#ICYMI In Case you missed our latest blog post - Did you know we have books bound in the 15thC by 'The Demon Binder' and 'The Dragon Binder' in our collections? If you're wondering who they are or how they got their names this blog post is for you: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/speccoll/2025/…

Eadred was consecrated king of the English at Cyninges tun (Kingston-upon-Thames) #OTD in 946. Oswulf, heah-gerefa 'high-reeve’, of Bebbanburg (Bamburgh), and Wulfstan I, archbishop of York, were among those present.

There were 6 classes in this competition, and 177 sand sculptures entered (some were not just castles). The boy pictured, assuming he was first prize, was either A Woolf or H Robinson both of Whitley Bay - Newcastle Daily Chronicle 20.8.1908

Real ship timbers! Dated 953-65 and from an English ship built in the south-east. Reused in the walling of a Viking-era house on Hungate, York. Currently on display at the Yorkshire Museum.

At auction, in amongst a collection of approximately 163 postcards is this real photo postcard of the River Tyne from the High Level Bridge. Possibly early 1900s/1910? Image: Toovey's, West Sussex

Beautiful 1967 history map featuring fishing grounds from Seaton Sluice to North Shields

Interesting image taken near Haltwhistle, apparently as part of the identification of housing for Spadeadam employees - can anyone tell me where it is? …tframe.historicenglandservices.org.uk/p/p_h00599_002… via HE Archive

From battleships to liners, Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. built giants of the sea. This album of 68 photos captures shipyard life, sea trials & shipyard visits & launches from a golden age of shipbuilding. Dive in on #CollectionsCaptured collectionscaptured.ncl.ac.uk/digital/collec…

19 Aug 1578: Jane Lumley née Fitzalan, the first person to translate Euripides into #English was buried #otd at St Clement Danes, the Strand, #London (I tried to find a credit for this tomb image without success)

Aug 20: Feast of Oswine (†651), king of Deira. Devoted friend of Aidan, apostle of Northumbria. Executed at Ingetlingum (Gilling West, Yorkshire) by rival Oswiu, king of Bernicia. Bede describes Oswine as ‘generous to high and low alike’. St Oswin’s Church, Wylam 📸Rfwebster

Eadberht, king of the Northumbrians, died #OTD in 768. He added Cyil (Kyle, Ayrshire) to his kingdom in 750 and joined forces with the Picts to cow the Clyde Britons in 756. Days after the latter venture his army suffered an obscure and severe defeat. In 758 he became a monk.

20 Aug 1559: John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley, becomes keeper of the great park of #Nonsuch #otd till 1609 - there he owned the largest library in Elizabethan #England (NPG) His wife Jane Lumley née Fitzalan was first translator of Euripides into #English

Grainger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, painting by Leeds artist Louis Hubbard Grimshaw (1870-944), son of John Atkinson Grimshaw. #NorthernArt

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#OTD in 1553. John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, was beheaded on Tower Hill for his part in putting his daughter-in-law, Lady Jane Grey, on the throne. #History #Tudors #OnThisDay #ladyjanegrey #QueenJane #JohnDudley

On 21 August 1938, international rugby union player Michael Philip Weston was born in Durham. He played for Durham City RFC, representing England in 29 matches. Here are just a few rugby photographs from our collections. #DurhamCityRugby #EnglandRugby #RugbyUnion

At St John Lee in what I often think of as Northumberland’s Golden Valley. Note the old windmill in the distance.

The Durham Light Infantry Friends are volunteering at The Story on the last Thursday of every month. Drop in Thursday 28 August between 10:00-14:00 and have a chat with this extremely knowledgeable, passionate and friendly group.😊The DLI Friends: dlifriends.com

#OTD 1553, 4 days after his trial at the Guildhall in London, John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland bit.ly/2v6FjWQ was executed for treason. Northumberland had forged a successful career from son of an executed traitor to most powerful man in England before crashing down.

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