[11] One of the prime campaigners behind the exhibition was Councillor David Adams (1871-1943), who later became an MP and Lord Mayor of Newcastle.

[14] David Adams described the planning and development of the Walker and Willington estates in a series of articles for The Northern Echo.

Other parts of Walker are Walkerdene (which is situated south of 'Fossway' and north of 'Welbeck Road', west of 'Waverdale Avenue' and east of 'Scrogg Road') and Walkerville (which is located under the railway bridge and to the right, these houses are mainly private stock whereas other areas of Walker are council and ex-council stock).

Alderman Sir William Haswell Stephenson, built the library in 1908[18] in memory of his wife Eliza, who died in 1901.

[19] The library closed on 29 June 2013 and contents have been relocated into a purpose built area within Walker Activity Dome in July 2013 (The Lightfoot Sports Centre).

[27] Plans for the area's regeneration were approved by the then Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Ruth Kelly.

[31] Walker is the birthplace of Eric Burdon, lead singer of The Animals, who later recorded with War at the beginning of that band's career.

The Animals recorded a song called "Gonna Send You Back to Walker", a repurposed version of a song by American R&B singer Timmy Shaw, "Gonna Send You Back to Georgia (A City Slick).

"[32] Another Walkerite, the author, journalist and broadcaster Keith Topping, titled one of the chapters in his novel The Hollow Men, The St. Anthony's Chinese Takeaway Massacre.

Stan Anderson, rugby union player who made one Test match appearance for England in the 1899 Home Nations Championship.