The Newcastle Lying-in Hospital and its Hidden Maternal Histories
Not far from Newcastle’s imposing Central Station, a narrow street named Rosemary Lane leads towards the Church of St. John. In the...
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Heather Welford
- Feb 6, 2021
- 4 min
The Shocking Tragedy of Choppington
Heather Welford writes about the tragic tale of Charles, a young child from South East Northumberland who was killed in a saddening turn...
Katherine Waugh
- Nov 6, 2020
- 4 min
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...
Dorothy Whittaker
- Sep 27, 2020
- 9 min
Serial Killer Strikes in Ouseburn!
One Saturday evening in March 1867. Margaret and her daughter, Ann, were walking near the mushroom gangway in the Ouseburn area...
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