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On the morning of Wednesday 16th December 1914 Hartlepool and West Hartlepool were attacked by three German Navy warships. The attack lasted 40 minutes and resulted in the deaths of 114 civilians, nine soldiers and seven sailors.
In the 1930s a young man joined the Middlesbrough Police Force and later left his memories to Teesside Archives. In this blog we explore his experiences and look at how the Middlesbrough Police Force came to be.
In 1893 PC William Henderson of the Middlesbrough Constabulary was fatally shot by John Henry Gould. Such instances of losing a police officer in the course of duty was a rare occurrence in the Tees Valley and Henderson’s loss was a big shock to the local community.
For Black History Month we celebrate the life of Ivor Cummings, a man from Hartlepool who helped to settle the Windrush Generation in the United Kingdom in 1948.
For Halloween this year we tell you the tale of Old Meg, a 17th Century Witch living in Thorpe, a village in Norton.
Thomas Sheraton was one of the most famous English furniture designers of the 18th Century, along with George Hepplewhite and Thomas Chippendale.
In this blog series we are looking at some of the objects held in the museums linked to crime and punishment. This time we're telling one of the more unusual stories of crime which happened in Stockton-On-Tees.
In the depths of Preston Park Museum and Grounds archives we came across the curious story of Mr George Gillson.
Today we pay tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on her passing, looking back at her life and some of the objects we hold in our collections.
Maurice Elvey was the most prolific director in the British film industry, having directed almost 200 films in over 40 years.
In this blog series we are looking at some of the objects held in the museums linked to crime and punishment. Preston Park Museum and Ground and Hartlepool Museum Service are both lucky to hold Victorian and Edwardian ‘mug shot’ photographs, as well as other material linked to policing, crime, and criminals in the local area.
This time we are looking into our 'mug shot' collections.
This month Hartlepool Art Gallery opened a new exhibition, When the Boat Comes In, showcasing the variety of maritime artworks the Gallery has.
James Smith, the brother of the infamous Stockton potter William Smith, founded North Shore Pottery in Stockton in the 1840s which was an exporter of ceramic wares both locally and across the world.
