Summary
TYNESIDE WILL BE ONE GIANT CITY - that was the news the Evening Chronicle carried on Wednesday, December 1, 1965.
The Minister of Housing and Local Government, Labour MP Richard Crossman announced that a new city of nearly one million people was to be created - but while Newcastle Councillors were licking their lips at the opportunity of becoming a city to rival Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool, small towns such as Gateshead, Tynemouth, Whitley Bay and North and South Shields were hoping to fight off the decision.See the full content of this document
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What's in a Name?
Mr Crossman was said to be "determined that Tyneside would cast off its petty jealousies, stop its bickering and parochialism of centuries and take a massive stride in...
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