The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, the oldest provincial antiquarian society in England, was founded in 1813.

There were many coalfields, but the oldest were in Newcastle and Durham, South Wales, Scotland, the Midlands, such as those at Coalbrookdale.

John Lewis Newcastle ( formerly Bainbridge ) in Newcastle upon Tyne, is the world's oldest Department Store.

* John Shiel ( born 1917 ) footballer, known as Jack Shiel, oldest surviving Newcastle player

Most of Orono's youth residents who attend public school move onto The Pines and Clarke High School, located just off the Highway 115 on the border of Newcastle ; both are among the oldest active Middle and Secondary schools in the area.

His last match was against Newcastle in the semi-finals at the age of 49 years and 245 days, making him one of the oldest players ever to play in the FA Cup.

At that time, it was one of the oldest game developers in the UK and at its peak had offices in Liverpool, Birmingham, Sheffield, Newcastle, Bristol and Warrington.

The keep is currently owned by Newcastle City Council and managed by the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, one of the world's oldest antiquarian societies.

The decline began to stabilize in the mid-1990s with the resurgence of interest in folk music and there are now over 160 folk clubs in the United Kingdom, including many that can trace their origins back to the 1950s including The Bridge Folk Club in Newcastle ( previously called the Folk Song and Ballad club ) claims to the oldest club still in existence in its original venue ( 1953 ).

His father had a sporting background, playing first grade rugby in Newcastle.

* Will Smith ( rugby league ) ( born 1990 ), rugby league footballer for the Newcastle Knights

The first sporting event held at the stadium was on 6 March 1999 when a then-record rugby league football crowd of 104, 583 watched the NRL first round double-header, featuring Newcastle v Manly and Parramatta v St George Illawarra Dragons.

He plays his club rugby union for Toulon following twelve seasons in the English Premiership with the Newcastle Falcons.

However, in 1997 he gave up the student life to become a professional rugby union player with the Newcastle Falcons.

The Newcastle Falcons ( formerly Gosforth FC / Newcastle Gosforth until 1996 ) is an English rugby union team currently playing in the RFU Championship, as of June 30, 2012.

The four teams that made up the sporting club were the football team, nicknamed the Magpies, the Newcastle Eagles basketball team, the Newcastle Wasps ( later Riverkings, Jokers, Vipers ) ice hockey team and the Newcastle Falcons rugby union team.

John Fletcher succeeded Rob Andrew as director of rugby at Newcastle Falcons with immediate effect.

Wayne James Bennett AM ( born 1 January 1950 ) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player who's the current head coach for the Newcastle Knights of the NRL.

During the 2012 Newcastle Knights season he was credited with the resurgence in Willie Mason's career after Bennett had agreed to sign the 31-year-old after an aborted attempt at a rugby union career in France.

The company sponsored many local sports clubs and events, including Newcastle United Football Club, Newcastle Falcons ( rugby union ), Newcastle Eagles ( basketball ), Durham and Middlesex County Cricket clubs, professional golfer Paul Eales and the cycling festival Northern Rock Cyclone.

* George Graham ( rugby ) ( born 1966 ), rugby player for Scotland and Newcastle Falcons

Many successful people have resided in Taree, including poets Les Murray and Henry Kendall, Ian Moffitt ( journalist and author ), former deputy Prime Minister and National Party leader Mark Vaile, Troy Bayliss and Damian Cudlin ( professional motorcycle racers ), Danny Buderus ( former Australian rugby league captain ), Oenone Wood ( cyclist ), Jade North ( Socceroos, Newcastle Jets captain ), Murray Doust ( rower ), Dr Ken Henry ( Secretary to the Treasury ), John H. Coates ( mathematician ) and Liz Hayes ( Australian Television Reporter ).

Newcastle Emlyn has both a football and rugby team.

Newcastle Emlyn Football Club are members of the Football Association of Wales and Newcastle Emlyn RFC are a rugby union team who are members of the Welsh Rugby Union.

Yet a change in playing style and having found a new sense of attacking rugby, Sarries stopped the rot with a 58 – 15 drubbing of struggling Newcastle.

Hawkins was a former cheerleader for the Newcastle Knights rugby league team, and the Hunter Pirates basketball team and also worked as a model.

Keegan took Newcastle to two consecutive runners-up finishes in the league in 1995 – 96 and 1996 – 97, coming very close to winning the title in the former season.

Newcastle finished fifth in the league at the end of the 2003 – 04 season, and exited the Champions League in the qualifying rounds, but despite this Robson was sacked in August 2004 following a series of disagreements with the club.

He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team.

On 30 July 1996, for a world transfer record-breaking £ 15 million Shearer joined his hometown club and league runners-up Newcastle United, managed by his hero Kevin Keegan.

Perhaps his best performance of the season came on 2 February 1997 when Newcastle went into the final 15 minutes of the game 3 – 1 down at home to Leicester City in the league, only for Shearer to win them the game 4 – 3 by scoring a late hat-trick.

After 46 goals in 170 league games for Newcastle, Waddle joined Tottenham Hotspur on 1 July 1985 for a fee of £ 590, 000 ( decided by a transfer tribunal ).

Under Souness, he started 13 league games, but did not play his first full Premier League game for Newcastle until April 2005.

On 5 December 1908, Sunderland achieved their highest ever league win, against north-east rivals Newcastle United.

However, eight months without competitive football had taken its toll and Cantona struggled for form prior to Christmas-by 24 December, the gap between Manchester United and league leaders Newcastle United had increased to 10 points.

The compensation claim by Newcastle included the £ 10m cost of buying Owen's replacement, Obafemi Martins, £ 6. 2m towards Owen's salary costs while injured, the possibility of long-term damage to Owen's fitness and ability, the loss of league position and cup competition progress, depreciation of Owen's four-year contract, and the cost of medical treatment for Owen.

The team turned the corner with a thrilling 3 – 2 FA Cup win over Newcastle United, going on to lose just two of their 20 league games after this, securing them 5th place and a play-off semi-final clash against newly promoted Reading.

Bootle FC is expelled from the league and, to make the Second Division up to 16 clubs, the league elects Liverpool, Middlesbrough Ironopolis ( league membership 1893 – 94 ), Newcastle United, Rotherham Town ( 1893 – 96 ) and Woolwich Arsenal, the latter being the first club from the south of England to join the Football League.

On the resumption of national league football after the war, the club reformed but did not fare so well as a re-shaped team suffered a host of defeats – including a joint Football League record 13 – 0 defeat at Newcastle United.

The match helped prevent Newcastle from winning the league, but it was not enough for Liverpool to clinch the title ; they finished third while Manchester United were crowned champions.

The introduction of the league structures in the late 1980s saw the club climb into the north east leagues in the early 1990s, and the best known player of this era is Paul van Zandvliet who went on to play for the premiership winning Newcastle Falcons.

Orient had a proud day when they beat former Premier league runners-up Newcastle United 6 – 1 in a pre season friendly match on 25 July 2009.

* Barrie Thomas – A centre forward who scored a club record 30 goals in 22 league games in Division 2, before being sold in mid-season to Newcastle United.

In the 1935 – 36 season the Swans set a league record for longest distance travelled between consecutive matches, Good Friday Swans played at Plymouth ( 2 – 1 ), and Easter Saturday Swans played at Newcastle United ( 1 – 2 ).

Newcastle led the league by 12 points at one stage, but were overhauled by United in the final three months of the season.