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Bungling burglars and sweet-toothed thieves

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Local History   Social History   The Archives
Posted by administrator on October 16, 2015     Permalink     Comments (2)

Over the past six months I’ve been popping into the local studies libraries in North Shields and South Shields to look through local newspapers from the early Twentieth Century. The reason for this has been my fascination with one particular… Read more

Dazzle Painting of ships in the First World War and the model of ss Hindustan

Collections & Objects   Design   Discovery Museum   Local History   Maritime History   Military History   Segedunum Roman Fort   The Archives   World War 1
Posted by administrator on October 8, 2015     Permalink     Comments (12)

Although we have hundreds of ship models in our collections, only one of them is dazzle painted.  The tramp steamer ss Hindustan was launched in July 1917 by Bartram and Sons Ltd., Sunderland and completed for the Hindustan Steam Shipping… Read more

Creative Baby! session 2: mirrors, kitchens and crayons!

Shipley Art Gallery
Posted by administrator on October 2, 2015     Permalink     Leave a comment

Following the positive feedback received at the first session, Jess, Lillian and I approached the second session of Creative Baby! with great excitement. This session would focus on ‘Domesticity: an exhibition of interiors by Naomi Alexander’. I had already developed various ways of engaging… Read more

First World War underwear

Collections & Objects   Fashion   World War 1
Posted by administrator on September 30, 2015     Permalink     Leave a comment

Underwear has changed a lot in the last one hundred years, especially for women, here’s some of our First World War era under garments…….. Combinations – an all-in-one piece that combined a camisole with long drawers, an underskirt would have… Read more

Five fab websites for exploring creativity!

Arbeia South Shields' Roman Fort   Shipley Art Gallery
Posted by administrator on September 23, 2015     Permalink     Leave a comment

  Red Ted Art – this blog by a crafty mum features a section where you can search for specific crafts, and also a huge array of crafty ideas – brilliant for when you’re looking for inspiration! I particularly like the… Read more