Posts by venue: Local History

Two James Taylors?

Art   Laing Art Gallery   Local History
Posted by administrator on January 27, 2014     Permalink     Comments (4)

For my first blog post, here’s an interesting puzzle that someone out there might have an answer for. Wading through boxes of prints at the Laing Art Gallery with John Millard, looking for portraits by North-East Victorian artist Ralph Hedley,… Read more

Insults and infighting in Seventeenth Century Newcastle

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Local History   Social History   The Archives
Posted by administrator on January 15, 2014     Permalink     Comments (7)

Last year I wrote a short blog about a new addition to the Tyne & Wear Archives collections – an apprenticeship register of the Incorporated Company of Tailors of Newcastle upon Tyne dating from the Tudor period. The register was… Read more

Bringing hope to Second World War prisoners

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Local History   Military History   Social History   The Archives
Posted by administrator on December 16, 2013     Permalink     Leave a comment

Tyne & Wear Archives acquired fourteen new collections last month and one in particular really caught my imagination. It’s a series of 24 letters sent to a young woman, Elsie Stothert, who worked at Shaws Biscuit factory on the Team… Read more

Remembering the shipyard workers

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Local History   Maritime History   Social History   The Archives
Posted by administrator on December 9, 2013     Permalink     Comments (2)

An earlier blog contained several images of the ship ‘Northern Star’ including an unusual one of workers preparing the slipway for the launch.  It reminded me of how rare and precious such images are. The Archives cares for tens of thousands… Read more

A celebration of royal visits to Tyne and Wear

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Local History   Maritime History   Social History   The Archives
Posted by administrator on November 20, 2013     Permalink     Comments (3)

On 22 November Prince William will be visiting Sunderland and South Tyneside to take part in a number of youth development events.  During the visit he will also officially open Haven Point, the new leisure centre in South Shields. To… Read more