J. W. Swanston was a
Newcastle
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printer, and publisher of many
chapbook
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s. The premises were in St Andrews Street, off Gallowgate, quite near what is now
St James' Park
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football stadium, the home of
Newcastle United F.C.
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, although this ground was not built until 1892.
Swanston was responsible for the publication and printing of numerous
chapbook
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s, of which one noted version was
The Tyneside Songster.
He was also a member of the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club.
His published and printed works include :-
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Nine Hours’ Movement; A History of the engineers’ strike in Newcastle and Gateshead
* Social Science and the Liquor Traffic: The Judgment of Science, of Philanthropy, and of Intellect, an 8-page pamphlet printed in 1870
* Several pamphlets for the Northern Reform League for James McKendrick
* Several Chapbooks including
The Tyneside Songster
See also
*
Geordie dialect words
Geordie ( ), sometimes known in linguistics as Tyneside English or Newcastle English, is an English dialect and accent spoken in the Tyneside area of North East England. It developed as a variety of the old Northumbrian dialect and became espec ...
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The Tyneside Songster by J W Swanston
References
External links
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People from Newcastle upon Tyne (district)
Northumbrian folklore
Music publishing companies of the United Kingdom
Music in Newcastle upon Tyne
19th-century births
Year of death unknown
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