Northumberland Voices Northumberland Archives

A podcast to accompany our true crime blog series:


Murder at Bigges Main: Part One - Northumberland Archives


Murder At Bigges Main: Part Two - Northumberland Archives


Murder At Bigges Main: Part Three - Northumberland Archives


Murder At Bigges Main: Part Four - Northumberland Archives

Lisa researches the life of Elizabeth Phillipson, a witness to the murder and cousin of the victim. By using online sources, Lisa pieces together the evidence in a way that is sure to appeal to true crime enthusiasts and family historians alike.

The Illuminated Sheep Project is taking the opportunity to produce a series of Podcasts from the oral history archive created by Sheep Tales in 2011 and 2013. https://www.sheeptales.org.

This is the third podcast, Short Baaaack and Sides; Northumbrian shepherds talk shearing and dipping.

Northumberland Archives and Libraries have planned a series of events from September to December 2022 as part of the Illuminated Sheep programme, inspired by the return of the Lindisfarne Gospels to the North East in 2022. https://laingartgallery.org.uk/lindisfarne-gospels-2022

Funded by North of Tyne Combined Authority.

The Illuminated Sheep Project is taking the opportunity to produce a series of Podcasts from the oral history archive created by Sheep Tales in 2011 and 2013. https://www.sheeptales.org.

This is the second podcast, Births, Bottles and Blizzards, Northumbrian shepherds talk about lambing.

Northumberland Archives and Libraries have planned a series of events from September to December 2022 as part of the Illuminated Sheep Programme, inspired by the return of the Lindisfarne Gospels to the North East in 2022. https://laingartgallery.org.uk/lindisfarne-gospels-2022

Funded by North of Tyne Combined Authority.

The Illuminated Sheep Project is taking the opportunity to produce a series of Podcasts from the oral history archive created by Sheep Tales in 2011 and 2013. https://www.sheeptales.org.

This is the first podcast, Some Men and their Dogs, Northumbrian Shepherds talk about their Border Collies.



Northumberland Archives and Libraries have planned a series of events from September to December 2022 as part of the Illuminated Sheep Programme, inspired by the return of the Lindisfarne Gospels to the North East in 2022.

https://laingartgallery.org.uk/lindisfarne-gospels-2022

Funded by North of Tyne Combined Authority.

Hetha Butler lived at Ewart Park, Northumberland from the age of one in c.1897 until 1937. She was the grand-daughter of the social reformer Josephine Butler.

In this podcast she describes her childhood at Ewart Park. She talks about the servants in the household and being brought up by a governess. Hetha was not very interested in academic learning and describes the other activities that she enjoyed as a child, including roller skating! She also recalls the parties and entertainments thrown by her family for the "estate folk".

Online exhibition about Josephine Butler:

https://northumberlandarchives.com/exhibitions/butler/1.html 

Blogs about the St Paul and Butler families of Ewart Paul:

https://www.northumberlandarchives.com/2016/10/18/of-international-importance-the-st-paul-butler-families-of-ewart-park/

https://www.northumberlandarchives.com/2016/10/25/of-international-importance-the-st-paul-butler-families-of-ewart-park-part-two/

Peter Connelly, Northumberland Archives intern and third year history student at the University of Strathclyde, introduces his podcast for Northumberland Voices. Peter revisits some old favourites from the series and presents some new voices to give listeners a flavour of life in the mining communities of Northumberland during the 1920s.

A blog about the 1921 Miners' Strike by Peter can also be found here:

https://www.northumberlandarchives.com/2022/03/30/the-1921-coal-miners-strike-part-one/