Tag Archives: marine engineering

The Berengaria visits the River Tyne

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Posted by administrator on April 17, 2014     Permalink     Comments (2)

Over the past couple of months, work has been progressing steadily on the ‘Workshop of the World’ project. I’ve been working through the large quantity of unlisted material in the Vickers Armstrong collection and there have been lots of interesting… Read more

First World War stories: Saving the ‘Sunik’

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Posted by administrator on July 29, 2013     Permalink     Leave a comment

2014 will see the Centenary of the start of the First World War. The Archives holds many fascinating records, showing how the War impacted on the Tyne & Wear area. Over the next few years we will be sharing some… 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

Fascinating diaries to be made available to the public for the first time

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Posted by administrator on May 25, 2012     Permalink     Comments (5)

Since my last blog in late April work has been going well on the ‘We Mak’em’ Sunderland Shipbuilding archives project. Colin and I have both been working on the project’s biggest collection – the records of William Doxford & Sons… Read more