Posts by venue: Military History

The Charlton Brothers and the Hancock Museum – A Guest Post by Ashleigh Jackson

Great North Museum: Hancock   Local History   Military History   World War 1
Posted by administrator on October 20, 2016     Permalink     Leave a comment

My name is Ashleigh Jackson. I am a History undergraduate student at Edinburgh and this summer I completed a placement with the Natural History Society of Northumbria in their archives at the Great North Museum: Hancock, looking at the effect of the Great… Read more

George W. Temperley and the bombardment of Scarborough in 1914 – A Guest Post by Ashleigh Jackson

Great North Museum: Hancock   Local History   Military History   World War 1
Posted by administrator on August 26, 2016     Permalink     Comments (1)

My name is Ashleigh Jackson. I am a History undergraduate student from Edinburgh and I’m currently on a summer placement with the Natural History Society of Northumbria in their archives at the Great North Museum: Hancock. “This morning Scarborough was touched for… Read more

The impact of the Great War on the Hancock Museum – A Guest Post by Ashleigh Jackson

Great North Museum: Hancock   Local History   Military History   World War 1
Posted by administrator on July 28, 2016     Permalink     Leave a comment

My name is Ashleigh Jackson. I am a History undergraduate student from Edinburgh and I’m currently on a summer placement with the Natural History Society of Northumbria in their archives at the Great North Museum: Hancock. “The ordinary course of museum work… Read more

The Hancock sisters and the Great War – A Guest Post by Ashleigh Jackson

Collections & Objects   Great North Museum: Hancock   Local History   Military History   World War 1
Posted by administrator on July 11, 2016     Permalink     Leave a comment

My name is Ashleigh Jackson. I am a History undergraduate student from Edinburgh and I’m currently on a summer placement with the Natural History Society of Northumbria in their archives at the Great North Museum: Hancock. July 2016 marks the centenary of… Read more

‘Saved by a Cat’ – a feel good story for Christmas

Military History   Social History   The Archives   World War 1
Posted by administrator on December 22, 2015     Permalink     Leave a comment

A few months ago I spent a morning at North Tyneside Local Studies Library, with my colleague Sarah Younas, looking through old editions of the Shields Daily News. We were searching for the stories behind some of the First World War… Read more