Posts by venue: World War 1

Improving access to our shipbuilding collections

Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Discovery Museum   Local History   Maritime History   Social History   The Archives   World War 1
Posted by administrator on June 19, 2017     Permalink     Comments (1)

The shipbuilding collections at Tyne & Wear Archives are widely recognised to be of outstanding historical significance. They have attracted international research interest and back in 2013 were given official recognition through their addition to the UK Memory of the… Read more

Women in pictures – a few photos from TWAM’s online collection, Part II

Discovery Museum   Local History   Social History   The Archives   World War 1
Posted by administrator on April 6, 2017     Permalink     Leave a comment

As a volunteer at Discovery Museum, I’ve been helping with some work in the TWAM online photo collection, and along the way I’ve found some great photos I’d like to share with you featuring women.  Part I of this guest… Read more

The Charlton Brothers and the Hancock Museum – A Guest Post by Ashleigh Jackson

Great North Museum: Hancock   Local History   Military History   World War 1
Posted by administrator on October 20, 2016     Permalink     Leave a comment

My name is Ashleigh Jackson. I am a History undergraduate student at Edinburgh and this summer I completed a placement with the Natural History Society of Northumbria in their archives at the Great North Museum: Hancock, looking at the effect of the Great… Read more

George W. Temperley and the bombardment of Scarborough in 1914 – A Guest Post by Ashleigh Jackson

Great North Museum: Hancock   Local History   Military History   World War 1
Posted by administrator on August 26, 2016     Permalink     Comments (1)

My name is Ashleigh Jackson. I am a History undergraduate student from Edinburgh and I’m currently on a summer placement with the Natural History Society of Northumbria in their archives at the Great North Museum: Hancock. “This morning Scarborough was touched for… Read more

The impact of the Great War on the Hancock Museum – A Guest Post by Ashleigh Jackson

Great North Museum: Hancock   Local History   Military History   World War 1
Posted by administrator on July 28, 2016     Permalink     Leave a comment

My name is Ashleigh Jackson. I am a History undergraduate student from Edinburgh and I’m currently on a summer placement with the Natural History Society of Northumbria in their archives at the Great North Museum: Hancock. “The ordinary course of museum work… Read more