Hand-painted birthday cards by anonymous artist Banksy are set to realise happy financial returns in a sale on Tyneside. The cards by Banksy were sent to close friend Emma Houghton, who has now put them up for auction with Anderson & Garland at the Newcastle firm’s Spring sale on March 20. Estimates for the cards …
It will soon be a bright and early start every day at a Northumberland estuary for wildlife volunteer Hilary Brooker-Carey. As it has been for the last 27 years. From 6am-7am mid-May to the end of July, Hilary will be observing and recording eider ducks in the River Coquet estuary. The eiders nest on Coquet …
A double boost is on the way for the North East’s mining heritage. A sculpture of George Stephenson’s miner’s safety lamp is to be unveiled near Dial Cottage, his former home in North Tyneside. Meanwhile work is due to start on improving Albany Park, as part of wider £4.6m regeneration plans for Washington’s F-Pit Museum …
Memorabilia from a late North East music manager, who played a key part in a band which has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, drew interest from fans across the globe. Phillip Hepple, who was tour manager and sound engineer for prog rockers Yes in the 1970s, amassed a unique personal collection. And the …
A century ago an organisation was founded which was charged with the task of sending a powerful message to Britain’s women. Embrace the new electrical age and its gadgets — from cookers to vacuum cleaners — and free yourselves from domestic drudgery, was the call. At a time when families were often large and the …
For the boy growing up in Shakespeare Avenue in the South Tyneside town of Hebburn, not even the Bard could have imagined the drama of the life which lay in store for the youngster. Dominic Bruce, born in Hebburn in 1915, made 17 escape attempts as a prisoner of war of the Germans. During the …
It was during the Miners’ Strike of 1984 that the paths of filmmaker Ken Loach and pitman’s daughter Heather Wood crossed. Ken says: “We were filming in the colliery club in Easington where women had set up one of the many canteens that provided free meals for striking miners and their families.” Heather and her …
For youngsters growing up in the cramped and often squalid conditions of a Palestinian refugee camp, it was the experience of a lifetime. It was also a lifetime which in all probability will be spent in the crowded Shatila camp in Beirut. Groups of youngsters were given a window on a new world when they …
The Arctic convoys which carried supplies to Russia endured some of the most gruelling ordeals of the Second World War. In addition to relentless attacks by German aircraft and U-boats, the ice-encased ships in the convoys had to battle though extreme cold, gales and pack ice. The loss rate of vessels was greater than another …
Happily, the latest date in the commercial rip-off calendar is now behind us for another year. Valentine’s Day, which sees men clearing petrol stations of tired bunches of tulips, is at least the saviour of the floristry and chocolate industries, in the same way that Christmas accounts for the total annual sales of ceramic models …
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