Tag: industrial heritage
The Shotley Bridge Sword Makers
In 1687, nineteen German craftsmen – trained in some of Europe’s most prestigious blade-making traditions – settled beside the River Derwent in County Durham....
The Steel Town – Poem by Anthony Ward
The cooling towers of the searing steel works
Stood sentinel at the foot of the town
Impregnated colossal furnaces spuming red dust,
The red dust and once...
Consett’s Railway & Steelworks: History on Show
On Saturday 5th July, members of the Consett & District Heritage Initiative took part in a special event at the Stephenson Steam Railway in...
My Dream for Consett
Ray Lonsdale’s statue of Tommy, at Seaham had a profound effect on me. Tommy, or using it’s real title of “One Minute Past Eleven” depicts...