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Katherine Waugh
Nov 6, 20204 min read
Mother and Baby Homes - Sorting the 'Sinful from the Righteous'
In 1891, the Salvation Army opened its first Mother and Baby home in London. In the decade that followed, almost 200 of these homes would...
Kieran Carter
Nov 5, 20202 min read
The NEHL Christmas Care Package
Hello all! Hope you are all well. With the success of the project and the kind support we've received through our Patreon, we thought it...
David Kidd
Oct 25, 202019 min read
Every Man for Himself: The Tragedy of the Gipsy Queen
John Dunn was still half asleep when he boarded the Gipsy Queen at the New Quay steamboat landing, North Shields, just before 5am on the mor
Kieran Carter
Oct 10, 20201 min read
In Conversation with... Ep 2: Dan Jackson
In this episode of In Conversation With... We speak to one of the north east's best known historians and author of 'The Northumbrians' Dan J
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