On the 7th of December 1988, it was announced that the last shipyards on the River Wear - North East Shipbuilders Ltd. at Pallion and Southwick - were to close, with the loss of hundreds of jobs. This marked the end of an era; Wearside had been a major ship building area, over the years there had been more than 400 registered shipyards here. Ship building on the Wear dates back to 1346, when Thomas Menvill established a shipyard at Hendon.
Co-Curate is a project which brings together online collections, museums, universities, schools
and community groups to make and re-make stories and images from North East England and Cumbria.
Co-Curate
is a trans-disciplinary project that will open up 'official' museum and 'un-officia'l co-created
community-based collections and archives through innovative collaborative approaches using
social media and open archives/data.