Tag Archives: Elswick Works

Health and safety at work 100 years ago

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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

Were your ancestors apprentices at the Elswick Works?

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Posted by administrator on January 28, 2015     Permalink     Comments (13)

I’m pleased to report that work is progressing well on the ‘Workshop of the World’ project to catalogue our Vickers Armstrong archives collection. I’ve recently been working on the firm’s administrative records, which include a large quantity of agreements. Many… Read more

Did your ancestors own shares?

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Posted by administrator on October 30, 2014     Permalink     Comments (2)

I’m pleased to report that work is progressing well on the ‘Workshop of the World’ project to catalogue our Vickers Armstrong archives collection. I’ve recently been working on the Executive records of Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth and Company Ltd, which… Read more

Exciting new addition to the Vickers Armstrong collection

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Posted by administrator on July 1, 2014     Permalink     Comments (38)

I’m pleased to report that the ‘Workshop of the World’ project to catalogue the records of Vickers Armstrong is progressing well. I’m continuing to work through the large quantity of unlisted material in the collection and will look forward to… Read more

Exploring the ‘Workshop of The World’

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Posted by administrator on February 6, 2014     Permalink     Leave a comment

This month I’ve started work on a major project to catalogue our collection of the historic records of Vickers Armstrong and its predecessor companies. This will make all the documents fully available to the public for the very first time.… Read more