Women Making Memory: County Durham Women Making Sense of their Mining Heritage
It is true to say the history and our conversations about the North East's mining heritage and its legacy is built around the men that...
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Jessica Cox
- Jun 19, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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...
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