{"id":583,"date":"2025-05-05T09:36:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T08:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/?p=583"},"modified":"2025-05-05T09:36:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T08:36:32","slug":"celebrating-local-history-month-with-newcastle-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/2025\/05\/05\/celebrating-local-history-month-with-newcastle-libraries\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Local History Month with Newcastle Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are delighted that the Ballast Hills Burial Ground project is taking part in <em>Local History Month 2025<\/em>, hosted by our valued project partner, Newcastle Libraries. The library has put together a brilliant and diverse programme of talks, walks, and workshops throughout May, all highlighting the richness of our region\u2019s past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the series, Mike Greatbatch and Myra Giesen will be giving a talk on Tuesday, 20 May at 14:00, titled <em>\u201cBuried Stories: Exploring Ballast Hills Burial Ground.\u201d<\/em> We&#8217;ll be sharing recent discoveries from the project, including fascinating histories drawn from archival research, and offering reflections on the site\u2019s changing significance over time. Whether you are familiar with the burial ground or curious to know more, we hope you&#8217;ll join us for this free event at Newcastle City Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the event is free, booking is essential. To reserve your place:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Visit <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/local-history-month-may-2025-tickets-1232907211659?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&amp;_gl=1*2ondmj*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTM4NzUwMDQwNy4xNzQ2NDMxNzAw*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3NDY0MzE2OTkkbzEkZzAkdDE3NDY0MzE2OTkkajAkbDAkaDA\"><strong>Eventbrite<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>Tuesday 20 May<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click<strong> Get tickets<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scroll down to find and book the<strong> Ballast Hills <\/strong>event at 14:00<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>You can browse the Libraries&#8217; full programme of <em>Local History Month<\/em> events in the <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/heyzine.com\/flip-book\/ac622b3278.html#page\/3\">digital brochure here<\/a>. It\u2019s packed with great opportunities to explore and celebrate Newcastle\u2019s past, we\u2019re thrilled to be involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope to see many of you on the 20th!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1181\" height=\"899\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/files\/2025\/05\/newcastle-libraries-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-587\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are delighted that the Ballast Hills Burial Ground project is taking part in Local History Month 2025, hosted by our valued project partner, Newcastle Libraries. The library has put together a brilliant and diverse programme of talks, walks, and workshops throughout May, all highlighting the richness of our region\u2019s past. As part of the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/2025\/05\/05\/celebrating-local-history-month-with-newcastle-libraries\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Celebrating Local History Month with Newcastle Libraries&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,8,62],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event","category-project-news","category-public-talk","tag-presentation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":589,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions\/589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}