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Revelations of racial discrimination at sea, discovered in the plans of the Sunderland shipbuilding firm, Bartram & Sons

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Posted by administrator on January 23, 2012     Permalink     Comments (4)

I’m pleased to report that work continues apace with the Sunderland Shipbuilding archives project. Colin and I are both currently working on the records of Bartram & Sons Ltd. The Bartrams shipyard was located at South Dock, Sunderand and was… Read more

An update on progress with the Sunderland Shipbuilding archives project

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Posted by administrator on December 20, 2011     Permalink     Comments (9)

Readers of my previous blogs may remember that in October I gained a ‘glamorous’ assistant, Colin. Over the last few months he’s been working hard sorting and listing a very large series of ships plans for the firm Bartram &… Read more

An exciting recent donation of Sunderland shipbuilding archives

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Posted by administrator on November 28, 2011     Permalink     Comments (12)

One of my hopes for the ‘We Mak’em’ Sunderland Shipbuilding archives project, when it started in June, was that it would encourage former employees of the shipyards and their families to come forward with fascinating additions to the collections we… Read more

Recent developments on the ‘We Mak’em’ Sunderland Shipbuilding archives project

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Posted by administrator on October 24, 2011     Permalink     Comments (6)

It’s been an exciting past month on the Sunderland Shipbuilding archives project. For one thing I now have a ‘glamorous’ assistant, Colin Boyd, who will be working part-time with me for the next year. Colin has worked in the shipbuilding… Read more

A fascinating set of correspondence is uncovered at Tyne and Wear Archives

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Posted by administrator on September 12, 2011     Permalink     Comments (3)

One of the reasons I was so excited to work on the ‘We Mak’em’ Sunderland Shipbuilding archives project was the opportunity it gives me to catalogue and make accessible large quantities of unlisted documents that have never been available to… Read more