Today - Wednesday at Local History Month

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Wednesday 5 May
10am – Picture Stockton archive

Join Stockton Libraries in their weekly session in which they share photographs from the Picture Stockton collection and prompt memories of times past.

Get involved: visit the Local and Family History Group Facebook group

10am – Teesside Archives Blog

Teesside Archives take their weekly delve into their collections and consider what documents and artefacts from our past can reveal about people, events, and places.

Get involved: visit the Teesside Archives blog

2pm – The Workhouses of Stockton

Martin Peagam explores the fascinating story of the workhouses of Stockton and those who occupied them. He asks whether they were really as bad as is portrayed in Oliver Twist, or whether they provided a place of refuge and hope for those who had fallen on hard times, as well as whether we should reintroduce them today.

Book: for more information and to book, visit the Cleveland & Teesside Local History Society website
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