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...
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Tom Kelly
Oct 3, 20224 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...
David Kidd
Aug 5, 202120 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...
Andy Ashwell
Feb 28, 20214 min read
Lost Without Trace - HMS Wasp and Lt BJH Adamson
In this weeks feature Andy Ashwell explores the tale of HMS Wasp, a Tyne built ship sadly lost in the seas off of Singapore, as well as a...
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