Heritage
Blyth
Tall Ship
Swingbridge Media have worked with Blyth Tall Ship Project to tell the unique story of how the exploits of Captain William Smith and the 1819 discovery of the Antarctic landmass, will inspire new generations to create much needed employment opportunities. Young people from Blyth learn woodwork and engineering skills and move onto employment. Plans are underway to raise five million pounds to recreate the journey of Captain William Smith and sail to the Antarctic with young people from Blyth.,
Watch the 12 minute film here
Swingbridge Media have worked with Blyth Tall Ship Project to tell the unique story of how the exploits of Captain William Smith and the 1819 discovery of the Antarctic landmass, will inspire new generations to create much needed employment opportunities. Young people from Blyth learn woodwork and engineering skills and move onto employment. Plans are underway to raise five million pounds to recreate the journey of Captain William Smith and sail to the Antarctic with young people from Blyth.,
Watch the 12 minute film here
Tynemouth
Station
A film produced to chart the restoration of Tynemouth Station from April 2011 to July 2012. The film captures key aspects of the heritage restoration process and interweaves personal accounts from a wide range of contributors. Fully restored, it is still an important Metro station and a building of a major significance, but it is also now an important cultural venue with communities across North Tyneside and beyond. Watch the film
A film produced to chart the restoration of Tynemouth Station from April 2011 to July 2012. The film captures key aspects of the heritage restoration process and interweaves personal accounts from a wide range of contributors. Fully restored, it is still an important Metro station and a building of a major significance, but it is also now an important cultural venue with communities across North Tyneside and beyond. Watch the film
Discovering Armstrong - the Children’s Quest
Children from three primary school in the west of Newcastle explored the legacy of Lord Armstrong. The children looked at the River Tyne to find out what industries had been there, looked round Cragside House in Alnwick to picture what it might have been like to live there, and visited Jesmond Dene House to imagine a first day at work as servant. They explored the ethics of Armstrong as an arms manufacturer against the benefits of employment opportunities. The children, from many different cultural backgrounds, benefited enormously from learning about ‘Geordie’ history. Watch the film
Children from three primary school in the west of Newcastle explored the legacy of Lord Armstrong. The children looked at the River Tyne to find out what industries had been there, looked round Cragside House in Alnwick to picture what it might have been like to live there, and visited Jesmond Dene House to imagine a first day at work as servant. They explored the ethics of Armstrong as an arms manufacturer against the benefits of employment opportunities. The children, from many different cultural backgrounds, benefited enormously from learning about ‘Geordie’ history. Watch the film
1913
Votes for Women
Beamish Open Air Museum provided the backdrop and costumes for Blaydon Constituency Labour Party Women’s Forum to re-enact a suffragettes rally and speeches from 1913. The rally emphasised how many of the aspirations were realised some ninety years later and how strong the opposition was towards women attaining equal voting rights.
Watch the film
Beamish Open Air Museum provided the backdrop and costumes for Blaydon Constituency Labour Party Women’s Forum to re-enact a suffragettes rally and speeches from 1913. The rally emphasised how many of the aspirations were realised some ninety years later and how strong the opposition was towards women attaining equal voting rights.
Watch the film
High Spen
Heroes
On 8 July 2007 the village of High Spen, Gateshead celebrated the lives of two men who were awarded the Victoria Cross in the First World War. Only sixteen men in Britain were awarded the VC for bravery, but two of these men came from High Spen, who between them rescued 10 injured men, going out onto the battlefield to get them time after time. The unveiling of a memorial was the culmination of two years of work by an intergenerational group to provide a focus for community life.
On 8 July 2007 the village of High Spen, Gateshead celebrated the lives of two men who were awarded the Victoria Cross in the First World War. Only sixteen men in Britain were awarded the VC for bravery, but two of these men came from High Spen, who between them rescued 10 injured men, going out onto the battlefield to get them time after time. The unveiling of a memorial was the culmination of two years of work by an intergenerational group to provide a focus for community life.
Elisabethville
During the First World War a thriving Belgian community lived at Elisabethville in Birtley, North East England. It was home to a few thousand Belgians, including disabled soldiers and their families. The work here was manufacturing shells. Security was tight, permits were needed to enter.
Elisabethville was surrounded by railings, a British policeman stood on guard at the gate. Living accommodation was of a reasonable standard, in rows of wooden houses. Besides the munitions factories the area had a British post office and a shop for groceries and household supplies. There was also a licensed premises, a restaurant, its own butchery, and a hairdresser.
Local young people were trained in camera, sound and interviewing techniques to enable them to talk to older people about what the community was like.
During the First World War a thriving Belgian community lived at Elisabethville in Birtley, North East England. It was home to a few thousand Belgians, including disabled soldiers and their families. The work here was manufacturing shells. Security was tight, permits were needed to enter.
Elisabethville was surrounded by railings, a British policeman stood on guard at the gate. Living accommodation was of a reasonable standard, in rows of wooden houses. Besides the munitions factories the area had a British post office and a shop for groceries and household supplies. There was also a licensed premises, a restaurant, its own butchery, and a hairdresser.
Local young people were trained in camera, sound and interviewing techniques to enable them to talk to older people about what the community was like.