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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

Merry Christmas to all our readers!

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Posted by administrator on December 20, 2011     Permalink     Leave a comment

All the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums bloggers would like to wish our readers a merry Christmas and happy new year! We will be taking a short break over the festive season but return in January with more new… 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

The Winners! The Renaissance North East Volunteers Awards 2011

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Posted by administrator on November 21, 2011     Permalink     Comments (2)

We celebrated our volunteers and staff who support volunteers in style at the Renaissance North East Volunteers Awards 2011 last weekend, at the Great North Museum:Hancock. The standard of nominations were exceptionally high this year and the judges had some very… Read more