Here is our stall!

Quuite impressive I think!

Bolam Coyne Info Event 16th Sept 2010

The Society took part in this information event for residents of Raby Cross and the surrounding area. It was definately a learning curve for me. RES set up a stall outside of the building, with a table cloth, plants, photographs, books, newspaper cuttings, apples and I (heart) Byker badges. We did this because we like living there, know a few people in the area and basically like humanity and engaging with people.

We had a good day. It is interesting to see the response from different age groups: the under 12s are so enthusiastic about everything, the teenage lads kind of like hanging around being a bit reluctant to want to look interested, many of the adults just are not interested, but some were persuaded to come and get a plant and voice their opinion - which was mainly 'It is shocking that the Council allowed Bolam Coyne to get in to such a mess in the first place and then leave it for 10+' which is a very good question for which I doubt we will ever get an answer!

So here is onwards and upwards!

But looking on the bright side we did a few tours for Heritage Open Days in September:

August visit to Bolam Coyne

We dropped by to discuss details with the landscape designers. The Coyne is in a sad state.

Byker Bowling Event - photos

And a great day was had by all.

Heritage Open Days 2010

We had a series of walking tours arranged over the weekend around the Byker Redevelopment: the sheltered housing schemes (Mount Pleasant, Avondale House and Tom Collins House; a general introduction to the Byker Redevelopment and an update on progress at Bolam Coyne. We had a great bunch of people along, including Roger Tillotson who designed Avondale House. Colin Haylock from Ryder Architects came along to update everyone on Bolam Coyne too. So thanks to both of them for making the events more personalised.

Roll on 2011.