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The perfect Christmas present
Published by Newcastle Stuff, the Geordie Diary 2007 has a fact, date or anniversary from the region for very day of the year – on the day it happened. The book is a handy A5 (148mm x 210mm) in size with one week-per-view, so you can also use it as a diary throughout the year. It’s available from most Newcastle bookshops for £6.95, or you can order it direct from Newcastle Stuff and have it mailed to you anywhere in the world for £7.00, including post and packaging. Simply send a cheque or postal order made out to Marshall Hall, to Newcastle Stuff, 12 King Charles Tower, Shield Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 1XX |
| Find out inside: 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. Plus: 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. |
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