Visit to Roger Tillotson's House

Roger was a member of the original Byker team and built his own house in 1974. Remarkably in the style of the Byker Redevelopment and in fantastic condition. Amazing what maintenance can do.

Bolam Coyne Sunday 7th June 2009 at 11am..

The next event we've organised at BC is on Sunday. Come along and do some late spring planting and have some great scran!

Architect in the Wall!

On Thursday 2nd April 2009 the Ralph Erskine Society had a small meeting with Roger Tillotson. Roger is one of the Byker Team architects and led on the design of Rabygate in the Wall. So we invited him round to have a look and catch up with the locals. He came and showed us a video made of Ralph Erskine at the age of 80 about him and his work. It was a great opportunity to ask questions and hear stories. Hopefully we will arrange further meetings and talks this year.

Latest news from the Society...

Sorry I have been away a long time but life is hectic in Byker!

We have organised another series of events down at Bolam Coyne which were great fun, popular and inspiring. The latest one was Byker Lights which was organised by Andy McD - a lantern making workshop followed by a clean up afternoon, food, digging, planting, eating soup and then lighting the lights. Exhausting but FUN! Roll on the next one. Watch this space. Any has mentioned something about eggs and hens...

Dalton Crescent, Winter sunset

It's fantastic how the sun highlights the brickwork on Dalton Crescent. The windows were really shining too.