by Christopher Clarke | Jun 9, 2026 | Events, News
The organisers of the 2026 Teddy Bear Trail, the Friends of Jesmond Library, have announced that folk following the trail named this year’s favourite Bear as “The Teddy Who Came to Tea”, who could be viewed outside Newcastle High School for Girls.
A very close second was number 18 in the trail, “Obearlix”, entered by Chris and Meryl. The judges’ runner up could be found hiding in Jesmond Community Orchard: “The Very Hungry Bear”.
We are grateful to Symonds Taylor for printing all the entry forms, Waitrose for donating excellent prizes for different age group winners, Awesome Franks for a generous Voucher, Sainsbury’s for favourite Bear prizes and Tesco for the Teddy Treats.
The theme of this year’s trail was “Ted Loves Books”, to celebrate the National Year of Reading.
by Christopher Clarke | Jun 1, 2026 | News
The Owl, the Pussy Cat and Friends went travelling with the help of the Children’s Craft session in Jesmond Library, which was held on Friday 29 May.
by Christopher Clarke | May 31, 2026 | 2026 Festival
The Friends of Jesmond Dene enjoyed beautiful weather for their guided walk around Jesmond Vale.
by Christopher Clarke | May 26, 2026 | News
Supporters of Jesmond Community Orchard chose one of the hottest days of the year so far for their Gardening Day – a big contrast to their planned Open Day, which had to be cancelled as a result of the miserable weather a fortnight ago!
by Christopher Clarke | May 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Keith Jewitt’s account of the impact of the Dissolution of Northern monasteries provided us with one of the best attended Thursday evening talks in Jesmond Library. The talk was one of the library’s contributions to this year’s Jesmond Community Festival.
