City Council, are guardians of the remarkable Town Moor.
Ken Smith is a retired journalist and local historian. He is the author of several books on the history of Tyneside. Tom Yellowley is a retired GP and avid local history researcher and photographer.
