Sunday 21st May 2023 In the industrial history of North East of England one of the most persistent themes involves the extraction of raw materials – particularly coal. However, since the last deep mine closed in 2005 most of the infrastructure has disappeared, making it difficulty to appreciate the industry as it really was. A […]
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Tuesday 28th March 2023 A couple of weeks ago we made a long-anticipated visit to the National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool located at the historic quay within the town’s marina. The museum’s showpiece is the frigate HMS Trincomalee which lies moored, rigged and seemingly ready to sail, alongside a busy quay painstakingly recreated
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4th March 2023 On a cold Saturday morning in early March, as part of our ongoing project to acquaint, or in some cases re-acquaint, ourselves with centres of local heritage, we drove down to Middlesbrough to visit the Dorman Museum, a place I’ve always wanted to go but had never got around to. With the
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26th February 2023 Despite the promise of Spring, the weather had taken a slight turn for the worse and with me nursing a hopefully minor knee injury we decided to have a weekend ‘off’ and visit Shildon’s Locomotion Railway Museum – somewhere I’ve never been, have wanted to go for years but somehow never managed.
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