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Gone to the Dogs: A History of Flapping in the North East
"Going to the dogs" was an integral stitch in the social fabric of mining communities. Independent, or "flapping" tracks, congregated the...
Dr Louise Powell
Apr 4, 20245 min read
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Steam Power and Tragedies
The year 1814 witnessed George Stephenson construct his first steam locomotive while working as an enginewright at the West Moor Pit,...
Ken Smith
Mar 15, 20245 min read
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Bad Lord Byron and the Milbanke family of Seaham
Writer, historian and broadcaster Miriam Bibby explores the relationship between the divisive Romantic Lord Byron and our region, where...

Miriam Bibby
Feb 29, 202410 min read
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Erimus: Uncovering Teesside’s missing LGBT+ history
There’s an odd stereotype about our LGBT+ community on Teesside: that it doesn’t exist. It’s not true, of course: census data earlier...
Luke Myer
Feb 14, 20247 min read
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