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Account of a terrible explosion at Houghton Colliery, #onthisday 1850.
Programme of Keep-Fit classes in #Sunderland, 1933 - aiming to 'create a race of splendid men and women' #1930s #Wearside
Great postcard of bathers enjoying a dip at the Table Rock Baths #WhitleyBay, c1937 #NorthEast #seaside
Wonderful engraving of #Newcastle, 1783 - showing coal being transported down to keel boats waiting in the River Tyne #18thCentury
View towards the Castle Keep from #Newcastle Central Station, c1930 - we've some great postcards in our collections #railways #architecture
#onthisday 1857 Joseph Hodgson of #Sunderland helped to save a drowning man at Tynemouth - 'The Stormy Petrel' was a true #NorthEast hero
#onthisday 1832 pitman Cuthbert Skipsey was shot dead near #NorthShields trying to mediate between police and striking miners #labourhistory
#onthisday 1820 #Newcastle keelman Thomas Matfin died - as a child he was almost buried alive (Sykes Local Records)
#onthisday 1812 tragedy struck our region as over 90 men and boys lost their lives at Felling Colliery #Gateshead #19thCentury #mining
#onthisday 1867 there was an enthralling sporting contest on the #Tyne - sadly tragedy was to follow soon after #Newcastle #rowing