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‘Turners saved my marriage’

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Posted by administrator on December 17, 2014     Permalink     Leave a comment

Christmas is fast approaching. It’s a special time of year for many people and it’s also a very busy time for shops. Businesses are going into overdrive with publicity campaigns to get us to buy their products and all this… Read more

Do we have historic aerial photographs of your neighbourhood?

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Posted by administrator on April 2, 2013     Permalink     Comments (5)

Tyne & Wear Archives holds thousands of fascinating collections covering an amazing variety of subjects. There are so many interesting collections that it would be very difficult to pick a favourite. Two kinds of documents do have a special place… Read more

Photographic collection gets its own room in the Archive Stores

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Posted by administrator on February 14, 2012     Permalink     Comments (3)

A recent move of material over to the Northern Region Film & Television Archive at Teesside University www.nrfta.org.uk meant that a small room became vacant in the archive stores at Discovery Museum.  The Archivists and the Conservation Officers agreed that this… Read more