Tag: Newcastle
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Chinese New Year on Stowell Street
For the past few years we’ve started to head down to Stowell Street to join in the Chinese New Year Festivities. The noise and colourful pageantry is an amazing sight to witness. Fire Crackers, Devil Bangers (now called “fun snaps”), paper stretch out dragon and a variety of street food. If the weather is warm…
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Color Obstacle Rush Newcastle
2015 changed my life in many ways. Most were in a positive form. Cat had decided to start the Couch to 5k with her friends on our estate. To which I thought about rounding up the husbands to do the same. I’ve never ran properly in my life. I was always the kid at school…
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Babucho – Newcastle
It’s a Thursday night in January and we’re on our way to see They Might Be Giants. Cat drops the hint that we should make a night of it and grab a meal in town before the gig. I am easily persuaded, but not great at making decisions. “Where do you fancy going?” “A curry?…
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They Might Be Giants at Riverside Newcastle
After nearly five years since going to our last gig I could barely resists buying tickets to see They Might Be Giants at Riverside Newcastle. It was a rare opportunity to see the band in the UK, but also even rarer that they were heading to our home turf. They Might Be Giants and Al!…