Posts by venue: Local History

An update on progress with the Sunderland Shipbuilding archives project

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Local History   Maritime History   The Archives
Posted by administrator on December 20, 2011     Permalink     Comments (9)

Readers of my previous blogs may remember that in October I gained a ‘glamorous’ assistant, Colin. Over the last few months he’s been working hard sorting and listing a very large series of ships plans for the firm Bartram &… Read more

The Great North Museum: Hancock Library – discovering Mr E. Story-Gofton

Books   Great North Museum: Hancock   Local History   Social History
Posted by administrator on December 7, 2011     Permalink     Comments (4)

By Martin Collins (Library volunteer) One of the great joys of rummaging through the Society of Antiquaries (SANT) books in the Great North Museum Library is that you can never be exactly sure what you will come across. One of… Read more

An exciting recent donation of Sunderland shipbuilding archives

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Local History   Maritime History   The Archives
Posted by administrator on November 28, 2011     Permalink     Comments (12)

One of my hopes for the ‘We Mak’em’ Sunderland Shipbuilding archives project, when it started in June, was that it would encourage former employees of the shipyards and their families to come forward with fascinating additions to the collections we… Read more

An explosive flower show

Collections & Objects   Local History   Social History   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery
Posted by administrator on November 7, 2011     Permalink     Comments (6)

Towards the end of August a member of the public dropped some items off at the reception desk in South Shields Museum & Art Gallery. The individual preferred not to leave a name or contact details, but the items were… Read more

The Tyne Regatta of August 1843

Art   Discovery Museum   Exhibitions   Local History   Maritime History   Social History
Posted by administrator on November 4, 2011     Permalink     Comments (9)

  A few months back TWAM acquired an interesting group of items relating to one of the early Tyne Regattas, held in August 1843.     For a modest sum we purchased a silver cup that was awarded to the… Read more