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1702. A protection cert. from the pressmen for sailors on the John of London while transporting Ambrose Crowley's ironwork from Newcastle to London for Her Majesty's service. Interesting to read the descriptions of the sailors in question, a pity no birthplaces are mentioned.
Now on Digital Showcase are these 17th & 18th century recipe books. Explore the notation of culinary delights, surprises and remedies, represented in the handwritten recipe books of two Early Modern women, fifty years apart. Find out more digitalshowcase.ncl.ac.uk/showcases/reci… #Digitalshowcase
The border between Cantwara rīce (Kingdom of the Kentish) & Sūþseaxna rīce (South Saxons) is still the border between the counties of Kent & Sussex A 1,400 year old ditch created to stop conflict, by marking the border to avoid confusion, is our southern woodland boundary
‘Stepney Western’ at Byker Station, created by local filmmaker Harry Lawson. The mural re-imagines the past & present of East Newcastle through its Western-inspired design. nexus.org.uk/news/item/west…
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Inside Northumberland castle restored to 'full splendour' for sale at £2.5million chroniclelive.co.uk/news/property-…
This weekend, 18-19 October, is the Gan’ Canny Gala, the end of season celebration of the @TanfieldRailway 300th anniversary year. Dating back to 1725, Tanfield Railway is believed to be the world’s oldest railway. #TanfieldRailway #Tanfield300
‘Durham was to England … what America has been to Europe’ - Henry Mess, ‘The Social Survey of Tyneside: An English Regional Social Survey’, American Journal of Sociology (1927) jstor.org/stable/pdf/276…
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Coming to auction in a mixed lot is this 18th century copperplate engraving, "Perspective View of Newcastle upon Tyne in Northumberland". Probably taken from "The Complete English Traveller" by Nathaniel Spencer, 1771. Image: Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood
In an unusual auction lot - the common link seems to be penny-farthings - are two stoneware bottles "The Doctor's Stout" for R Emmerson Jr of Newcastle upon Tyne. His Aerated Water Manufactory was on George Street, Newcastle. He sold it to James Deuchar in 1900. Image: Bonhams
As nights draw in and temperatures drop it's time to light the fire! 'The History of A Scuttle of Coals in Rhymes and Pictures' tells us about the journey of this once common fuel from ground to fireplace. Read on CollectionsCaptured: collectionscaptured.ncl.ac.uk/digital/collec… Ref. RB821.8-SIX
Wharncliffe Street greengrocer, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1950s, by Jimmy Forsyth.
#ICYMI: Join us on 4 November at 7pm to learn how LiDAR technology is transforming local history, as high-resolution aerial data from the Beacons of the Past project is uncovering hidden traces of human activity across the Chilterns. Book your place: balh.org.uk/event-balh-a-v…
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