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Which song The Beatles wrote in Jesmond • How a Toon match led to the invention of the windscreen wiper • Where in Newcastle the country’s first Beauty Contest took place • What Muhammad Ali did in South Shields • What happened when the head of Grey’s Monument was struck by lightning • When the world’s first police car chase took place • What happened to witches and wizards on Newcastle’s Town Moor • When Northumberland was attacked by the American Navy • Which England international footballer worked in a local sausage factory.

Hundreds of other facts about important North East achievements, firsts, famous people and unusual stories.

There’s also a Geordie History Timeline and a Geordie Dictionary. And it’s a diary