Thank you to Teesside Archives for a fascinating visit. We were given a warm welcome by the staff and a comprehensive tour of activities behind the scenes. The staff had kindly retrieved a selection of records relating directly to the Georgian Theatre and Green Dragon Yard in Stockton. We were shown one of the strong…
We had a brilliant visit to the National Railway Museum in Shildon. We’d like to thank everyone there for their assistance and we highly recommend to go see it for yourself. What’s not to like: free entry, free parking and some fabulous locomotives and carriages. Our visit was somewhat special because when we walked down…
Here is the film I shot on the day of the Digital Visit to Middlesbrough Town Hall. Town Hall Vidieo from Steve Thompson on Vimeo.
Me (Anthony), Colin and Paul shared a camera on this visit. more to come
We (Susan & Shirley) went on a visit round Middlesbrough Town Hall. We found it very interesting. We have only ever seen the Crypt and the Concert Hall so it was nice to get a peek behind the scenes. We met a lot of other people who were also on the visit. I (Susan) wanted…
Tommy had to leave the session early so we’ve posted his pictures for him. He’ll be adding his story later
A week on Thursday we visited Skinningrove. These are my pictures from that day. I found the history of the place really interesting.
These are the pictures from the Camera that Stan handed back to me. He said he “just pointed the camera at things”
Last week a group of people came from Eldon Lane, County Durham to hear the Skinningrove story courtesy of Dene Valley Community Partnership. The visit was hosted by the Mayor of Redcar and Cleveland, Councillor Barry Hunt. Several Skinningrove people turned out too and we had no less than three local historians along to guide…
For anyone with a connection to Middlesbrough, the gothic Town Hall of 1889 will undoubtedly hold a place dear to their hearts; a place that can only be eclipsed by the veneration held for our world famous Transporter Bridge and perhaps of memories the glory days of Ayresome Park! For me Middlesbrough Town Hall holds…
Yesterday I gave a presentation at the Cree Club at Dene Valley Community Partnership in Eden to prepare them for their digital visit to Skinningrove next week. The video below contains the stories I told them.
We had a terrific visit to Middlesbrough Town Hall today thanks to Rob Guest, Town Hall Manager. The Town Hall is closed for a multi-million-pound 2-year refurbishment. Some details here. We saw hidden corners and deep forgotten places and we heard the fantastic story of how the Town Hall will be a more publically accessible place….
OK, confession time here I’m a bit odd. I’m one of those people who find civic and municipal buildings interesting not interesting enough to do any research, but certainly interesting enough to visit when I’m on holiday either in this country or abroad. So the opportunity to visit one of the most iconic buildings in Middlesbrough, linked so intimately with Middlesbrough’s proud industrial heritage, and to talk to some of the people involved with the Restoration Project, was not to be turned down. Second confession I’m not from Middlesbrough….
A visit is planned from Eldon Lane (Bishop Aukland) to Skinningrove. I will visit Eden in advance of the date and show the participants the Video of Skinningrove Jetty and tell them the stories from Skinningrove. Then the visit will take place in August. After that, I will return to Eden to run a workshop…
DIGITAL VISIT TO HINDERWELL & PORT MULGRAVE September 3rd. Travel from Stockton or Middlesbrough to take part in a Hidden Heritage Walk around Hinderwell and Port Mulgrave. There are extra pick-up points at Saltburn, Skinningrove and Loftus. Bring your digital camera and a packed lunch. Tea and coffee will be by courtesy of our Hosts,…
A large group of Digital Photographers were seen wandering Loftus today. Cllr Barry Hunt had organised a visit to the Town Hall and thanks also go to Alison, Clerk to Loftus Town Council for showing us around. Barry features on these walls in both name and image. Our intrepid group are pictured below in the…
From 2010 We had an excellent visit to the Mining Museum in Skinningrove this week and we’d like to thank CIMM for their hospitality. Particularly we’d like to mention the three volunteers Alan, Liz and Ian who took us through various parts of the mine and told us of the working and the history. We…
