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First World War Stories: The Birtley Belgians

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Posted by administrator on August 12, 2014     Permalink     Comments (25)

I’m currently working on the ‘Workshop of the World’ project to catalogue the historic records of Vickers Armstrong and its predecessor companies. This project will make thousands of fascinating documents available to the public for the very first time thanks… Read more

First World War Stories: Honouring Jarrow’s War Heroes

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Posted by administrator on July 7, 2014     Permalink     Comments (52)

I recently came across a fascinating document, which relates very nicely to the forthcoming exhibition at South Shields Museum ‘Home of Heroes’. The item is a poster listing all those recognised by the Jarrow War Heroes’ Fund between October 1917… Read more

Exciting new addition to the Vickers Armstrong collection

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Posted by administrator on July 1, 2014     Permalink     Comments (38)

I’m pleased to report that the ‘Workshop of the World’ project to catalogue the records of Vickers Armstrong is progressing well. I’m continuing to work through the large quantity of unlisted material in the collection and will look forward to… Read more

Remembering Sunderland’s ship launches

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Posted by administrator on June 4, 2014     Permalink     Comments (7)

Tyne & Wear Archives is delighted to present a new flickr set remembering Sunderland ship launches of the past 150 years. The set has been produced to celebrate Sunderland History Fair, which will be held at the Seaburn Centre, Sunderland on… Read more

Bazaar or just bizarre?

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Posted by administrator on May 8, 2014     Permalink     Comments (1)

Bazaars have long been used by organisations as a way of raising money for good causes. The main event would usually consist of a variety of stalls selling donated items. Bazaars could be meticulously organised affairs and detailed programmes were… Read more