Canny years
in Byker
Victoria Marsay
Date posted: 1 Jun 2019
A church, situated opposite the Byker Wall
in Newcastle, celebrated its 40th anniversary.
Meeting
in
a
corrugated-iron
hall,
Welbeck Road Evangelical Church started
under Newcastle City Mission. Over 50
attended the Sunday School, many coming
from the surrounding estates which were
to be made famous by the BBC children’s
television programme Byker Grove.