Aal Aboot Gateshead - Softcover

Aal Aboot Gateshead explores the boroughs history from Roman times to the present through its suburbs, streets, buildings and characters of note. Discover Gatesheads origins as the head of the goat and explore the Tyne from Blaydon to Bill Quay and the little rivers of the Team and Derwent. Find out about Friars Goose, the Windmill Hills, Shipcote, Shipley, Saltwell and Gibside and admire the famous modern icons of the Angel, The Sage, The Baltic and the Millennium Bridge.

David Simpson is a former journalist and is the author of over thirty books on British history, topography and culture. He has published titles on London and Scotland as well as publications featuring British nostalgia, history and popular tastes from the 1940s to the 1990s. His special interest is the North East of England where he has entertained and lectured widely on the subject of dialect and place-names. David has appeared in over a hundred television and radio broadcasts both locally and nationally.