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Remembering the shipyard workers

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Posted by administrator on December 9, 2013     Permalink     Comments (2)

An earlier blog contained several images of the ship ‘Northern Star’ including an unusual one of workers preparing the slipway for the launch.  It reminded me of how rare and precious such images are. The Archives cares for tens of thousands… Read more

The Cultural History of Technology

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Posted by administrator on July 12, 2013     Permalink     Leave a comment

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums has recently teamed up with researchers at Northumbria University to encourage new thinking and comment around important subjects, such as Britishness, migration, and culture in an industrial region. Each week, for four weeks, we’ll… Read more

Bringing the North East’s engineering heritage back home

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Posted by administrator on January 30, 2013     Permalink     Comments (3)

I’m pleased to report that the ‘We Mak’em’ Sunderland Shipbuilding archives project is complete. The Sunderland shipyard records we held at the start of the project in June 2011 have all been catalogued. The nine shipyards covered by the project… Read more

Recent discoveries from the Sunderland shipbuilding archives project

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Posted by administrator on July 21, 2011     Permalink     Comments (32)

I am delighted to announce that work has started on the ‘We ‘Mak’em’ Sunderland Shipbuilding archives project. This is the first in a series of blogs that will report on the project’s progress and highlight any exciting discoveries I make.… Read more