The 40th Anniversary of the Falklands War: The Killingworth Lake Daffodils
Every spring, swathes of daffodils bloom around the south west side of Killingworth Lake; a sight local residents will be very familiar...
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Tom Kelly
- Apr 24, 2021
- 11 min
An Interview with my Dad, a Prisoner of War
In this weeks piece, writer Tom Kelly looks back and explores the life of his father in an interview conducted in 1990 just before he...
Georgia Brusby
- Jan 30, 2021
- 8 min
A Hidden History: The Victoria Tunnel
For 178 years a secret has lurked beneath the city, from the North West in Spital Tongues to the Tyne itself. It was not always a secret....
Abbie Ferguson
- Nov 13, 2020
- 2 min
A South Shields Cinema during the Second World War
Abbie Ferguson explores the trends and maintained popularity of the pictures during World War Two, even throughout the blackouts and the...
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