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Charlie MacCallam
Nov 14, 202416 min read
R. Blackett Charlton - An Engineering Enterprise
Blackett Charlton's were a Geordie firm through and through, which you might expect given two surnames laden with Northumbrian heritage....


Miriam Bibby
Oct 25, 20245 min read
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...


Miriam Bibby
Jul 9, 20249 min read
The Town Moor Radicals: Thomas Spence and his Clandestines
It may surprise, but Tyneside was a centre of political thought throughout the centuries. Newcastle, thanks to its industrial pedigree...


Mick Southwick
Jun 7, 20244 min read
The 'Royal Sport' - Cockfighting in Newcastle
The once popular blood sport of cockfighting was especially widespread in the north of England prior to its legal ban in the...
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