Today's the day of our first Keelmen's Hospital Community Event, but don't worry if you missed out on a place this time, you can register for our second event next week here: buytickets.at/tyneandwearb...
Seats are filling up for our free Keelmen's Hospital community event next month! Want to learn more about our plans for this beautiful eighteenth-century building? Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/tynea...
An image of the Tower of London with the following text: 'The Heritage Alliance. Heritage Day 2025. Heritage Creates.'
We're looking forward to joining @heritagealliance.bsky.social at #HeritageDay2025 next week.
We will be hosting a panel session on #Heritage Housing with:
- @roskerslake.bsky.social
- Martin Hulse, @twbpt.bsky.social
- @mprinparr.bsky.social
- Sarah Allan from MHCLG
Seats are filling up for our free Keelmen's Hospital community event next month! Want to learn more about our plans for this beautiful eighteenth-century building? Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/tynea...
What does the Montague Pit Disaster mean to people today? On Monday 17th of February, get a chance to learn about the stories of the disaster's victims, and to create art about stories important to you. Please share!
Check out this free heritage walk at Dunston Staiths this Saturday: www.tynederwentway.co.uk/article/2742...
Join expert guide Tony Stephenson to discover more about one of Europe's largest timber structures. 🚂
George and Margaret Binns, who established the drapery in 1804, went on to have 15 children! One of them being Henry Binns (pictured here). Henry took over the family business when his father died in 1836. His brother, George Jr, had a different career path ahead...
Today we're looking back at our work on Sunderland's High St. West. Beginning as a small drapery business, people in the NE remember Binns department stores. As well as telling the story of Sunderland's development, the story of the Binns family intertwines with working class politics in the region.
Yesterday, Bev went up the tower at St. Mary's to look at the restoration work, and took some brilliant photos. As well as the stunning view of the Tyne Bridge, we have the inscription from the work done in 1741, and the new gantries! It's so exciting to see the restoration project unfold. 😊
A Victorian pencil sketch of a man wrapped up in warm clothing being touched on the shoulder by a ghost.
Winter has long been linked with ghosts. C19 NE folklorists also saw late December as haunting season, noting that Co. Durham was on high alert for ghosts from St Thomas' Eve until Christmas Eve, when they returned to the spirit realm. If St Mary's had ghosts, we'd be sure they have stories to tell!
It looks like a another busy shopping weekend on Northumberland Street ahead, why not do get some of your Christmas list sorted online and gift a Trust membership to a heritage-loving loved one? Memberships support the work of the Trust in saving local buildings and sharing them with the public. 🎁
A staircase on the Dunstan Staiths, believed to be the largest timber structure in Europe. It was built to transport coal from the Durham coalfields along the River Tyne. Opened 1893. #staircase #photography #b&w #Gateshead
Welcome to the Bluesky page for Tyne and Wear Building Preservation Trust! We're looking forward to sharing updates about our sites in the North East including St Mary's Heritage Centre, Dunston Staiths, and Keelmen's Hospital. Here's an image of Keelmen's from 1885 when it was tenement housing. 🏫