We did'nt get access to the Coyne so we decided to do N's front garden instead.

Little Celebration at Bolam Coyne Sat 29th May 2010

The Society is having a Little Bolam Coyne gathering at the Coyne on Saturday to celebrate the end of 10 years of hard work preventing the demolition of the houses and the hard work of residents over 4 years to clean up and maintain the landscaping around the area.

We have established an allotment in one of the gardens, planted some bulbs and cut back quite a lot of shrubbery, made bird boxes, and had a good few hours of working together, chatting and eating Andy's food.

On Saturday we will be chilling out with a little bit of tidying up and getting some ideas as to how we would like to see the houses developing and what to do with the landscaping and gardens.

I just want to say a BIG thanks and congratulation to all of you who have come along, put time in to this and who love to live in Byker!

P.S. Bring your brolly as it may rain!

New Projects for 2010

We have started the year off with a whole host of ideas and projects. Here are some of them:

1. Environmental projects around the Byker estate.
2. The first Byker Cherry Festival - sometime around early May.
3. The relaunch of the Byker Phoenix newsletter - watch out for this exciting new development!

And more ideas on the way....

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...