By Thomas Bainbridge Newcastle is naturally wedded in the mind with coal. This connection would have been even stronger in the eighteenth century due to the… Read More »Coals to Newcastle: When a Fool’s Errand turned to Riches
By Thomas Bainbridge Coal was the lifeblood of the burgeoning industrial might of England. Across the nation, men toiled deep underground in the pitch darkness, smashing and… Read More »Davy and Stephenson: The Invention of the Miners’ Safety Lamp
By Thomas Bainbridge The Tyne and Wear Derby is the most fiercely contested rivalry in English football. The two cities, thirteen miles apart, harbour a bitter animosity. But… Read More »The Origin of the Newcastle-Sunderland Rivalry
By Gary Holland The rivers Tyne and Wear will forever be associated with the coal trade. Both have an illustrious maritime heritage related to shipbuilding and… Read More »Plan of the Rivers Tyne & Wear — Casson’s Map of 1801
