Welcome to Remembering the Past - a volunteer-led charity collecting memories of local life in and around North Tyneside
Remembering the Past receives the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service
We are delighted to announce that Remembering the Past has been awarded the 2021 Queen's Award for Voluntary Service.
Congratulations to all our volunteers. The Queen's Award is the highest honour volunteers can receive. We are immensely proud of this achievement.
Congratulations to all 241 volunteer groups awarded The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service today 👏 #QAVS2021 | #VolunteersWeek https://t.co/wJYMbZUfMo
— The Queen's Award (@QueensAwardVS) June 2, 2021
Congratulations to all involved with @RtPNorthTyne on being awarded the @QueensAwardVS so very well deserved, I look forward to presenting you with your award soon #QAVS2021 #northtyneside https://t.co/LEPWa8VnnK
— TWLieutenancy (@TWlieutenancy) June 2, 2021
Our Heritage Talks and Film Screenings
We are back! Our talks are resuming after a short summer break and following the easing of restrictions, we are resuming our in venue talks at the Linskill Centre.
Our volunteers delve into our archives and work with our partners to bring you a trip down memory lane. Share your memories or find out what life was like in times gone by. Details of future talks and film showings can be found below.
Thursday 16 September 2021 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
“Let’s relive the Swinging Sixties”
Heritage Talk
About this event
Were you a mod or a rocker? Did you hang out at the Handyside Arcade? Did you go dancing at the Club Agogo?
Join us for our latest heritage talk in venue at the Linskill Centre on Thursday 16th September with Remembering the Past volunteer, Alan, for a fond look back at what the Sixties was all about; the sounds, the sights, the places and the people.
Book your place at Eventbrite “Lets relive the Swinging Sixties” heritage talk Tickets
After nearly 18 months of offering these talks free of charge we will be introducing a small charge of £3 for this talk to help cover costs which we hope you will understand and appreciate. This is payable on arrival.
In collaboration with Community Development at Battle Hill & Linskill
Event image thanks to Flickr user Badgreeb Records (CC By-SA 2.0)
Location:
Linskill Centre
Linskill Terrace
North Shields
NE30 2AY
Catch up on previous presentations
Missed out on previous Events? You can now catch up on some of these below.
Port of Tyne – Archive Film Screening
You can still view this film on the North East Film Archive website by following this link PORT OF TYNE | Yorkshire Film Archive (yfanefa.com)
Bringing Back the Banner – Heritage Talk
Hear the story of how a dedicated team of local people, and skilled experts, rescued and restored Burradon Colliery’s 1954 banner. A recording of the presentation and a detailed account of the project can be seen by following the links below.
Bringing Back the Banner heritage talk – YouTube Bringing Back The Banner – The Project – on Vimeo
Do you have a story to tell or a memory to share?
Remembering the Past is collecting memories about every part of life in North Tyneside and its surrounding areas, as told by those who lived, worked and played there.
Here you'll find memories and experiences contributed entirely by people who were born and raised in the area, or who have moved here from other parts of the country. Their stories cover a timespan of over 100 years, with our earliest memory going back to 1906.
From birth to death, holidays, school, childhood and working life, health, entertainment, politics, festivals, transport, shopping and home. Whether your memories are from 6, 16, or 60 years ago you will help build a living community history, which other people will enjoy.
This is a living archive and it needs more stories – can you share one with us?
Would you like to volunteer with Remembering the Past?
All of our work is done by volunteers.
We’re proud of what we do and how we do it. If you join the team you could learn some new skills, work on interesting projects, meet some wonderful people and have fun along the way.