Sally Watson
@salawatson
Researcher - history, cities, planning and play. Also often on a bike or in a museum.
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10-05-2014 19:46:42
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Hey Tyne and Wear Transport Flashback I'm currently doing a PhD looking at the history of transport on Tyneside during the 20thC. I'm looking for oral history volunteers who experienced using and working on the Metro, ferries and motorways. Can you help?
Calling on Newcastle folks to join us 4 a fundraising event 4 Medical Aid for Palestinians & Hope and Play
12-5 family friendly, craft & play
7-12 talks, poetry, spoken word & live music
We have fantastic line!
*it says £18 but there's a pay as you can option too.
ticketsource.co.uk/zahra-ravenscr…
Wrote this for The Conversation on how austerity and 14 years of Tory government have decimated planning as a public activity. Whatever the policy agenda, the actual day to day system is in need of a major rebuild!
theconversation.com/to-tackle-clim…
Currently working with Teesside Archives and the family of artist Genevieve Glatt to digitise a wonderful collection of Teessaurus related materials: including sketches, technical drawings and photographs.
Some great looking books in my possession that I'm looking for people to review for Urban History (Urban History Group) - send me a DM if you'd like that review to be you!
1) The Oxford Handbook of the Modern Slum:
Palestine Solidarity Campaign march in London, 15 March 1971.
From Sorcha Thomson's fascinating History Workshop article on the history of transnational support for Palestine: historyworkshop.org.uk/activism-solid…
A child friendly Leeds blog all about play and the built environment! Play England Playing Out Ludicology wearechildfriendlyleeds.com/2024/04/23/pla…
When the head of St. Bernard's Catholic Primary School in Birmingham spoke on Saturday afternoon of the persistent daily fear that the children in his care might be injured by a motor vehicle, we could not have imagined that such a graphic illustration of the risk would come so soon.
#SafeStreetsNow
A total of 350 people joined our rides in Tyneside today! All calling for safe streets for children and their families #KidicalMass #SafeStreetsNow NewcastleCityCouncil North Tyneside Council