Sun shines in Swalwell

Sep 19 2008 | Alastair Gilmour

THEY like to laugh in Swalwell. It’s one of the reasons the Gateshead village manages to retain its old identity, long after the steel works died, the railway station closed and the A1 Western Bypass amputated its extremities. There were precious few local amenities before a branch of Lidl arose from a former brickworks site and there’s a finite number of times you can visit B&Q – yet its residents manage to remain positive. Read