Posts by venue: Local History

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

Stained glass at South Shields Museum & Art Gallery

Art   Collections & Objects   Local History   Social History   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery
Posted by administrator on July 20, 2016     Permalink     Leave a comment

The beautiful stained glass windows mounted on the half landing of the grand staircase at South Shields Museum are a much-admired feature of our venue. The centre window contains glass from Holy Trinity Church, South Shields, which was located at the… Read more

The Hancock sisters and the Great War – A Guest Post by Ashleigh Jackson

Collections & Objects   Great North Museum: Hancock   Local History   Military History   World War 1
Posted by administrator on July 11, 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. July 2016 marks the centenary of… Read more

The Boldons

Collections & Objects   Exhibitions   Local History   Social History   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery
Posted by administrator on July 8, 2016     Permalink     Comments (3)

The Boldons are a group of three South Tyneside villages – East Boldon, West Boldon and Boldon Colliery – located to the south of the Borough of South Tyneside, heading towards Sunderland. In 2014 the British Library loaned one of… Read more

What ever happened to Saltwell Park Museum? (Part 2)

Collections & Objects   Exhibitions   Local History   Shipley Art Gallery   Social History
Posted by administrator on June 13, 2016     Permalink     Comments (1)

Read Part 1 of What ever happened to Saltwell Park Museum? Saltwell Park Museum and Saltwell Towers have a close connection to another Gateshead building, the Shipley Art Gallery. Their stories are connected to another man who lived in the Towers… Read more