Posts by venue: Local History

The Great Flood of November 1771 – guest post by Emily Needle

Great North Museum: Hancock   Local History   Social History
Posted by administrator on November 16, 2015     Permalink     Comments (6)

My name is Emily Needle. I am a 3rd year History student at Newcastle University on a work placement at the Great North Museum Hancock: Library.  I am fortunate to be able to look at and read some wonderful old… Read more

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

Running with the Greats – a guest post by David Wright

Discovery Museum   Exhibitions   Local History
Posted by administrator on September 7, 2015     Permalink     Leave a comment

With the Great North Greats exhibition now open at Discovery Museum, visitors have been pouring in, taking our visitor counter to almost 35,000 already! The exhibition brings together the world of sport and industry, using the one millionth finish of… Read more

Seaside Shields: Exhibition

Local History   Social History   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery
Posted by administrator on September 2, 2015     Permalink     Comments (2)

Hello! this blog post gives a little taster of the ‘Seaside Shields’ exhibition, currently on at South Shields Museum and Art Gallery until the 31st October. Visit for a fun time trying out vintage arcade machines with old pennies, watching… Read more