Northumberland Voices

A podcast to accompany our true crime blog series: Murder at Bigges Main: Part One - Northumberland Archives Murder At Bigges Main: Part Two - Northumberland Archives Murder At Bigges Main: Part Three - Northumberland Archives Murder At Bigges Main: Part Four - Northumberland Archives Lisa researches the life of Elizabeth Phillipson, a witness to the murder and cousin of the victim. By using online sources, Lisa pieces together the evidence in a way that is sure to appeal to true crime enthusiasts and family historians alike.

The Illuminated Sheep Project is taking the opportunity to produce a series of Podcasts from the oral history archive created by Sheep Tales in 2011 and 2013. https://www.sheeptales.org. This is the third podcast, Short Baaaack and Sides; Northumbrian shepherds talk shearing and dipping. Northumberland Archives and Libraries have planned a series of events from September to December 2022 as part of the Illuminated Sheep programme, inspired by the return of the Lindisfarne Gospels to the North East in 2022. https://laingartgallery.org.uk/lindisfarne-gospels-2022 Funded by North of Tyne Combined Authority.

The Illuminated Sheep Project is taking the opportunity to produce a series of Podcasts from the oral history archive created by Sheep Tales in 2011 and 2013. https://www.sheeptales.org. This is the second podcast, Births, Bottles and Blizzards, Northumbrian shepherds talk about lambing. Northumberland Archives and Libraries have planned a series of events from September to December 2022 as part of the Illuminated Sheep Programme, inspired by the return of the Lindisfarne Gospels to the North East in 2022. https://laingartgallery.org.uk/lindisfarne-gospels-2022 Funded by North of Tyne Combined Authority.

The Illuminated Sheep Project is taking the opportunity to produce a series of Podcasts from the oral history archive created by Sheep Tales in 2011 and 2013. https://www.sheeptales.org. This is the first podcast, Some Men and their Dogs, Northumbrian Shepherds talk about their Border Collies. Northumberland Archives and Libraries have planned a series of events from September to December 2022 as part of the Illuminated Sheep Programme, inspired by the return of the Lindisfarne Gospels to the North East in 2022. https://laingartgallery.org.uk/lindisfarne-gospels-2022 Funded by North of Tyne Combined Authority.

Hetha Butler lived at Ewart Park, Northumberland from the age of one in c.1897 until 1937. She was the grand-daughter of the social reformer Josephine Butler. In this podcast she describes her childhood at Ewart Park. She talks about the servants in the household and being brought up by a governess. Hetha was not very interested in academic learning and describes the other activities that she enjoyed as a child, including roller skating! She also recalls the parties and entertainments thrown by her family for the "estate folk". Online exhibition about Josephine Butler: https://northumberlandarchives.com/exhibitions/butler/1.html  Blogs about the St Paul and Butler families of Ewart Paul: https://www.northumberlandarchives.com/2016/10/18/of-international-importance-the-st-paul-butler-families-of-ewart-park/ https://www.northumberlandarchives.com/2016/10/25/of-international-importance-the-st-paul-butler-families-of-ewart-park-part-two/