Monthly Archives: October 2015

My Experiences of Working on the Reflections Project

Posted on October 30, 2015 by

Over the next few months, interns and volunteers on the Reflections project will write a few blog posts to discuss their experience working on the project and some of the research materials they have uncovered. This time volunteer Carol Chapelhow … Continue reading →

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The Tank Banks of World War 1: Julian Visits Newcastle, New Year’s Day 1918

Posted on October 21, 2015 by

Over the next few months, interns and volunteers on the Reflections project will write a few blog posts to discuss their experience working on the project and some of the research materials they have uncovered. This time volunteer Jane Roberts-Morpeth … Continue reading →

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German War Cartoons exhibition

Posted on October 14, 2015 by

Over the next few months, interns and volunteers on the Reflections project will write a few blog posts to discuss their experience working on the project and some of the research materials they have uncovered. This time volunteer Susan Killick … Continue reading →

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Clues to the Streets

Posted on October 4, 2015 by

Clues to the streetscape of central Newcastle during the First World War come in many forms. A few buildings have the same occupant – Lloyd’s Bank and the Theatre Royal on Grey Street; Reid’s jewelers on Blackett Street; Central Station … Continue reading →

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Newcastle Central Arcade

Posted on October 1, 2015 by

Central Arcade today would be one of the areas most easily recognisable by someone familiar with it in 1914. The internal layout was only 8 years old, with top of the range tiling and mosaic flooring. There were shops on … Continue reading →

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