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Tyne & Wear Archives Shipyards Collection receives international recognition

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Posted by administrator on July 9, 2013     Permalink     Comments (4)

Staff and researchers at Tyne & Wear Archives have long known about the outstanding historical significance of our shipbuilding collection. We’re delighted to announce, though, that this has been given official recognition through its addition to the UK Memory of… Read more

From Sunderland to Seville: Diary of life at sea in 1865 (part 2)

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Posted by administrator on June 21, 2013     Permalink     Leave a comment

The previous instalment of this blog reflected on the diary entries of John Hall during his voyage from Sunderland to Seville onboard the sailing ship ‘Success’. John Hall lived at 62 Lawrence Street in Hendon, Sunderland, located near to the… Read more

From Sunderland to Seville: Diary of life at sea in 1865 (part 1)

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Posted by administrator on June 18, 2013     Permalink     Comments (1)

Recent blogs have highlighted some of the fascinating diaries that Tyne & Wear Archives holds. Ian Whitehead’s blog about First World War Patrol boats makes excellent use of the diary of William Bartram written in 1916, while an earlier one… Read more

Do we have plans of your house, school or place or work?

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Posted by administrator on May 23, 2013     Permalink     Comments (2)

Tyne & Wear Archives is jointly funded by the five metropolitan districts councils in Tyne & Wear. We hold a large quantity of local authority records including Council minute books, school records, public health records and coroners records. One of… Read more

Bringing a touch of royal glamour to Post-War Sunderland

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Posted by administrator on April 21, 2013     Permalink     Comments (3)

Today is the Queen’s Birthday – she was born on 21 April 1926. To celebrate lets go back nearly 67 years to a time before she was on the throne, before she was even married. The year is 1946 and for… Read more