This image comes from a collection of glass slides of fairground scenes found in the stores at Discovery Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne. twm_news/sets/72157627692102509/ ( twm_news/sets/72157627692102509/ ) ..We More
This image comes from a collection of glass slides of fairground scenes found in the stores at Discovery Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne. twm_news/sets/72157627692102509/ ( twm_news/sets/72157627692102509/ ) ..We w More
This image comes from a collection of glass slides of fairground scenes found in the stores at Discovery Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne. twm_news/sets/72157627692102509/ ( twm_news/sets/72157627692102509/ ) ..We h More
Photographs taken of Westoe Colliery before closure 1993, by Les Golding...In March 1993, came the announcement that Westoe Colliery was to be closed and many of the working men there carried out their last shi More
Happy "Maritime Monday" to everybody. This morning we have a lovely image of the harbour in Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland - when it was natural and virtually undeveloped. The village surrounding it More
William Alfred Cocks of Ryton [1892-1971] Collection..Ryton Congregational Church Sunday School outing to an unidentified location [possibly West Wylam, Northumberland] in the countryside. nd [1904] ..William A More
William Alfred Cocks of Ryton [1892-1971] Collection. ..Ryton Congregational Church Sunday School outing to an unidentified location [possibly West Wylam, Northumberland] in the countryside. nd [1904] ..William More
William Alfred Cocks of Ryton [1892-1971]..Here are some boys in uniform, with their officers at the back, from the Boys Club that Cocks' ran from his own home. nd [1910] ..William A Cocks of 18, St Mary's Terr More
William Alfred Cocks of Ryton [1892-1971]..Here are some boys taking part in physical exercises at the Boys Club, run from Cocks' own home. nd [1910] ..William A Cocks of 18, St Mary's Terrace, Ryton, was a wel More
William Alfred Cocks of Ryton [1892-1971] Collection..Here are some boys taking part in physical exercises at the Boys Club, run from Cocks' own home. nd [1910] ..William A Cocks of 18, St Mary's Terrace, Ryton More
William Alfred Cocks of Ryton [1892-1971] Collections...Here are some boys taking part in physical exercises at the Boys Club, run from Cocks' own home. nd [1910] ..William A Cocks of 18, St Mary's Terrace, Ryt More
Ferry boat on the Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne...From a collection of quarter plate glass negatives of photographs taken by James William Coleby, of Willington Quay...TWAS Ref: DX1250/5..(Copyright) We're happy fo More
Sailing ship under tow on the Tyne. nd (c 1900)...From a collection of glass quarter plate negatives of photographs taken by James William Coleby, of Willington Quay...TWAS Ref: DX1250/4..(Copyright) We're happ More
A Scottish herring boat ['Gratti' of Buckhaven] being manouvered at North Shields Fish Quay. c 1900..From a collection of quarter plate glass negatives of photographs taken by James William Coleby, of Willingto More
Mauretania leaving the Tyne for sea trials...The Mauretania was built by the shipbuilders Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd, at the Wallsend shipyard and was one of the most famous ships ever built on Tynes More
The launch party on the platform,1938...Built at Swan Hunters & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, The Dominion Monarch was a first class passenger-cargo liner and at the time was the largest More
Busts of famous men being examined by the Blind,1913...“To them, their fingers are eyes”..From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several handling sessions for the More
Several blind children and their teacher are sitting in the prehistoric dug out canoe. The canoe was discovered in the River Wear at South Hylton in 1888. ..Photograph taken at Sunderland Museum and Art Gallery More
Blind visitors to Sunderland Museum, examining models of the old and new bridge across the river Wear...“To them, their fingers are eyes”..From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Mu More
Two blind men examining a German Saw Bayonet. The man on the left is wearing a German Officer's Iron Cross of the First Class on his chest and to the right, the man is wearing an Iron Cross of a Brunswick Priva More
Sighted guides showing a model locomotive to the blind visitors at Sunderland Museum...“To them, their fingers are eyes”..From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised s More
Blind visitors examining arms and armour at the Sunderland Museum...“To them, their fingers are eyes”..From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several handling ses More
3 blind women examining articles worn by soldiers at Sunderland Museums, 1913...“To them, their fingers are eyes”..From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several More
Blind visitors inspecting illuminating and extinguishing weapons at Sunderland Museum...“To them, their fingers are eyes”..From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised More
Here are three blind children examining a mounted polar bear at Sunderland Museum. ..“To them, their fingers are eyes”..From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised sev More
