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David Horsefield

Arbeia South Shields' Roman Fort   Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Exhibitions   Great North Museum: Hancock   Hatton Gallery   Laing Art Gallery   Segedunum Roman Fort   Shipley Art Gallery   Social History   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery   Stephenson Steam Railway   The Archives   Volunteering
Posted by administrator on October 3, 2011     Permalink     Leave a comment

We’re fast approaching our annual volunteer awards in November of this year. David won an award for his Outstanding Contribution to Customer Care last year after volunteering with us for over 8 years across all of our venues. I asked David, a… Read more

Volunteering, Employability and Accessibility – Paul Casson

Discovery Museum   The Archives   Volunteering
Posted by administrator on September 26, 2011     Permalink     Leave a comment

Paul is one of the fantastic Culture Track volunteers, who has continued volunteering with us even after securing paid employment. Paul began volunteering with us at the Discovery Museum and is now volunteering within BFI Mediatheque in the Archives. He’s… Read more

Question : How much does it cost to burn a witch? Answer : £15 19s 2d

Books   Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Local History   The Archives
Posted by administrator on August 26, 2011     Permalink     Comments (3)

We know this because in the Archives are stored the Newcastle Chamberlains’ accounts for the years 1508 until 1835.   The entry we looked at read…”bill of charges for the wiches for 2 weekes ending the 23th (sic) of August 1650 and other… Read more

Colin Armstrong – Volunteering at the Discovery Museum

Discovery Museum   Volunteering
Posted by administrator on August 24, 2011     Permalink     Comments (2)

Colin has been volunteering with us at Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums for over 2 years now. He first joined volunteering as part of the Culture Track Project and has since progressed into volunteering across the museums, helping with… Read more

Record Breaking Volunteers at The Late Shows 2011

Volunteering
Posted by administrator on August 18, 2011     Permalink     Leave a comment

We recruited a record breaking number of volunteers to support The Late Shows 2011. With over 100 volunteers supporting the late night events which took place in Newcastle, Gateshead and Ouseburn over 2 nights and 49 venues!! I got the… Read more