Posts by venue: Transport

LCT 7074 – Hebburn’s Remarkable D-Day Survivor

Maritime History   Military History   Social History   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery   The Archives   Transport   World War 1
Posted by administrator on April 7, 2020     Permalink     Leave a comment

Written by Geoff Woodward, Museum Manager, North & South Tyneside The tidal waters of the River Tyne were a swirling grey and the gusting wind stung a chilled greeting as a newly-completed vessel was hastily handed over to the Royal Navy.  The date was 7 April… Read more

A Waggonway Adventure

Archaeology   Local History   Maritime History   Stephenson Steam Railway   Technology   Transport
Posted by administrator on July 25, 2017     Permalink     Leave a comment

Early one morning in July, my colleague Kev and I set off to collect the majority of the waggonway timbers from York Archaeological Trust where they have been undergoing preservation treatment for the last 3 years. Or, as we like… Read more

Funding the Willington Waggonway

Archaeology   Stephenson Steam Railway   Support Us   Transport
Posted by administrator on May 19, 2017     Permalink     Leave a comment

It is common knowledge that museums are feeling the pinch as councils tighten budgets, so you may have wondered where the funding came from for the Willington Waggonway Research Programme. The rescue, preservation and research of a section of the… Read more

Danger and adventure for Tyne and Wear ships’ crews in the Spanish Civil War

Discovery Museum   Local History   Maritime History   Social History   Transport
Posted by administrator on April 28, 2017     Permalink     Comments (2)

This photograph of the devastation of the Basque port of Bilbao in April 1937 was taken by Captain Still of the Newcastle ship Hamsterley, on a mission to take food to the beleaguered city and rescue refugees during the Spanish… Read more

When is a railway a railway?

Archaeology   Local History   Stephenson Steam Railway   Technology   Transport
Posted by administrator on March 13, 2017     Permalink     Leave a comment

Many people see the opening of the Stockton and Darlington railway in 1825 as the beginning of the railway age, but did you know that railways existed more than 200 years before or arguably even earlier? In basic terms a… Read more