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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...
Andy Ashwell
Mar 25, 20223 min read
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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...
Anya Chuykov
Jan 28, 20226 min read
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Mutiny on the Ostrich
This story is a fictionalised account of a real event. If there was ever a ghost ship sighted off the Leas at South Shields one...
David Kidd
Aug 5, 202120 min read
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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...
Jessica Cox
Jun 19, 20214 min read
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