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|Date|Event|
|---|---|
|2008|Initial idea of creating a hack space combined with a co-working space to pay for it.|
|6th July 2009|Newcastle Hackspace list created.|
|6th July 2009|Newcastle Hackspace Google Group created.|
|12th July 2009|Alistair and Brian started renting The Cottage which later became Maker Space 1.|
|18th May 2010|Rebranded as Maker Space.|
|18th July 2010|Alistair and Brian started renting The Cottage which they used as a shared workspace and later became Maker Space 1.0.|
|31st March 2011|North East Makers Google Group created to help build a community in the region.|
|4th July 2011|Alistair and Brian attended a Dorkbot event where they found the first members.|
|20th July 2011|The inaugural Welcome Wednesday when approximately 10 people turned up.|
|20th July 2011|The inaugural meeting when approximately 10 people turned up. This was the start of regluar drop-in sessions on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month.|
|15th December 2011|Maker Space Ltd was formed as a Limited by Guarantee company.|
|2nd January 2013|Our first Welcome Wednesday!|



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|Version|From Date|Location|Floorspace (m<sup>2</sup>)|Description|
|---|---|---|---|--|
|1.0|July 2011|The Cottage,<br>Star and Shadow,<br>Coquet Street|25|Our first home!<br>A small office at the back of a cinema.|
|2.0|1st June 2013|New Bridge St. West|100|Our first proper space in the centre of Newcastle with large shop windows to fill with fun stuff.|
|2.9|21st April 2017|4th Floor,<br>Commercial Union House,<br>Pilgrim Street|50|A small temporary space in CU house with a lot of our stuff in storage.|
|3.0||Basement,<br>Commercial Union House,<br>Pilgrim Street|166|Two areas of basement that had previously been used asa document archive and an alcohol store.|
|4.0|Sep 2021 (storage only)<br>Re-opened November 2022|65 High Street,<br>Gateshead|150?|Ground floor and basement space in a building that was originally a pub.|
|MS1|July 2011|The Cottage,<br>Star and Shadow,<br>1 Coquet Street|25|Our first home!<br>A small office at the back of a cinema.|
|MS2|1st June 2013|18 New Bridge St. West|91|Our first proper space in the centre of Newcastle with large shop windows to fill with fun stuff.|
|MS2.5|21st April 2017|4th Floor,<br>Commercial Union House,<br>Pilgrim Street|45|A small temporary space in CU house with a lot of our stuff in storage.|
|MS3|24th July 2017|Basement,<br>Commercial Union House,<br>Pilgrim Street|103|An area of basement that had previously been used as a document archive .|
|MS3|13th September 2019|Basement,<br>Commercial Union House,<br>Pilgrim Street|166|Expanded into another area of basement that had previously been used as an alcohol store, known as the zombie cage.|
|MS4|4th September 2021 (storage only)<br>Re-opened November 2022|65 High Street,<br>Gateshead|200|Ground floor and basement space in a building that was originally a pub.|

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