President Jimmy Carter (USA) visits Newcastle and Washington (Tyne & Wear) on the 6th of May, 1977. President Carter was given Freedom of the City and gave a public speech in the open space in front of the Civic Centre and St Thomas' Church. He then went to 'Washington Old Hall', the ancestral home of the first president of the United States, George Washington.
During the visit to Newcastle, part of the infill of Pandon Dene near the Civic Centre, subsided under the weight of the crowd!
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.