April 2019 – North East at War

20 April 201916 July 2019 P Armstrong

The Last Dive of HM/SM Unity – The Time Capsuled Heroes of Cresswell

Blyth Submarines, Personal Stories, World War 2

Cresswell holds its secrets as close as any wartime Admiralty file marked ‘Top Secret’. A casual visitor gazing out to sea from the car park

18 April 201919 April 2019 J Corbett

RAF Northstead

Radar Sites, RAF Airfields/Bases, World War 2

RAF Northstead, located halfway between Red Row and Widdrington opened as a Mobile Ground Controlled Interception (GCI) station in May 1941, with Sqd Ldr Keighly

1 April 201916 July 2019 P Armstrong

Untamed Unravelled

Blyth Submarines, Shipbuilding, World War 2

HM/SM Untamed was built on the Tyne at Vickers Armstrong’s Walker Naval Yard. She was one of ours. Built to endure the worst the enemy