Posts by venue: Social History

Newcastle foodships rescue Basque refugees in the Spanish Civil War

Exhibitions   Laing Art Gallery   Local History   Social History
Posted by administrator on May 26, 2015     Permalink     Comments (4)

Over days and weeks in May 1937, a group of Newcastle cargo ships steamed out of Bilbao, their decks crowded with refugees. They were taking part in a massive rescue scheme for Basque civilians during the Spanish Civil War. Starving refugees, like… Read more

Health and safety at work 100 years ago

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Local History   Social History   The Archives
Posted by administrator on May 13, 2015     Permalink     Comments (15)

While I was recently cataloguing the personnel records in the Vickers Armstrong collection I came across a large quantity of accident records. These give a fascinating insight into working conditions at the factories and shipyards operated by the firm in Newcastle… Read more

Frank Graham, North-East fighter in the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War

Exhibitions   Laing Art Gallery   Local History   Social History
Posted by administrator on May 9, 2015     Permalink     Leave a comment

In October 1938, the women of Barcelona presented this banner to the British Battalion of the International Brigades, whose members had fought on behalf of the Spanish Republicans in the Spanish Civil War. It marked the end of the war… Read more

Newcastle foodship crew witness the devastation of Guernica bombing in the Spanish Civil War

Exhibitions   Laing Art Gallery   Local History   Social History
Posted by administrator on May 1, 2015     Permalink     Comments (1)

This photograph of refugees on the road from Guernica was taken by Norman Ramsey of South Shields shortly after the city was bombed on April 26th 1937. He had arrived on the Newcastle steamer Hamsterley, which had docked in Bilbao… Read more

Wor Life Poppy Project

Art   Discovery Museum   Education   Exhibitions   Hatton Gallery   Laing Art Gallery   Local History   Segedunum Roman Fort   Social History   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery   World War 1
Posted by administrator on April 30, 2015     Permalink     Leave a comment

As part of our Wor Life project, commemorating the role of the North East in the First World War, we have been involving schools, families and community groups in creating poppies in our venues.  The poppies have been interpreted differently… Read more