by Peter Bolger | Mar 12, 2015 | News, Slideshow
Site visitor David Bolt has been researching Beaconsfield House and is looking for information about its role as an AFS during WW2. Can anyone help? David writes… Beaconsfield house was Built around 1882 for John Henry Burn Esq; a wealthy coal-owner and...
by Peter Bolger | Nov 5, 2014 | I Remember..., News, Slideshow
The guests at my parents wedding. The little lady on the left (as we look at it) of the front row is Ann Glynn. Aunty Ann lost her husband, daughter and mother in the shelter. She spent the rest of her life living at 66 North King Street , as did her daughter Annie....
by Peter Bolger | Aug 12, 2014 | Featured, News, Slideshow
Our thanks to correspondent Bill Atkinson for the following, originally posted on our Facebook site. Bill’s father was Wilson Atkinson the eldest son of William Briggs Atkinson who started the Atkinson business (range of fruiterers shops) in North Shields. My...
by Peter Bolger | Jul 24, 2014 | Featured, News, Slideshow
The site has been updated to include photos of the headstones located at Preston Cemetery, North Shields. Where known, the image of the headstone is now featured on each individual victim page. Big thanks to Brian Chandler who had images for the many I had not...
by Peter Bolger | Jul 3, 2014 | News, Slideshow
“Distant Voices” – Alison Spedding Audio Visual Exhibition at Newcastle City Library Friday 8 August 2014 – Wednesday 13 August 2014 – Level 2 North Shields photographer, Alison Spedding shares with you the voices and photographs of local people as...
by Peter Bolger | Jul 2, 2014 | Breweriana, Featured, News, Slideshow
Local bottle expert Jim Sutherst writes…. Wilkinson bottles are still being dug up these days but very rarely now. The most easily one found in stoneware is Joseph Wilkinson from Gateshead. Here are some pics of the incised stoneware Wilkinson bottles....
