Brown plaque № 7850

Gateshead, Kirklees, England, United Kingdom

Blaydon Races Official racing started in 1861 on Blaydon Island which lay North of here. The song was written in 1862. From 1887 to 1914 the race course was on Stella Haugh, the site of the former power station.

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