Northumberland Voices Podcasts

Northumberland Voices Podcasts

Northumberland Archives holds more than a thousand oral history recordings – recorded reminiscences – of Northumbrian people. The recordings tell stories of Northumberland life as well as being an excellent source for the study of dialect. The recordings can be listened to in our searchrooms at Berwick and Woodhorn. We have prepared podcasts of a few of these recordings. Follow the links below to listen to them.

Illuminated Sheep: Short Baaaack and Sides

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.

Illuminated Sheep: Births, Bottles and Blizzards

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.

Illuminated Sheep: Some Men and Their Dogs

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.