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Imagine North East Exhibition

Saturday 27 June - Friday 4 September 2015.

St James’ Church, Benwell, NE15 6RR.

Today’s News. Yesterday’s History. A Story of Benwell’s Children in the First World War

1pm, Saturday 28 March 2015. 

Beecham Close (off Pendower Way), Pendower Estate, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 6LG.

This was an event organised by the Pendower Good Neighbour Project for Imagine North East.

Exploring our Past Present and Future – in Felt: Benwell in Felt Exhibition and Book Launch

2pm, Friday 10 April.

Exhibition displayed between 2-15 April at the City Library, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Benwell in Felt was an Imagine North East project by St James’ Centre for Heritage and Culture. The felting artwork is now on permanent display at the Carnegie Building, Atkinson Road, Benwell.

Download the booklet, 'Never felt so good' (PDF, 2.69MB).

Local History Day/North Shields Exhibition

10am - 3pm, Saturday 2 May 2015. 

Central (North Shields) Library, North Shields Customer First Centre, Northumberland Square, North Shields, NE30 1QU.

A display of 1970s photographs was displayed until 8 May.

Imagining Community in Benwell: a Future Creating Workshop

2pm - 4.30pm, Wednesday 6 May 2015.

Carnegie Building, Atkinson Road, Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 8XS.

Workshop with Mary Brydon Miller.

Imagine North East – North Shields Exhibition

11-22 May 2015.

Old Low Lights Heritage Centre, Fish Quay, North Shields.

An English Estate: Meadow Well in the 1990s

12.30pm - 2.30pm, 24 June 2015.

The Meadows Community Centre, Waterville Road, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE29 6BA.

A film show and discussion with local film-maker Hugh Kelly. This event was part of the Connected Communities Festival.

Imagine North East exhibition launch

11am, Saturday 27 June. Opening speeches followed by lunch.

On the 27 June the exhibition is open 10.30am - 4.30pm. It will be displayed at this venue until Friday 4 September 2015. 

St James’ Church, Benwell Lane, Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 6RR.

Benwell storytelling and model-making project ‘Imagining Benwell: If Benwell was an animal, what would it be?’ 

During June and July 2015, as part of the Connected Communities Festival Events for Imagine North East, four groups of children and parents were involved in story telling and model making sessions.

The children and parents were from Riverside Community Health Project, Pendower Good Neighbour Project, Bridgewater Primary School and Action for Children Supporting Families.

They helped choose an animal to depict Benwell and used the model making sessions to create the animal.

Imagine2 Launch

3 April 2014. 

Discovery Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Academics and community partners from the North East and Coventry came together to launch Imagine2.

Read the launch report (PDF, 677KB).