Liz Rees

Appearance of John Burton, who died recently, on the Tony Blair doc @channel4tv.bsky.social. We were once on the NE Cultural Consortium together. (He & George Gill of Gateshead much underestimated by the London culturati for having the wrong accents)

Sorry to hear that Michael Cook, one-time City Archivist of Newcastle as a precursor to a long and distinguished career, has died at the age of 94 news.liverpool.ac.uk/2026/02/11/o...

These companies really don't have to make things so difficult...

H.C. Schier 1917 - NEWMP

And presumably a relative (though not a son or grandson as far I can see) Herman Carl Schier was killed while serving as Third Engineer on a merchant ship out of Newcastle, SS Claverley in 1917 www.newmp.org.uk/person/hc-sc...

His father Hermann Julius Schier, born in Berlin in 1815, is buried in Jesmond www.findagrave.com/memorial/112...

There's a bit about him and the colliery explosion on the FindAGrave website www.findagrave.com/memorial/188...

It's quite stretchy, but I was tiny when I was 15 so it must have been unfashionably roomy

Woman wearing knitted garment with buttons, plum coloured

Me in said garment in 2019

They must be *very* comfortable, as well as durable!

I do still have a cardi my mum knitted for me when I was 15 - I'm 71 so not far off your dad's shoes record (though I may not have worn it as often)

So will women unable to have children be "penalised" along with those who choose not to? To the gas chambers Worthless non-breeders! cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_ful...

The Welsh team is a national embarrassment!

Morning London peeps. A friend’s daughter is starting Masters at UCL in September. She’d appreciate any leads on a room to rent that’d be available then

Hope you have a good day anyway. The sun has also put in an appearance here, though it is also still freezing. So much more cheering though

New Subscription: #Sunderland and East #Durham!

We aim to launch at the Sunderland Local #History Fair on 30th May.

More than half of the maps will be for areas not previously covered.

£33 for 10 maps, earlybird offer £28 & free postage!

Note - these are *new* maps not those already available.

No news from the north east today....

I can very much also recommend the scones at the Bar Convent if you're that side of the station!

Blandford House as it appeared in 'The Wheatsheaf' publication, July 1901. Copyright, National Co-Operative Archive.

NEWS - Roof restoration work begins on Grade II listed Blandford House, home to Discovery Museum www.northeastmuseums.org.uk/news/roof-re...

🌊 Tynemouth, February 1996

Thirty years ago Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen photographed this tidal pool for Writing in the Sand. The series is often remembered for beach life, but it also traces erosion and pollution along the North East coast.

🔗 See more: sidegallery.co.uk/collection/writing-in-the-sand

I think the people of this country have had enough of tax-exile billionaires.

Does that say Correspondence? I'm not sure. It could be three names in which case I can only make it into Viboris but can't find anything online

I can't quite match that but when I went for the same job post-decimalisation the arithmetic test was still in "old money". No automated tills for change-giving in those days

“#York, The Castle 1851” is an OS rarity, & from our sample you can see why.
Some early OS maps were so detailed that floorplans of prominent buildings were included. It was soon noted that it wasn't a good idea to have the plans of jails etc publicly available!
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/york12.htm

*Hugs*

I agree. Was discussing him with a couple of (not particularly political) people earlier. All agreed he was sincerely in it for the public service but struggles to manage/control the power-hungry wonks around him

Newcastle care leaver to go from children's home to Borneo Milly was picked to trek to Borneo and is looking forward to

Heartwarmingly positive story of child brought up in care in Newcastle - if only they were all like this www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Good to be out for #UnconfinedWalks today for the first time since I sprained my ankle at the start of January. Signs of Spring too

That's shocking! (& no I haven't seen anything at all untoward from you, unlike some of the cr*p on there I've reported but somehow doesn't go against theitr community standards)

It's been a sad sight for a long time now, but a shame it's gone

I've only been to MK once, for some business with the New Towns archive, which was accomplished without the need to stay over. It certainly seemed pleasant enough, and the archivist was very welcoming