Northern Plights
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Episode 3: The North East in WW2
Welcome to the third and last episode of Northern Plights Podcast. This episode will focus on militarization and industry, the Blitz, child evacuation, civilian work, volunteering and also experiences of women in the WW2. In the final part, we will discuss local divisions and defence.
Bibliography of the episode and further reading:
- Armstrong, Craig., Tyneside in the Second World War (Chichester: Phillimore, 2007).
- Atkinson, Frank (ed.), North-East England: People at Work, 1860-1950 (Ashbourne: Moorland Pub, 1980).
- Barke, Michael, and R. J. Buswell, ‘Historical Atlas of Newcastle upon Tyne’ (Newcastle upon Tyne: Petras, Newcastle Upon Tyne Polytechnic, 1980).
- Hearnshaw, F. J. C., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1st ed. (Wakefield: S.R. Publishers, 1971).
- Jackson, Daniel M., The Northumbrians: North-East England and Its People: A New History (London: Hurst & Company, 2019).
- Simpson, David, The Millennium History of North East England (Sunderland: Leighton in association with the Northern Echo, 1999).
- ‘BBC - WW2 People’s War - Saint Cuthberts Mist’, Accessed 1 November 2020. https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/16/a4052116.shtml.
- Newcastle City Libraries, Gone...but Not Forgotten. 5: Newcastle at War. (Newcastle upon Tyne: Newcastle City Libraries, 1985).
- “Holidays at Home: Saltwell Park Gateshead”, NEFA, accessed 30th November 2020, HOLIDAYS AT HOME: SALTWELL PARK GATESHEAD | Yorkshire Film Archive (yfanefa.com).
- How We Won The War’, BBC 2 England, September 23 2017.
- Ray, John, Night Blitz, (eBook Partnership, 2012).
- “The North East of England in Wartime”, SWWEC, accessed 30th November 2020, The North East of England in Wartime | SWWEC (war-experience.org).
- Storey, Neil R., and Fiona Kay, Newcastle and Tyneside in the Second World War: The Peoples Story (Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne Bridge Publishing, 2020).
- Johnson, Niall, Britain and the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic: A Dark Epilogue (London: Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine, 2006).
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Roman Styran, Sir Anthony Eden Announces the Formation of the Local Defence Volunteers (Home Guard) - 14 May 1940 (2014). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AXSI5J-FrA.
Night air raid on London - 1944 (500R), by bbc.co.uk © copyright [2020] BBC
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Episode 2: The North East in the Interwar Period
Welcome to Episode 2! This time, we are discussing the industry, exhibitions and agriculture in the interwar period, or why is the year 1926 important for this region. Consequently, we will talk about Jarrow Crusade and unemployment, but also about ethnic minorities and 1918 Influenza Pandemic.
Bibliography of this episode:
- Bowden, P. J., "Regional Problems and Policies in the North-East of England", The Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol.13 (1965): Accessed December 8, 2020.
- Our World in Data 2020, “The Death Of UK Coal In Five Charts.” [online] Accessed 27 November 2020: https://ourworldindata.org/death-uk-coal
- Shannon, Stephen, “Irish Nationalist Organisations in the North East of England, 1890-1925” (PhD Diss. University of Northumbria, 2013)
- Snowden, Robert, “Condemned to die: Housing Action and Social Justice South West Durham 1949-79” (University of Durham, 1979)
- Todd, Selina, "Young Women, Work, and Leisure in Interwar England." in The Historical Journal, Vol.48, No. 3 (2005): Accessed December 8, 2020.
- Manders, F.W.D, A History of Gateshead (London: Not Avail, 1973)
- Bulmer, Martin, Mining and Social Change (London: Routledge, 2015)
- Moffatt, Alistair and Rosie, Georgie, A History of Newcastle and Gateshead from Earliest Times (Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing, 2005).
- Newcastle Upon Tyne 1928 to 1973, available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBkinggR_8I, accessed November 6 2020.
- Morton, David, ‘The North East through the decades: 1920-1929 hard times but a league title at the Toon’, Chronicle Live, 6 March 2016.
- Morton, David, ‘Newcastle Nostalgia: The momentous North East Coast Exhibition of 1929’, Chronicle live, 30 October 2014.
- Bryne, David, ‘The 1930 ‘Arab Riot’ in South Shields: a race riot that never was’, Journal of North Tyneside community Development project, Vol.18, no.3 (1977),pp.261-277
- Sonia, Sharma, ‘South Shield riots between Yemeni and British sailors remembered 85 years on’, Chronicle Live, 2 August 2015.
- Proctor, Kate, ‘History of South Shields Yemeni community to be preserved in new website’, Chronicle Live, 17 July 2015
- Morton, David, ‘Forgotten Tragedy on the Tyne Bridge when worker plunged 200 feet to his death’, Chronicle Live, 19 February 2018.
- ‘The Yemeni project’: an online archive relating to the history of the South Shields Yemeni community, available at http://www.theyemeniproject.org.uk/, accessed November 2 2020.
- Copsey Nigel, ‘Anti- Semitism and the Jewish community of Newcastle -Upon -Tyne’, Journal of Historical Studies in Ethnicity, Migration and Diaspora, Vol.21, no.3 (2002),pp.52-69
- Morton, David, ‘100 Years ago, the Spanish Flu killed millions – and thousands died in the North East’, Chronicle Live, 20 September 2018.
- Amos, Owen, ‘Don’t Panic!’, Northern Echo, 26 November 2008.
- Morton, David, ‘On the Tyne Bridge’s 92ndanniversary: 10 photos of the icon from the last 10 decades’, Chronicle Live, 10 October 2020.
- Colls, Robert, Newcastle Upon Tyne: A Modern History (Sussex: Phillimore and Co Ltd, 2001)
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Episode 1: The North East in WW1
This is the first episode of our student-led podcast. While listening, you will learn about the industry and civilian work, experiences of women and children, but also about causalities and North East regiments in the Great War.
Bibliography of this episode and further reading:
- Simpson, David, The Millennium History of North East England (Sunderland [England]: Leighton in association with the Northern Echo, 1999).
- Hearnshaw, F. J. C., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1st ed. (Wakefield: S.R. Publishers, 1971)
- Barke, Michael, and R. J. Buswell, ‘Historical Atlas of Newcastle upon Tyne’ (Newcastle upon Tyne: Petras, Newcastle Upon Tyne Polytechnic, 1980)
- Jackson, Daniel M., The Northumbrians: North-East England and Its People: A New History (London: Hurst & Company, 2019)
- Chittenden, Ruth, and Alan Fidler, The Response: The North East and the Great War 1914-1918 (North Tyneside Council & Tynemouth WW1 Commemoration Project, 2014)
- Discovery Museum Exhibition: Discover Her Story
- Henderson, Tony, “Knott Family”, accessed 23rd November 2020, Knott Family - Chronicle Article 2017 - St. James' and St. Basil's Church Fenham (jamesbasilfenham.org.uk).
- Jackson, Chris, “New stories emerge about the impact of WW1 on Tyneside”, accessed 23rd November 2020, New stories emerge about the impact of WW1 on Tyneside - BBC News.
- Langham, Rob, The North Eastern Railway in the First World War’ (Fonthill Media, 2017).
- Morton, David, “How 19 Tyneside men were killed in a New Year’s Eve tragedy 100 years ago”, accessed 23rd November 2020, How 19 Tyneside men were killed in a New Year's Eve tragedy 100 years ago - Chronicle Live
Background music:
The Great Unknown by Audionautix http://audionautix.com
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