Posts by venue: Social History

Joe’s blog no. 5

Before we ‘say Goodbye’ to Joe there is one more aspect of his life that I’d like to share with you. Throughout his adult life, Joe was an ardent fan of Gracie Fields and both collected and promoted all her… Read more

NUFC : For the Love of Football is now open

Last week was busy with everyone helping out to make sure the new temporary exhibition, all about Newcastle United Football Club , was ready to open at Discovery Museum on Saturday. Once all the cases were in place and the… Read more

NUFC : For the Love of Football. It’s the final countdown

Next week we will be installing the new temporary exhibition ‘NUFC : for the Love of Football’ at Discovery Museum.  A lot of work goes into preparing temporary exhibitions from lots of different teams in the museum. Over the past few months… Read more

Focus on the collections (part 3) – The library and archives of the Natural History Society of Northumbria

  The library Following on from my last two blogs on the library collections, I’m going to tell you about the library and archives of the Natural History Society of Northumbria (NHSN). The NHSN began acquiring material for its library… Read more

Christmas and New Year are a time for parties

Christmas and New Year are time for parties, dressing up and looking your best which usually involves a trip to the hairdressers.  Lets go back 60 years and see what Joe could offer at his hairdressing salon in Baring Street, South… Read more