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A Short Account of John Robson (Sunderland) Ltd
We talk a lot about shipbuilding, and for the past 4 months I've specifically been diving into Wearside and its global influence over the...
Dr John Towner
Jan 104 min read


Samuel Plimsoll's strong connections to North East England
by Miriam A Bibby 2024 is the bicentenary of the birth of Samuel Plimsoll, and I recently wrote an article about him for Historic UK’s...
Miriam Bibby
Oct 25, 20245 min read


Broken Glasses by Tom Kelly
As part of the 'North East People's Archive' project, we've asked folk of the North East to submit stories and mementos from some of...
Tom Kelly
Oct 3, 20224 min read


Mutiny on the Ostrich
This story is a fictionalised account of a real event. If there was ever a ghost ship sighted off the Leas at South Shields one...
David Kidd
Aug 5, 202120 min read
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