"My Daddy wears one of these" (Sunderlands Blind Schoolmaster - Mr James Smith, M.A. - and one of his scholars)...“To them, their fingers are eyes”..From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sun More
The blind visitors in this photograph at Sunderland Museum, are examining an exact model of the Coronation chair...“To them, their fingers are eyes”..From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Su More
Blind visitors to Sunderland Museum 'seeing' a copy of the Portland Vase through touch...“To them, their fingers are eyes”..From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised More
Blind men who chose to sit in the stocks from Bishopwearmouth Green...“To them, their fingers are eyes”..From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several handling s More
Blind people of Sunderland "seeing" what their Town's War memorial is to be like, by feeling a model one-tenth of its full size. The woman lost her sight through a Zeppelin raid on the town, in April, 1916. 30/ More
3 men examining and wearing some British and German Gas Masks...“To them, their fingers are eyes”..From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several handling session More
3 blind children are wearing and examining arms and armour at the Sunderland Museum...“To them, their fingers are eyes”..From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised se More
"this fell beside our house" (A Zeppelin Incendiary)..A young boy 'seeing' the object through touch at Sunderland Museum...“To them, their fingers are eyes”..From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curat More
This shows replicas in silver of the Queen's Doll's House Table Service compared with the size of a shilling at the top left corner. These were handled by blind children and adults at Sunderland Museum. ..“To t More
Replicas in silver of the Queen's Doll's House Table Service, being shown to the blind children at Sunderland Museum. 8th jan 1926..“To them, their fingers are eyes”..From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a for More
Dec 1924. A group of blind people in various costumes (shepherds and angels) in a yard beside some large corrugated iron buildings. The photo is asociated with the photos of visits to Sunderland Museum by Sunde More
Sunderland blind children in a hayfield with their carers. 18 of the 22 had never been in one before and several had not been in a motor. All but one, felt the shape of a cow for the first time, and were alarme More
July 1924. Children from Sunderland School for the blind going on an excursion to the hayfields. The charabanc is parked outside the Central Library and Museum in Sunderland. Many of the children had never been More
How we show our museums to the blind. Boys examining a Buddha at Sunderland Museum back in 1913...“To them, their fingers are eyes”..From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, More
Models made by the blind children who visited Sunderland Museum and were able to touch the exhibits. These models then were displayed in a cabinet at Sunderland Museum. Propped up against this are two boards wi More
1913, Models made by the blind children on visits to Sunderland Museum, in which they were allowed to touch the exhibits.The models were made 5 weeks later and made at Sunderland Council Blind School...“To them More
The blind visitors to Sunderland Museum are using a potter's wheel and clay.1913..“To them, their fingers are eyes”..From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised severa More
Here is an example of a blind person "seeing" through touch of a skeleton at Sunderland Museum...“To them, their fingers are eyes”..From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, o More
Blind adults are listening to a short lecture at Sunderland Museum before examining a human skeleton.1913..“To them, their fingers are eyes”..From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland More
Experimenting in the production of pottery by the blind...“To them, their fingers are eyes”..From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several handling sessions for More
A blind girl and boy holding a model aeroplane at Sunderland Museum. 19/12/1924..“To them, their fingers are eyes”..From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several More
Here is a young girl who is blind - examining mounted birds at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens...Charlton Deas, curator at Sunderland Museum was a pioneer in making museums accessible to disabled people, e More
A group of children from the Council School for the blind are holding various objects from Sunderland Museum...“To them, their fingers are eyes”..From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunder More
Blind visitors to Sunderland Museum are handling the reptile specimens, including the crocodile and shells...“To them, their fingers are eyes”..From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderla More
This photograph is from the Robert Hope collection...Robert Hope was a resident of Newcastle upon Tyne. In the early 1970s he took out a bank loan to buy a Rolleiflex camera. ..Over the next few years he photog More