Gateshead s leafy Low Fell once had its own railway station - so what became of it?
Low Fell railway station operated as a busy commuter stop for nearly nine decades - but there is little trace of it today
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The F-word slips easily off Richard Rankin’s tongue. “Fun” is very much part of his vocabulary as he talks through his philosophy on both work and leisure time. Scratch the surface of this successful businessman and you uncover someone aware of his mental health and that of his staff. Nattily dressed in jeans and trainers this Geordie lad – previously a partner with Armstrong Watson - has a style and appearance that belies his 48 years thanks to the fitness regime he shares with wife Victoria - the couple married in December just before the country went into the third lockdown.
Gateshead grandad, 82, finds book he never published on display in WHSmith on his birthday
George Harbron, from Low Fell, never expected people to read his extraordinary life story until he found it on the best sellers shelf in WH Smith
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This North-East family is raffling of their £200k four-bed home for just £2 a ticket A NORTH-EAST family hoping to make their dream move to Australia are raffling off their four-bedroom Victorian townhouse for just £2 a ticket. Jade Richardson, 27, along with her husband and their children, two-year-old Kilo and nine-week old Khaia, are hoping to raise enough funds for their move and a charity. Their three-storey home in Low Fell, near Gateshead, which has been valued at around £200,000, has been listed on the online raffle site, Raffall. Already, more than 26,000 tickets have been sold for the draw, which the family hope will have achieved 200,000 by August 25, this year.